Comparison

Chihu vs Hobby Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Chihu

This app helps you discover, track, and share your favorite books, movies, music, podcasts, and games. Organize your collections, write reviews, and connect with friends in a social space powered by NeoDB.

Highlights
  • Organize collections
  • Review and rate items
  • Social sharing
  • Custom list creation
  • Discover new content
Features
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Discover, Track & Share What You Love — Powered by NeoDB Dive into the world of culture with Chihu, the ultimate companion for exploring and managing your favorite books, movies, music, podcasts, games, and more. Seamlessly powered by the NeoDB platform. Key Features: • Organize Your Collections – Keep track of everything you’ve read, watched, listened to, or played. Create custom lists and easily manage your cultural library. • Review & Rate – Share your thoughts and opinions. Write reviews, leave ratings, and build your personal archive of experiences. • Join the Conversation – See what your friends are reading, watching, listening or playing across a vibrant social space connected to the Fediverse. Whether you're a cinephile, bookworm, audiophile, or just someone who loves to document your cultural journey, Chihu is your new favorite place to be.

About

Hobby Tracker

Features
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Hobby Tracker keeps the film, series, book or game you're in the middle of front and center — and tracks the time you put into it. FOCUS ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW Put any number of titles in focus. Each card shows where you left off — season and episode for series, page for books — and one tap starts a session timer. When you stop, the time is logged and shown back to you wherever that title appears. TRACK EVERY EPISODE AND PAGE Browse a series season by season with episode names, stills and air dates, and tick episodes off as you watch. Rate each episode as you go, and file older watches as "back then" so your history stays honest. Episodes that haven't aired yet can't be marked — the app knows the schedule, down to the hour. WATCH TOGETHER Invite friends with a link and group them — a partner, a household, a film club. Mark a title as watched, read or played together: progress moves for everyone, each person keeps their own rating, and a notification asks the others for their score. Filter Focus and Lists by who you share with. COLLECTIONS Build your own cross-category lists — "Rainy weekend", "Book club 2026" — and share them with friends as viewers or editors. A collection can hold a title you haven't added to your library yet. SHARE WHAT YOU FINISHED Share any title as a link, or as a story card for Instagram with your stars and a comment. Monthly and yearly recaps turn your posters into one card. NEVER MISS A RELEASE Upcoming films, series and games wait in their own list with a countdown. A series you've caught up on waits there too, with the date and time of its next episode. When the moment comes, the app tells you — with an optional local notification, no account needed. DISCOVER WHAT'S TRENDING Search films, series, books and games in one place, or browse what's popular this week — including what's streaming on the services you pick, in your country. See where a title streams, its cast, trailers, similar titles and community ratings, then add it with one tap. AN ASSISTANT THAT KNOWS YOUR TASTE Tell it what you're in the mood for, how much time you have and what genre, and get one confident suggestion with a reason — from your focus, your backlog, a collection, what's trending or your streaming services. It reads your own history: what you loved, what you dropped, what you're halfway through. Pick a friend and it chooses for the two of you. YOUR YEAR AT A GLANCE Profile shows everything you finished this year by category, a month-by-month history of episodes watched, pages read and time spent, per-category stats with a monthly chart and your top genres — and a short written note on your taste. SYNC ACROSS DEVICES Create a free account to keep your lists, progress and history in sync across your devices. An account is optional — the app works fully without one. HOBBY TRACKER PRO Everything in the app is free, including sync. The assistant offers 5 suggestions a week for free (20 in your first week); Hobby Tracker PRO makes it unlimited (up to 500 a month), refreshes your Profile note daily and unlocks the story card themes. PRO is an auto-renewing subscription: $1.99 per month or $14.99 per year (prices vary by region). Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://mainthreadstudios.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://mainthreadstudios.com/privacy Film and TV data from TMDB, book data from Open Library, game data from IGDB, streaming availability from JustWatch. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Screenshots

Chihu4 screens
Hobby Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Chihu and Hobby Tracker are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Chihu sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Hobby Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chihu ships an update every 10 days, Hobby Tracker weekly. Both last shipped on October 9, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Chihu versus Hobby Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChihuHobby Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS1716.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB70 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperDennis da Silva NunesAHMET TURK

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Chihu

One-time4
  • Kind Tip$0.99
  • Generous Tip$1.99
  • Bountiful Tip$2.99
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  • Supporter Tip$9.99
2 purchases

Hobby Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • PRO Monthly$1.991 Month
  • PRO Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Chihu free?
Chihu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hobby Tracker free?
Hobby Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chihu or Hobby Tracker have ads?
Neither Chihu nor Hobby Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chihu or Hobby Tracker?
Chihu ships an update every 10 days, and Hobby Tracker weekly. Most recently, Chihu was updated on October 9, 2026 and Hobby Tracker on October 9, 2026.

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