Hobbyverse vs Horizon. Media Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hobbyverse
Track your media consumption, gaming sessions, and reading progress. Level up your hero avatar by earning experience and achievements for your tracked activities. Connect with friends to share your hobby journey and discover new interests.
- Track movies and TV shows
- Log board game wins and losses
- Record reading progress
- Level up hero avatar with experience
- Earn achievements and medals
- Connect with friends
- Create custom lists
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The ultimate hobby tracker. Track what movies and TV shows you watch, what episodes you've seen, what board games you've won and lost, what books you've read, and so much more. The library of Hobbies available in the Hobbyverse is constantly expanding. Earn permanent rewards and level up your hero in the Hobbyverse by tracking activities in all your favorite hobbies. Earn achievements for accomplishing unique tasks and challenges. Join up with your friends to share in your hobbies together. TRACK - Track shows and movies you are watching. - Track episodes you've seen. - Track board games you've played, including wins, losses, scores, and more. - Track books you've read. - Track multiple watches of the same show or movie - Track multiple plays of the same board game PROGRESS - Choose a Hero avatar to represent you in the Hobbyverse - Earn hobby experience for every activity you track and complete - Earn medals and xp by completing achievements - Level up hobbies to earn Hobby Coins - Spend hobby coins to unlock new Hero avatars HOBBIES - TV Show Watching - Movie Watching - Reading - Board Gaming LIBRARY - Create a library of movies, shows, board games, books, etc. that you own or have interest in. - Search the vast library of TMDB, Board Game Geeks, and Open Library to find existing items to add to your library. - Rate and add notes to anything in your library LISTS - Create personal lists of the things in your library to organize them - Create a watchlist list to track what you still want to watch, or a list to track board games you want to play or purchase SHOW PROGRESS - View how many times you've watched a show or movie, or read a book - For each watch, see which episodes and seasons you've seen - Rewatch shows and movies - Reread books SEARCH - Search movies, shows, books, and board games. SOCIAL - Add your friends and check out their Hero avatars - See what level your friends are in the Hobbies they've joined - View the medals your friends have earned by the achievements they've completed SYNC - Everything is automatically synced to the cloud, don't worry about losing your progress EVENTS - Join private timed events with others - Complete challenges and scavenger hunts to earn levels and experience in the hobby - Snap pictures to prove you have completed the challenges - Earn achievements in the event - (COMING SOON FOR ELITE MEMBERSHIP) Create and host your own events ELITE MEMBERSHIP (COMING SOON) - Support development of the Hobbyverse - Create and host your own events - Create custom hobbies - Store photos of your activities -------- All TV and Movie data and images come from TMDB (https://www.themoviedb.org/api-terms-of-use). This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. All Board Game data and images come from BoardGameGeek (https://boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/XML_API_Terms_of_Use). This product uses the BoardGameGeek API but is not endorsed or certified by BoardGameGeek. All Book data and images come from Open Library (https://archive.org/about/terms). This product uses the Open Library API but is not endorsed or certified by Open Library. -------- Web: https://hobbyverse.app Help: https://hobbyverse.app/contact Terms and Conditions: https://hobbyverse.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://hobbyverse.app/privacy
Horizon. Media Tracker
This app consolidates your entertainment preferences, including movies, TV shows, music, and games, into a single profile. Track, discover, and share your tastes with friends, and receive personalized recommendations across all media. It offers a unified experience for all your entertainment tracking needs.
- Unified entertainment tracking
- Personalized recommendations
- Release calendar and notifications
- Social features for friends
- Customizable lists
- Import from Letterboxd
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Horizon is the one place for everything you watch, play, and listen to. Most trackers do one thing. Horizon brings movies, TV, music, and games together so your whole taste lives in a single profile - and so do your friends'. TRACK EVERYTHING - Rate and review movies, TV shows, music, and games on one clean 0-10 scale - Build your Horizon: a watchlist for everything you want to get to - A release calendar so you never miss something you're waiting for - Get a push the day something on your Horizon comes out DISCOVER WHAT'S NEXT - Personalized recommendations from your real taste, across every medium - See what's trending, what's coming up, and what's available now - Filter by the streaming services you actually have MAKE IT SOCIAL - Follow friends and see what they're into - A taste-match score on every profile to find the people who get you - Swipes: swipe through a deck of picks, solo or with up to four friends — anything you all say yes to is a match (Horizon Pro) - Clubs: group spaces to obsess over the things you love - Custom lists you can share and that others can follow SHARE YOUR TASTE - Turn any rating into a beautiful shareable card - A taste passport that captures your stats and genres at a glance BRING YOUR HISTORY - Import your library and ratings from Letterboxd in seconds Horizon is built for people whose taste doesn't fit in one app. Welcome home.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hobbyverse at none against Horizon. Media Tracker's 2. Hobbyverse also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Horizon. Media Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (19 vs 3). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Horizon. Media Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Hobbyverse asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hobbyverse against 5.0 for Horizon. Media Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Horizon. Media Tracker has 19 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hobbyverse ships an update every 3 weeks, Horizon. Media Tracker every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hobbyverse | Horizon. Media Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Crispy Corp, LLC | Tract Entertainment |
Customer experience
Hobbyverse
Horizon. Media Tracker
In-app purchases
Hobbyverse
No in-app purchases
Horizon. Media Tracker
- Horizon Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Horizon Pro Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year









