Comparison

Showvie vs FlickLists

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

Head to head
About

Showvie

Easily track your movie and TV show watch history, discover new content, and share your viewing preferences with friends. Organize watchlists, rate and review titles, and even create collaborative lists or start a movie club.

Highlights
  • Track watch history
  • Rate and review movies/shows
  • Follow friends' activity
  • Create shared watchlists
  • Start movie clubs
  • Discover new content
  • Find where to watch titles
Features
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Showvie is the easiest way to track your watch history, discover what to watch next, and share your taste with friends. TRACK WHAT YOU WATCH Keep a running watchlist across movies and TV shows. Mark things as Want to Watch, Currently Watching, or Watched. Never lose track of where you left off. RATE & REVIEW Give every movie and show a score and leave a short review. Look back at your history and see how your taste has evolved. FOLLOW FRIENDS See what your friends are rating, reviewing, and adding to their lists in real time. A feed built around the people whose taste you trust. WATCH TOGETHER Create shared lists with friends and collaborate in real time. Everyone can add titles, set their own watch status, and see where each other left off. Perfect for a movie night queue or a show you're watching together. CAN'T DECIDE? SWIPE ON IT Stuck on what to watch tonight? Start a session, invite a friend or your partner, and swipe through movies and shows together. When you both like the same title, it's a match. No more endless scrolling or "I don't know, what do you want to watch?" START A MOVIE CLUB Form a private group with a few friends and pick a movie or show together every couple weeks. Anyone can nominate, everyone votes, and once it's picked you chat, react, and schedule a watch party, with a discussion space when everyone's done. SHOW YOUR TASTE Pin your top 6 movies and shows to your profile, your personal marquee for anyone who visits. WHERE TO WATCH Find out instantly which streaming services carry a title, so you can stop searching and start watching. DISCOVER MORE Explore trending movies and shows, browse by genre, and find your next obsession through what people like you are watching. Sign in with Apple or Google for a quick, secure start. Showvie All Access is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://showvieapp.com/privacy

About

FlickLists

Features
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FlickLists is the easiest way to keep your own watchlist AND figure out what to watch with the people you actually watch with - your partner, your roommates, the whole group chat. Track movies and shows, remember who watched what, and never argue about what to put on again. Most watchlist apps are built for one person. FlickLists is built around people. Create a list for each person you watch with, and the app instantly shows what you can all watch together - so movie night picks itself. ==== Your own watchlist, done right ==== - Track every movie and show you want to watch, beautifully, with real posters and details - An Up Next queue so the next thing to watch is always one tap away - Per-episode tracking for shows: tick off episodes, see season progress at a glance, and always know what's next - Rate what you've seen and keep a personal history of everything you've watched - Filter by runtime, media type, and maturity rating; sort by your ratings, everyone's average, or TMDB score ==== Watch together, decided ==== - Add the people you watch with and group them however you like - Date Night, The Crew, Family - Instantly see what everyone has in common - the overlap of your watchlists, ready to play - "Can't Decide?" picks something for the group when nobody can choose - See who else wants to watch each title, so no one gets left behind - Track a series together - the app picks the next episode nobody has missed - Record who watched what and keep a shared history with each person FlickLists isn't a social network - there are no friend requests or app-to-app connections. The people you watch with are lists you create and manage yourself, kept privately on your own device. ==== Find your next obsession ==== - Discover trending, popular, and upcoming movies and shows, powered by The Movie Database - Browse by genre or search everything - See where to watch - streaming, rent, and buy options for your region - Watch trailers and extras right in the app, in a clean native player - Full details: cast, ratings, runtime, and seasons ==== Free, forever ==== FlickLists is completely free. No ads. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. No account required. You can optionally import an existing watchlist from Trakt, but you never have to sign in to anything to use the app. ==== Private by design ==== Your watchlists, people, and history live on your device and sync across your own devices through your private iCloud account (and, if you choose to connect Trakt, your personal watchlist and history sync with your own Trakt account too). The developer has no servers and never sees your data. No analytics, no tracking, no data collection - ever. ==== Built for the Apple ecosystem ==== Native SwiftUI on iPhone and iPad, with iCloud sync, a clean Liquid Glass design on iOS 26, and full support for Dark Mode, Dynamic Type, and VoiceOver. Movie and show data and images are provided by The Movie Database (TMDB). This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Where-to-watch data is provided by JustWatch. Questions or feedback? Email swishes_heels7s@icloud.com - every message is read.

Screenshots

Showvie4 screens
FlickLists4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FlickLists at none against Showvie's 2. Showvie's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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. Showvie sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. FlickLists asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Showvie ships an update weekly, FlickLists fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Showvie versus FlickLists: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShowvieFlickLists
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB8 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperTodd VrbaJeremy Littlewood

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Showvie

Subscriptions2
  • All Access Monthly$2.991 Month
  • All Access Yearly$24.991 Year
None

FlickLists

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Showvie free?
Showvie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FlickLists free?
FlickLists is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Showvie or FlickLists have ads?
Neither Showvie nor FlickLists shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Showvie or FlickLists?
Showvie ships an update weekly, and FlickLists fortnightly. Most recently, Showvie was updated on September 15, 2026 and FlickLists on September 8, 2026.

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