Comparison

What Can I Watch? vs ReelStack

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

Head to head
About

What Can I Watch?

Discover family-friendly movies and TV shows from a curated list. Filter by your preferred streaming services and content preferences to find the perfect entertainment for your household. Detailed reviews from a trusted source help you make informed choices.

Highlights
  • Curated movie and TV show list
  • Filter by streaming services
  • Content mix selection
  • Detailed reviews
  • Family-friendly focus
Features
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What can I watch helps you select from Movieguide's curated list of movies and tv shows to find the perfect thing to stream for you family. - Select movies based on overall content and quality - Filter to just your preferred streaming services - Drill down and select the precise content mix you're comfortable with - Read detailed reviews from Movieguide.org trusted by over 1 Million families

About

ReelStack

Easily track all the movies and TV shows you want to watch, are currently watching, or have finished. Get instant notifications when new seasons are released and discover where to stream or rent titles.

Highlights
  • New season alerts
  • Know where to watch
  • Track entire watchlist
  • Organize by Watchlist, Watching, Watched
  • Browse trending content
  • No login or account required
Features
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One front door for all your streaming apps. Pay once. Keep your data. ReelStack tells you what to watch tonight and where: which of your streaming services has it, where you left off, and when a new episode is out. No subscription, no account and no ads. Your library lives in your own iCloud, never on our servers. PAY ONCE. NO ACCOUNT. NO ADS. No login and nothing recurring, so there is nothing to cancel. Free keeps up to 8 shows. One payment unlocks unlimited tracking, custom lists, For You recommendations and actor pages, forever. Export all of your library to a simple file anytime, free. YOUR SERVICES, YOUR ANSWER Tell ReelStack which streaming services you have, once. From then on every title says "on Netflix" when you have it, "you'd need Hulu" when you don't, and Rent when it's only a rental. Trending and search can show only what you can watch tonight. SAVE A SHOW FROM ANYWHERE Spot something on Netflix, Apple TV or IMDb? Tap Share, choose ReelStack, and it's on your Watchlist, with a note when it's on one of your services. Free for everyone. ASK SIRI "What's next in ReelStack" names the next episode of what you're watching. "Where can I watch Reacher in ReelStack" answers for anything you've saved, and your saved shows turn up when you search your iPhone. On iOS 17 and later. CONTINUE WHERE YOU LEFT OFF The shows you're partway through sit at the top of Watching, with the next episode and a play button that opens the right app. Come back after watching, answer "Did you finish it?", and your progress moves itself. CAN'T DECIDE? PICK FOR ME One answer, from what you've saved, on a service you have. Choose a film or an episode, or narrow by mood. Not tonight sends it away until tomorrow. NEW EPISODE AND SEASON ALERTS A push with the show's poster when a new episode airs or a new season lands, per show, so you only hear about the ones you care about. A finished show that comes back moves back to Watching on its own. KNOW WHERE TO WATCH Tap once and ReelStack opens the right service searching for the exact title, not the app's homescreen. Saved a film you can't stream yet? ReelStack tells you the day it lands on one of your services. And if a saved show moves services, the app says so. TRACK EPISODE BY EPISODE Mark single episodes watched, not just whole seasons. The badge that says an episode is out is the button that ticks it, and one tap catches up everything before it. YOUR WEEK AT A GLANCE Up next lays out everything you're waiting on, day by day, with the services you have marked. SEE WHERE THE TIME WENT Stats, free for everyone: hours watched, episodes, shows finished, your top genres and services, and a year of your watching at a glance. Your month comes as a card you can share. TAP A NAME Search an actor or director, or tap one on any show, and see everything else they're in, with what's streaming on your services first. A Premium feature. YOUR LISTS, YOUR WAY Group shows into custom lists: date night, comfort rewatches, finish this year. Your first list is free. PICKS THAT LEARN FROM YOU For You builds rows of recommendations from what you rate, like "Because you rated Fleabag five stars". BRING YOUR WHOLE LIBRARY Import your IMDb watchlist in one pass, hundreds of titles matched exactly, no retyping. FAMILY BROWSING Set an age rating ceiling once, and Discover and search honor it, so a kid can look for something to watch. NOT WATCHING RIGHT NOW? Put a show On Hold or mark it Dropped. It moves to Shelved, out of the way but never lost. SHARE YOUR LIST Turn what you're watching, or every show you've finished, into a clean poster grid to post or send. BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD A real iPad layout, not a stretched phone app: wider grids and a side by side detail view. SYNCS ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Your library stays in step on every device signed in to your iCloud. Nothing to set up, and still no account. Powered by TMDB

Screenshots

What Can I Watch?3 screens
ReelStack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: What Can I Watch? at none against ReelStack's 1. What Can I Watch? also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). ReelStack's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. ReelStack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. What Can I Watch? asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for What Can I Watch? against 5.0 for ReelStack. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ReelStack has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

What Can I Watch? ships an update every 3 months, ReelStack every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
What Can I Watch? versus ReelStack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhat Can I Watch?ReelStack
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings112 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB60 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMovieguideMichael Kort

Customer experience

What Can I Watch?

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

ReelStack

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

What Can I Watch?

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ReelStack

One-time1
  • Reelstack Premium$4.99

Questions

Is What Can I Watch? free?
What Can I Watch? is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ReelStack free?
ReelStack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, What Can I Watch? or ReelStack?
What Can I Watch? and ReelStack are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 12 ratings respectively.
Do What Can I Watch? or ReelStack have ads?
Neither What Can I Watch? nor ReelStack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, What Can I Watch? or ReelStack?
What Can I Watch? ships an update every 3 months, and ReelStack every 5 days. Most recently, What Can I Watch? was updated on October 30, 2026 and ReelStack on October 31, 2026.

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