Watch vs ShowZ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Watch
Easily create and share lists of your favorite movies and TV shows with friends. Discover where to watch titles across different platforms and collaborate on shared watchlists. No account is required to start sharing recommendations.
- Create movie and series watchlists
- Discover watch provider for titles
- Detailed title information (trailer, cast)
- Collaborate on watchlists with friends
- Share lists via links or QR codes
- No registration required
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With Watchlists you can share lists of your favorite movies and series. Maybe you want to recommend some new series to your friends, but the titles are all on different platforms? Just create a new Watchlist and send it to your friends. - Movies and series from all watch providers available - See available watch provider for every title - Detailed view for every title with trailer, cast and more - Send invites to collaborate on a Watchlist - Easy sharing by links or QR code No registration or account needed.
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 Watch's every 3 months. Watch's advantage is iOS requirement (9.3 vs 12.0). On price, rating, 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
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 Watch against 5.0 for ShowZ. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
Watch ships an update every 3 months, ShowZ every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Watch | ShowZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fabian Sagodi | One Eighty Capital II, LLC |
Customer experience
Watch
ShowZ
In-app purchases
Watch
No in-app purchases
ShowZ
No in-app purchases
