Comparison

Criticless vs Pulp Time

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

Head to head
About

Criticless

This app empowers users to share and discover reviews, lists, and discussions about entertainment. It offers a customizable social media experience with features like curated friend scores and dedicated discussion boards. Users can engage in groups, earn badges, and access detailed entertainment information.

Highlights
  • User-generated reviews and lists
  • Customizable user profiles
  • Curated friend scores
  • Group discussions
  • Entertainment details (cast, genre, streaming)
  • Achievement badges
Features
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Criticless is taking the reins from professional critics and giving a voice back to the people in an easily accessible format that functions as you would expect a modern social media platform to. Browse your feed to discover new and trending reviews, lists, watercooler posts, and groups from users you follow and from trending posts site wide. Customize your profile with artistic banners and wallpapers created by independent artist from around the world. Have friends with benefits, a list of users specific to you that will create a curated aggregated score that’s is displayed on any piece of entertainment that you view. Join or create private and public groups with other users to discuss the things. Create and share lists showcasing things you love, hate, and everything in between. Hang out by The Watercooler, a designated discussion board on every piece on entertainment that keeps you from getting your conversations trapped under individual reviews. Unlock hidden badges though achievements that can be triggered by simply using the platform. Browse important details like cast & crew, length, release date, genre and streaming locations. Enjoy a pro free speech environment. Bad ideas are easy to spot and the best ideas will always win but for this to happen they have to actually be heard. Choose the content you do and don’t want to see while having a lower threat of being banned for the things you say. Join the Crit Club (Most Excellent or Rad) today for premium access to features like Verification, Extended Reach, Expanded Profile Customization, No Adds (when they go live), and Free Shipping in the Criticless Merch Shop.

About

Pulp Time

Discover cult, classic, and independent films with synchronized commentary and live watch parties. Engage in community discussions and maintain a private film diary. Stream on iPhone and iPad.

Highlights
  • Curated cult and independent film collection
  • Synchronized prerecorded commentary tracks
  • Live watch parties with voice and text chat
  • Host private screenings with invited speakers
  • Private film diary and watchlist
  • Native audio mix controls for movie and commentary
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Movies are better with company. Pulp Time is a streaming cinema for discovering great films and experiencing them together. Explore an editorially curated collection of cult, classic, independent, and public-domain cinema. Start a movie on your iPhone or iPad, continue where you left off, save titles for later, and keep a private film diary. Go deeper with prerecorded commentary tracks that stay synchronized as you play, pause, or seek. Use the native mix controls to balance the movie and commentary exactly the way you want. Join featured and private watch parties as a listener, or host a screening with invited speakers. Live rooms keep the movie, voice conversation, text chat, and participant state together while authoritative synchronization keeps everyone on the same scene. Pulp Time also includes community discussions, friend connections, invitations, and an inbox for the screenings and conversations that matter to you. Create a free Pulp Time account or sign in to access movies and features available to your account. Purchases and billing management are not offered in the app. Features: - Stream eligible movies on iPhone and iPad - Hear synchronized prerecorded commentary tracks - Join featured and private live watch parties - Host screenings and invite speakers or listeners - Balance movie, commentary, and room voices with native controls - Browse genres, curated collections, and editorial picks - Save movies, resume playback, and maintain a private diary - Discuss movies with spoiler controls, reporting, and blocking - Receive optional party and discussion notifications - Choose System, Light, or Dark appearance; System is the default Availability varies by title, region, account access, and live-event schedule.

Screenshots

Criticless4 screens
Pulp Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pulp Time at none against Criticless's 3. Pulp Time also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Criticless's advantage is ratings volume (44 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price and device support 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. Criticless sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Pulp Time asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pulp Time holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Criticless has 44 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Criticless versus Pulp Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCriticlessPulp Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (44 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings44 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB34 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperCriticlessBoundless Films

Customer experience

Criticless

All ratings44 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

Pulp Time

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Criticless

Subscriptions3
  • Crit Club Rad$3.991 Month
  • Crit Club ME$6.991 Month
  • Crit Club Rad$18.991 Year
None

Pulp Time

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Criticless free?
Criticless is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pulp Time free?
Pulp Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Criticless or Pulp Time?
Pulp Time is rated higher. Criticless averages 4.8 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while Pulp Time averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Criticless or Pulp Time have ads?
Criticless shows ads; Pulp Time does not.

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