Comparison

Loggline vs MagicLightbox

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Loggline

Log your movie, TV show, and web series watching history. Record your thoughts, ratings, and favorite quotes for each entry. Visualize your viewing habits with calendar and chart views.

Highlights
  • Log movies, TV shows, and web series
  • Mark media as 'Premier' for personal best lists
  • Add detailed log entries with thoughts and ratings
  • Record favorite quotes
  • View viewing history on a calendar
  • Analyze logs with rating and date charts
Features
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Keep track of everything you watch. • Add movies, tv shows, and web series. Mark them as Premier to make a list of your personal "Best Of." • Add log entries with thoughts and ratings for every time you watch something. You can add multiple logs for the same media to see how your opinion of it has changed over time. • Add your favorite quotes so you don't forget them. • View your log on a calendar to see how many things have been watching and when. • See charts of log entries by ratings and dates.

About

MagicLightbox

Share your thoughts on movies and TV shows using voice notes instead of text. Listen to reviews from others, record your own, and engage in conversations about your favorite titles. Build watchlists and track your film discussions.

Highlights
  • Record spoken film and TV reviews
  • Listen to reviews from other users
  • Reply to reviews with agreement or challenge
  • Engage in voice note debates
  • Build custom watchlists
  • No follower counts, focus on spoken time
Features
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Film and TV reviews — spoken, not typed. Magic Lightbox is where you say what you thought out loud. Pick any film or series, hold the mic, and record your take. No star ratings to agonise over, no paragraphs to write — just your voice, your reaction, in your own time. LISTEN FIRST Browse thousands of films and shows and hear what real people actually said. Every title has its reviews attached, ready to play. You don't need an account to listen — just open it and press play. RECORD YOUR TAKE Sign in and hold the mic to record. Pause and pick it up again, undo a clip you fluffed, hear it back before you post. Take as long as you need — there's no time limit on a review. AGREE OR CHALLENGE Heard something you disagree with? Reply directly to it. Every reply is marked as agreeing or challenging, so a title's reviews become a real conversation instead of a list of opinions shouted past each other. ENTER THE DEBATE When a thread gets going, it becomes a debate: a group chat around the original review where anyone can weigh in with a voice note or a message, react with an emoji, and follow along live. MINUTES SPOKEN, NOT FOLLOWERS There's no follower count here. The only number that grows is the time you've spent actually talking about films. KEEP TRACK Build watch lists — watched, want to watch, rewatch, favourites, or your own — and put your six favourite films and shows on your prof BUILT TO BE CIVIL Every review, message, and account can be reported, and you can block anyone you'd rather not hear from. Reports are reviewed within breaking our rules is removed. Film and TV data from TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Screenshots

Loggline4 screens
MagicLightbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MagicLightbox at 5.0 against Loggline's 4.0. MagicLightbox also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MagicLightbox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Loggline versus MagicLightbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLogglineMagicLightbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB57 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBrian WoodsNathan Beckett

Customer experience

Loggline

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MagicLightbox

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Loggline

No in-app purchases

None

MagicLightbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loggline free?
Loggline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MagicLightbox free?
MagicLightbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Loggline or MagicLightbox?
MagicLightbox is rated higher. Loggline averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while MagicLightbox averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Loggline or MagicLightbox have ads?
Neither Loggline nor MagicLightbox shows ads.

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