Comparison

ShowNotifier vs Up Next

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

Head to head
About

ShowNotifier

Easily track your favorite TV series and never miss an episode. Save shows, view upcoming schedules, and receive timely notifications for new releases. Enjoy a clean interface and customizable alerts to plan your viewing.

Highlights
  • Save favorite TV series
  • View upcoming episode schedules
  • Get new episode notifications
  • Customizable notification preferences
  • Clean, intuitive interface
  • Regularly updated TV schedules
Features
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ShowNotifier Keep track of your shows, your way — simple show tracking for the streaming age. What it does: Save your favorite TV series View upcoming episode schedules Get notifications when new episodes drop How it works: Add shows you're watching or want to watch Choose your notification preferences Get alerts on release day or during release week Why use ShowNotifier: Clean, intuitive interface Customizable notifications Regularly updated TV schedules For anyone who: Juggles multiple streaming services Wants to stay current with their shows Likes to plan their viewing schedule

About

Up Next

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Up Next keeps track of the movies and TV shows you want to watch, the ones you're in the middle of, and the ones you've finished. Add a title and Up Next fills in the details: poster, cast, ratings, where it's streaming, and when the next season airs. YOUR WATCHLIST • Separate tabs for TV Shows and Movies, in the order you want to watch them. • Shows you're partway through sit in Watching, at the top. • Mark TV seasons watched one at a time. When you finish every aired season, the show moves to Watched, and it comes back on its own when a new season starts. • Returning Soon and Coming Soon show premieres and releases from your watchlist over the next two weeks. • Rate what you’ve watched: thumbs up, meh, or thumbs down. SHARE WITH ONE OTHER PERSON • Share your whole watchlist with one other Apple Account over iCloud. You both add, check off, and reorder the same titles. • Get a notification when the other person adds or finishes something, and see recent changes in Activity. • Your streaming services are shared too, so "on my services" means the same thing to both of you. WHERE TO WATCH • Pick the streaming services you have. Each title shows where it's streaming, with your services listed first. • Filter your watchlist or Discover to what you can watch right now. • Choose your region for accurate availability. TITLE DETAILS • Cast, with a page for each actor's other movies and shows. • Every episode in every season, plus ratings for each season and episode. • More Like This, trailers, and links to TMDB and IMDb. DISCOVER • Trending, Airing This Week, In Theaters, Top Rated, New Releases, and Recommended For You based on your watchlist. • Search for any movie or show and add it in one tap. COLLECTIONS • Group titles however you like: Christmas movies, Studio Ghibli, date night. • Suggestions for what else fits each collection. • Each collection tracks what you've watched in it separately from your Up Next queue. ALSO • Built for iOS 26, with full layouts on iPad. • Dark, light, or system appearance. • Syncs across your devices with iCloud. • No account, no ads, no tracking. Data and images provided by The Movie Database (TMDB). This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Screenshots

ShowNotifier3 screens
Up Next4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ShowNotifier at 15.1 against Up Next's 26.1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShowNotifier ships an update weekly, Up Next every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ShowNotifier versus Up Next: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShowNotifierUp Next
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAntonino LopezEric Hermanson

In-app purchases

None

ShowNotifier

No in-app purchases

None

Up Next

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShowNotifier free?
ShowNotifier is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Up Next free?
Up Next is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ShowNotifier or Up Next have ads?
Neither ShowNotifier nor Up Next shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShowNotifier or Up Next?
ShowNotifier ships an update weekly, and Up Next every 4 days. Most recently, ShowNotifier was updated on October 14, 2026 and Up Next on October 15, 2026.

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