The TV Tracker vs Simple Show Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The TV Tracker
Organize and track your favorite TV shows with custom categories and filters. Never lose your place in an episode again and get notified about new releases. Access IMDB information and manage multiple user profiles.
- Custom tag creation for organization
- Filter shows by tag or genre
- Track watched episodes
- New episode release alerts
- Provider streaming information
- Multiple user support
- Local data storage
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TV Tracker is the app that you need if you want to be able to find, organize, and track the TV Shows that you are currently watching or want to watch in the future. I built TV Tracker because I could not find any other app that would let me create custom categories for my shows. In TV Tracker, this is accomplished using "Tags". You can create as many as you like and then apply them to your TV Shows. Then you can quickly filter by Tag(s) and only display TV Shows that have those Tag(s). For example, you could have a "Kids" Tag and a "Parents" Tag. Then you can quickly filter for any Tag(s). Any shows that have those Tags will be shown to you. With TV Tracker you will be able to: - Create Custom Tags that you can use to organize all of your TV Shows. - Filter your shows by Tag or Genre. - Create "Quick Access" filters that allow you to save multiple search criteria to quickly find the shows you want to watch. - Track which episodes you have watched - never lose your place again! - Find out which providers are streaming, renting, or selling a TV Show. - Search for shows by provider and Genre. - Get alerts when new episodes are released. - Single tap to pull up the IMDB page for any show, season, episode, or actor. - Multiple user support - create as many users as you need. - All data stays local on your phone!
Simple Show Tracker
Easily track your favorite TV shows and never miss an episode. Get episode synopses, screen captures, and a clear overview of what's coming up and what you've already watched.
- Browse all episodes
- Upcoming episode overview
- Unwatched episode tracking
- Episode synopses
- Episode screen captures
- Mark watched episodes
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Track your favourite TV Shows in all their glory: - Browse all the episodes for your favourite shows - Get a quick overview of all the upcoming episodes and those you haven't watched yet for all of your shows - Get the synopsis and a screen capture for each episode - Mark the episodes you've already seen to remember exactly what you have to watch next
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The TV Tracker at 100% against Simple Show Tracker's 33%. The TV Tracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Simple Show Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (9 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
The TV Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of The TV Tracker's written reviews are positive against 33% of Simple Show Tracker's.
The TV Tracker ships an update every 8 months, Simple Show Tracker every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The TV Tracker | Simple Show Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mark Mccoid | Efosa Omorogbe |
Customer experience
The TV Tracker
Simple Show Tracker
In-app purchases
The TV Tracker
No in-app purchases
Simple Show Tracker
No in-app purchases
Questions
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