Watchmode vs TMSTV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Watchmode
Discover what to watch across all your streaming services. This app aggregates content from over 100 platforms, offers personalized AI-driven recommendations, and provides powerful search and filtering tools to find movies and shows you'll love.
- Find content on any streaming service
- Personalized AI recommendations
- Search across 100+ streaming services
- Filter by rating and score
- Save to Watchlist
- Track viewing progress
- Alerts for new releases
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Someone mentions a film. You want to watch it tonight. Twenty minutes later you're still hopping between apps trying to work out who actually has it. That's the part Watchmode fixes. Search once, and we'll tell you exactly where anything is streaming: which of your services already includes it, where it's free with ads, and what it costs to rent if it isn't. Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Max, Disney+, Apple TV+ and 180 more — all in one place, with the services you already pay for shown first. Then it keeps going. RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ACTUALLY KNOW YOU Rate a handful of things you've loved, and a few you couldn't stand. Watchmode learns fast. Ask it for a movie, a series, or tell it to surprise you — and say whether you want something everyone's talking about, a hidden gem, or a proper deep cut. Every suggestion is already filtered to services you can watch on tonight. No trailers for things you'd have to subscribe to. A SHOW TRACKER THAT KEEPS UP Six shows on the go and no idea where you left off in any of them? Watchmode remembers, episode by episode. Up Next tells you what's ready right now, one tap marks a whole season watched, and you'll get a nudge when a new episode or season finally lands. A WATCHLIST THAT WORKS WHILE YOU FORGET ABOUT IT Add anything you like the look of — the film from the trailer, the series three people have now told you to watch, the one you'll get around to eventually. Then forget about it. When something on your list finally lands on a service you already pay for, Watchmode tells you. No checking. No missing it the month it quietly arrives. And make lists for whatever you want: date night, October horror, the films you're mildly embarrassed to admit you've never seen. SEE WHAT YOUR FRIENDS ARE WATCHING Follow your friends and their ratings show up right on the film you're considering. It's the difference between a stranger's four stars and your mate who's never once steered you wrong. Already have a viewing history? Bring it with you from Trakt.tv, IMDb, Letterboxd or TV Time. SEARCH EVERY SERVICE AT ONCE This is the bit people don't expect. Search across every streaming service in one go, then filter it down properly: by service, genre, cast, director, release year, runtime, language, even by critic score or user rating. Hide everything you've already seen. Sort for the genuinely great stuff. Save a search you'll want again — "horror on my services, 7.5 and up" — and re-run it whenever. Want the best-reviewed documentaries on Prime? The highest-rated thrillers you can watch free tonight? That's a few taps. AND WHEN IT'S NOT AVAILABLE HERE Watchmode works in 30 countries — the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Poland, Portugal, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and South Africa. If something isn't streaming where you are, we'll show you where it is. Free to use. Works with the subscriptions you've already got. Got a problem or an idea? A real person reads every email: support@watchmode.com Watchmode isn't affiliated with any streaming service. All logos and trademarks belong to their respective owners.
TMSTV
Stream a vast library of free, high-definition movies and shorts from independent filmmakers and major studios. Enjoy an exceptional user experience with new content added regularly and the ability to save titles for later viewing across multiple devices.
- Hundreds of hours of free HD movies
- Independent film scene
- New movies added regularly
- Cross-platform experience
- Save movies to watch later
- Completely free streaming
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TMS TV is a platform for streaming high-quality video content, 100% free. TMS TV brings you a large variety of content from independent filmmakers to large studios. What you’ll love about TMS TV: Hundreds of hours of FREE HD quality movies Exceptional user experience New movies added regularly Indie film scene with the best movies and shorts from renowned independent filmmakers Large variety of full length movies in all genres from leading movie studios No subscriptions, no fees – completely FREE movie streaming All movies on TMS TV are copyright protected and completely legal to watch. Registered users can save movies to watch later and enjoy a cross-platform experience where they can start watching a movie on one device, switch to another and pick up right where they left off. Registration is easy and only takes a minute.
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Verdict
Watchmode and TMSTV both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 78% of Watchmode's written reviews are positive against 50% of TMSTV's. Watchmode also leads on ratings volume (57 vs 2). TMSTV's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Watchmode against 4.5 for TMSTV. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Watchmode has 57 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Watchmode's written reviews are positive against 50% of TMSTV's.
Watchmode ships an update every 4 weeks, TMSTV every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Watchmode | TMSTV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (57 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Meteoric, LLC | The Media Sense Digital Technologies Ltd |
Customer experience
Watchmode
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In-app purchases
Watchmode
No in-app purchases
TMSTV
No in-app purchases









