Spready vs ShowBuddies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spready
Consolidate all your streaming service catalogs into a single application. Discover new shows and movies with personalized recommendations from friends and insights into Oscar nominations.
- Consolidated streaming catalogs
- Friend recommendations
- Oscar nomination insights
- Personalized TV watching experience
- Discover new content
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All your streaming catalogs in one app A better way to watch TV, with recommendations from friends, Oscar nominations and a whole new experience.
ShowBuddies
This app transforms your streaming experience by making it a social activity. Track your watchlist, share ratings and reactions with friends, and discover new shows through personalized recommendations and trending content from your network.
- Social watchlist tracking
- Share ratings and reactions
- Personalized show recommendations
- Follow trending shows
- Discover content from friends
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Your social hub for streaming. ShowBuddies keeps your watchlist for all your streaming, then makes it social. See your buddies’ ratings, share ratings and reactions, and let ShowBuddies recommend your next favorite show - or follow your Buddies Trending Shows. Terms of Use: https://showbuddy.net/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spready at 100% against ShowBuddies's 50%. Spready also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). ShowBuddies's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 1.3) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. ShowBuddies sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Spready asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShowBuddies holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Spready's written reviews are positive against 50% of ShowBuddies's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Spready ships an update fortnightly, ShowBuddies every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spready | ShowBuddies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (3 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Simplestudio | Shannon McWilliams |
Customer experience
Spready
ShowBuddies
In-app purchases
Spready
No in-app purchases
ShowBuddies
- ShowBuddies$2.991 Month
- ShowBuddies Annual Sub$24.991 Year
