Comparison

ScreenClub vs ThingsBook

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

Head to head
About

ScreenClub

Connect with fellow movie and TV enthusiasts to share your thoughts, reactions, and ratings. Discover new content through friends and the community, and build personalized watchlists. It's a social space for your cinematic tastes.

Highlights
  • Rate movies and shows with a nuanced scoring system
  • Share reactions and opinions with friends
  • See friends' real-time ratings and activity
  • Discover trending and hidden gem content
  • Build and manage personalized watchlists
  • Create a cinematic profile showcasing your taste
Features
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Love Movies Together ScreenClub is home to people who are passionate about movies and TV and love sharing it with others. Not just what you watched -- but how it made you feel, who you watched it with, and what you have to say about it. Rate. React. Discover. Movies and TV are better when they are shared. Express Your Taste Rate movies and shows your way with a flexible score system built for nuance, not just stars. Leave quick takes or deeper thoughts, track what you have watched, and shape your personal taste profile over time. See What Your Friends Are Watching Your feed is your inner circle's ratings, reactions, and opinions in real time. React to wild takes, drop your own thoughts, and compare ratings with Similarity Scores to see how closely your cinematic tastes align with friends. Discover What Is Worth Your Time Explore trending movies and shows, see what is popular with the community, and uncover hidden gems through real people, not algorithms shouting into the void. Watchlists That Actually Get Watched Build and manage watchlists, prioritize must-watch titles with your Hotlist, and keep track of what is next so great recommendations do not disappear into the ether. Profiles That Show Your Movie DNA ScreenClub is not just a movie diary. It is your cinematic scrapbook. Your profile is a curated snapshot of your taste, featuring recent watches, favorite titles, ratings, and activity. Why ScreenClub? Movies are more than just a rating. ScreenClub treats them like culture. It is less about perfect scores and more about shared moments, strong opinions, and discovering movies and shows through people you trust. Whether you are a casual watcher or a full-blown cinephile, ScreenClub is where your love of movies and TV becomes social again. Welcome to the club.

About

ThingsBook

Capture your life's moments through long-form writing and organized collections. This platform allows you to create a lasting personal archive of your thoughts, memories, and interests, with options to share privately or publicly.

Highlights
  • Long-form writing
  • Structured collections
  • Personal archive
  • Customizable sharing
  • Life documentation
  • Writing prompts
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Your life deserves more than disappearing posts and scattered notes. ThingsBook is a new kind of personal platform built for people who love to write, reflect, and collect the moments that make up their lives. It’s where long-form storytelling meets beautiful organization, giving you a space to capture what you did, how you felt, and what you care about in lasting detail. Whether you are journaling about your day, writing thoughtful reflections, or collecting the books you love, the meals you cooked, the trips you took, or the ideas that moved you, ThingsBook helps you turn everyday life into something meaningful and permanent. Write freely At its core, ThingsBook is about writing. Real writing. Long-form, text-centric storytelling that lets you express yourself without character limits or performance pressure. Capture your thoughts, routines, memories, and observations in a way that feels natural, personal, and deeply yours. Collect what matters Organize everything you write into beautiful, structured collections. Your books, travels, meals, fashion finds, hobbies, goals, and ideas all live together in one place. Think of it as your personal digital shelf, always there when you want to revisit your life. Build your archive ThingsBook is not about fleeting trends or posts that disappear. Your writing and collections become a lasting personal archive, a living record of who you are and what you love. Over time, your ThingsBook becomes your story. Share on your terms Share publicly, with friends, or keep things private. Post whenever inspiration hits. Take breaks whenever you need. Your space never goes stale, and there is no pressure to perform. Designed for everyday life You do not need special skills, perfect photos, or big moments. ThingsBook is built for real life. Write about your morning coffee, the song you cannot stop playing, the trip that changed you, the book that stayed with you, the place that always feels like home. Smart tools that support your writing Helpful prompts, thoughtful organization, search, and location features make it easier to document your life as it happens, without turning your thoughts into work. Your corner of the internet ThingsBook is where your interests, ideas, and experiences come together. Not a feed to chase. A space to build. Write your life. Collect your world. Remember what matters.

Screenshots

ScreenClub4 screens
ThingsBook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ScreenClub at 4.9 against ThingsBook's 4.5. ScreenClub also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (3 vs 1). ThingsBook's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 15) and chart position (#49 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

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

ScreenClub holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ThingsBook has 1.8K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of ScreenClub's written reviews are positive against 70% of ThingsBook's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
ScreenClub versus ThingsBook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScreenClubThingsBook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (15 ratings) — better4.5 (1.8K ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better70.3% of reviews
Number of ratings151.8K — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#49 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB134 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPopcorn Apps IncorporatedNaver U.Hub Inc.

Customer experience

ScreenClub

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

ThingsBook

All ratings1,787 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral3.9%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews273 reviews
Positive70.3%
Neutral8.4%
Negative21.2%

In-app purchases

None

ScreenClub

No in-app purchases

None

ThingsBook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ScreenClub free?
ScreenClub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ThingsBook free?
ThingsBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ScreenClub or ThingsBook?
ScreenClub is rated higher. ScreenClub averages 4.9 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while ThingsBook averages 4.5 from 1.8K ratings.
Do ScreenClub or ThingsBook have ads?
Neither ScreenClub nor ThingsBook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ScreenClub or ThingsBook?
ScreenClub ships an update fortnightly, and ThingsBook fortnightly. Most recently, ScreenClub was updated on October 8, 2026 and ThingsBook on October 23, 2026.

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