Comparison

RecDek vs PUTRE

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

Head to head
About

RecDek

Discover personalized film and TV recommendations from friends, family, critics, and festivals. Curate a unified watchlist across all streaming services and filter by subscription to save time and watch better.

Highlights
  • Friend recommendations
  • Critic reviews
  • Festival award winners
  • Unified watchlist
  • Subscription filtering
  • Personalized discovery
Features
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Independent entertainment discovery. Discover the best in film and TV across all streamers by getting the best recommendations from your friends, family, critics and film festivals. All in one place. Algorithms don't suggest good shows, use RecDek with your friends and family to share your best shows with each other and find what to watch next. You can also follow your favourite newspapers to get top reviews, and film festivals to get all the award winners! Curate your watchlist across all streamers and use the subscription filters it to find something personalised for you in the time you have available. Save time, watch better. Join our community and find out about the best shows around. Download now. Tell your friends.

About

PUTRE

Consolidate all your streaming services into a single interface. Discover curated playlists from trusted sources and launch content directly into your existing subscriptions. Explore indie creators and personalized recommendations without app-hopping.

Highlights
  • All streaming apps on one screen
  • Launch content directly into subscription apps
  • Discover indie creators and stories
  • Smart filters by genre and content type
  • Follow real curators and their playlists
  • Import and sync Letterboxd watch history
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Save and build watchlists
Features
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All your streaming apps, one screen. Browse playlists hand-picked by real curators, then tap to launch in Netflix, Max, Hulu, Disney+, Apple TV+, Prime, or whatever you pay for. Plus shorts, standup, and indie stories from creatives who deserve to be seen. No app-hopping. Just better movie nights. WHAT'S INSIDE • Every App, One Screen Tap any title and Putre opens it in the app you already pay for: Netflix, Max, Hulu, Disney+, Apple TV+, Prime Video, Paramount+, Peacock, Crunchyroll, and more. No copying titles into five different search bars. • Indie Creators Welcome Putre isn't just for the big platforms. Shorts, standup specials, indie films, and online video sit right alongside major releases — stories from creatives who deserve to be seen. • Smart Filters Drill down by streaming service, genre, or content type (movies, TV, miniseries, documentaries, reality, talk, standup). Instant. • Real Curators, Not Algorithms Follow people whose taste you trust. Each curator builds public playlists around moods, decades, directors, genres. Browse by curator and skip the homepage churn. • Bring Your Letterboxd Import your watch history and ratings in one click. Putre marks what you've already seen, and brings in your list to share with friends. • Suggested For You A taste-aware row of recommendations tuned to your ratings: discover what matches you, not what matches the algorithm. • Save & Build Watchlists Heart any playlist to keep it close. Mark titles as Watched or Must Watch. Toggle watched titles in or out of view with one tap. • Become a Curator Anyone can request curator access. Build playlists with TMDB-powered metadata and auto-detected streaming links. Share publicly or keep private. • Send to TV Browse on your phone, send any title to your TV with one tap. Works with the Putre TV app. Apple TV, Google Store App and Roku coming soon. • Privacy First Anonymous analytics are off by default. No ads. No tracking. Account deletion built in. Your data is yours. WHAT PUTRE WON'T DO • No infinite scroll, you came to decide on something, not graze • No streaming credentials needed, we just hand off to the app you already use • No upcharge, Putre is free because you already pay for streaming REQUIREMENTS Most features assume you have your own subscriptions to the streaming services you want to launch into. Free services like Tubi, Pluto TV, and YouTube work without any subscription.

Screenshots

RecDek4 screens
PUTRE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: PUTRE at free against RecDek's ad-supported. PUTRE also leads on device support (4 vs 2). RecDek's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RecDek against 5.0 for PUTRE. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RecDek ships an update fortnightly, PUTRE monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
RecDek versus PUTRE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecDekPUTRE
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB21 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRecdek LtdMADISON TERESA WALSER

Customer experience

RecDek

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PUTRE

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RecDek

No in-app purchases

None

PUTRE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RecDek free?
RecDek is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PUTRE free?
PUTRE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RecDek or PUTRE?
RecDek and PUTRE are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do RecDek or PUTRE have ads?
Neither RecDek nor PUTRE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RecDek or PUTRE?
RecDek ships an update fortnightly, and PUTRE monthly. Most recently, RecDek was updated on October 2, 2026 and PUTRE on September 25, 2026.

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