Comparison

Flick vs Second Stream

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

Head to head
About

Flick

Discover personalized movie and TV show recommendations based on your viewing history and preferences. Get curated picks with detailed reasons, track your progress, and connect with a community of film fans. Easily import your existing watch history from other platforms.

Highlights
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Taste profile generation
  • Import Letterboxd history
  • Episode tracking
  • Spoiler-protected reviews
  • Community discussions
  • Watchlist and diary management
Features
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WHAT TO WATCH, PICKED FOR YOU Flick learns the movies and shows you love, then picks what to watch tonight and tells you exactly why each one is yours. 90K+ film and TV fans already use Flick. FIND WHAT TO WATCH, RIGHT NOW Tell the Curator what you’re in the mood for, a good cry or something to laugh at, and it hands you three films for tonight. No endless scrolling, no settling for whatever’s on. IT KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT YOU LOVE Flick turns your ratings into taste cards that put your taste into words, like “You fall hardest for the love stories that never quite happen.” Every film you rate makes your recommendations sharper. KNOW IT’S FOR YOU BEFORE YOU PRESS PLAY Every pick comes with its reasons: the film you loved that it echoes, the line from your own review it answers, and how fans of your favorites rated it. IMPORT YOUR LETTERBOXD HISTORY Bring your ratings, reviews, diary, watchlist and lists in one go, and your recs start from everything you’ve already watched. Coming from TV Time or IMDb? Import those at flickmovies.com/import. ALSO IN FLICK • Rank, don’t just rate: pick between two films and Flick builds your all-time ranking • Track every show episode by episode, pick up where you left off, and see each season’s best episodes on a heatmap • Reviews with stills, clips and GIFs, and spoilers hidden under invisible ink you rub to reveal • Comments and reactions on every review, so a hot take starts a conversation • Your Wrapped: minutes watched, your hottest take, your hidden gem • Stats on your profile, with this month as a calendar • Your diary, watchlist and lists in one place, with where-to-watch links that open the right streaming app • Export all your data any time MADE BY MOVIE NERDS Flick is built by a small team of film and TV obsessives. Join our Discord and help decide what we build next. FLICK PRO Flick Pro is a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. It renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage it in your App Store account settings. Terms: flickmovies.com/terms Privacy: flickmovies.com/privacy

About

Second Stream

This app consolidates all your subscribed content, including podcasts, YouTube channels, and RSS feeds, into one unified reader. AI-generated summaries help you quickly grasp key information from new episodes and articles, saving you time and reducing distractions.

Highlights
  • AI-generated summaries for podcasts and YouTube
  • Unified reader for multiple content sources
  • Curated weekly news digests
  • Distraction-free reading experience
  • Obsidian vault sync for bookmarks and notes
  • Background feed refresh
  • Shake to mark all as read
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Second Stream brings together everything you follow — podcasts, YouTube channels, RSS feeds, and curated weekly news — in a single, distraction-free reader. KNOW BEFORE YOU LISTEN AI-generated summaries surface the key points from new podcast episodes and YouTube videos the moment they publish. Decide what's worth your full attention before you press play. CURATED WEEKLY COVERAGE Subscribe to topics that matter to you and receive a digest of the week's most relevant articles — no algorithm, no noise, no doom-scrolling. YOUR FEEDS, UNIFIED One clean interface for everything you follow. No switching apps. No missing updates. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Sign in with Apple. Face ID protection. No tracking, no ads. Your subscriptions and reading history stay on your device — always. POWER USER FEATURES - Sync bookmarks and notes to your Obsidian vault - Background refresh keeps your feeds current - Shake to mark all as read Second Stream is completely free.

Screenshots

Flick4 screens
Second Stream4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Second Stream at none against Flick's 2. Second Stream also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Flick's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Flick sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Second Stream asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flick ships an update every 6 days, Second Stream weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Flick versus Second Stream: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlickSecond Stream
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (169 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings169 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB12 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFLICK INTERACTIVE LLCNicolas Widynski

Customer experience

Flick

All ratings169 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral4.0%
Negative29.3%

Second Stream

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Flick

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Cannot transfer Letterboxd over
  • Credentials don't match
  • Cannot scroll on the app
  • Cannot view entire wrapped thing
  • Cannot scroll to see rest of settings
Show 13 more
  • Layout prevents setup on older iPhones
  • Login process keeps asking to make another account
  • Cannot get on the app, username taken
  • Spent hour trying to pick username
  • 20 usernames not working
  • Cannot make an account
  • Cannot log back into existing account
  • App crashes on iOS
  • Makes ratings for you
  • Crashes when importing watch history
  • App data disappeared
  • Cannot scroll to log in
  • Stuck, cannot press anything

Requested features

14 requests
  • Make wrapped thing free in Europe
  • Add TV shows
  • Dark mode option
  • Refresh wrapped thing monthly
  • Ability to download photos and moodboards
Show 9 more
  • Improve UI for user-friendliness
  • Make movie cover the first picture on reviews
  • Allow users to choose how to use the app (without forced account creation)
  • Add a change score button
  • Allow more than 3 10s
  • Fix score updates
  • Add a dark mode option
  • Allow importing watch history without crashing
  • Add TV show support

Second Stream

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Flick

Subscriptions2
  • Flick Pro: Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Flick Pro: Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Second Stream

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flick free?
Flick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Second Stream free?
Second Stream is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flick or Second Stream have ads?
Neither Flick nor Second Stream shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flick or Second Stream?
Flick ships an update every 6 days, and Second Stream weekly. Most recently, Flick was updated on November 11, 2026 and Second Stream on October 31, 2026.

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