ToWatch vs ShowZ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ToWatch
Easily create and manage lists of movies you want to watch or have already seen. This simple application helps you keep track of your film catalog.
- Create watchlists
- Track watched movies
- Simple interface
- Organize film catalog
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What movie would you like to watch next? Store lists of the movies you're planning to watch or the movies you have watched in this wonderfully simple App.
ShowZ
Discover movies and TV shows, organize them into watchlists, and find where to stream them. Share recommendations with friends and receive personalized suggestions based on your ratings and similar users.
- Create and manage watchlists
- Find streaming services
- Share recommendations with friends
- Rate movies and TV shows
- Get personalized recommendations
- Discover new content
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ShowZ is an app that allows you to: - Search for Movies and TV Shows and add them to your Watchlist - Invite friends to ShowZ and share Movies and TV Shows with them - Find the Streaming Services where the Movies and TV Shows are available - Rate Movies to create a Profile so ShowZ can give you recommendations Features: - Quickly create and own your Watchlist across multiple Streaming Services - Quickly share ShowZ ideas with Friends. - Learn/Find Gems - ShowZ that fit your Profile, but you have not Watched - Own your ratings. Reshuffle. Rank your Favorites - ShowZ compares your rated movies and tv shows to other users and anonymously finds users that rate ShowZ similar to you and recommends their highly rated ShowZ that you have not Watched - ShowZ tells you what friends you can trust for Movie and TV Show ideas with a Compatibility Index
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ShowZ at every 2 weeks against ToWatch's every 21 months. ShowZ also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 — 5.0 for ToWatch against 5.0 for ShowZ. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
ToWatch ships an update every 21 months, ShowZ every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ToWatch | ShowZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stepan Rumyantsev | One Eighty Capital II, LLC |
Customer experience
ToWatch
ShowZ
In-app purchases
ToWatch
No in-app purchases
ShowZ
No in-app purchases
