Comparison

CinéList vs Monca

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

Head to head
About

CinéList

Discover new movies and TV shows based on your viewing history. Rate titles to build a cinematic profile and see what friends are watching. Get personalized recommendations tailored to your taste.

Highlights
  • Rate movies and TV shows
  • Create a favorites list
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Cinematic profile analysis
  • Follow friends' ratings
Features
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Rate the movies and TV shows you've watched. Keep a list of your favorites, and the App will suggest other films or series based on your ratings. The app will also create your cinematic profile by analyzing your ratings and comparing them to those of the public. Follow the movies and TV shows your friends have just rated.

About

Monca

Track, rate, and discover movies and TV shows with a unique rating system. Connect with friends, get personalized recommendations, and unlock achievements. Manage your watchlist and explore your viewing habits with detailed statistics.

Highlights
  • Customizable rating systems (out of 20, 10, stars, advanced)
  • Episode-by-episode TV show tracking
  • Social features to follow friends and share reviews
  • Daily and monthly personalized recommendations
  • Detailed viewing statistics and genre analysis
  • Unlockable badges for exploring new cinema
  • Smart watchlist with filtering and alerts
Features
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Rating your movies & shows has never been this addictive. - A rating system as unique as you Out of 20, out of 10, in stars: pick the rating system that feels like you! You can even rate in advanced mode, breaking it down by: Direction, acting, sound design, cinematography, story. Every movie makes you feel something different, so why rate them all the same way? - TV shows have landed on Monca Track your shows, episode by episode. Rate each one, and let Monca calculate the season average, then the show average, or override it with your own score if you'd rather. Tell us if an episode left you needing to jump straight into the next one with our cliffhanger meter, a first of its kind. Your status (caught up, on hold, finished...) updates itself, and you get notified the moment a new episode drops. Import your entire TV Time history in one tap (if you managed to export it before it shut down...). - Your Social Club, not your feed Follow your friends or your favorite movie and TV buffs, and find their reviews in your Social Club. Compare your ratings on the same movie or show, get their recommendations, and recommend a movie or show yourself to the people who follow you. On the TV side, an adaptive spoiler-protection system keeps your progress safe. - A daily recommendation, picked for you Come back to Monca every day to see which movie is recommended for you, based on the genres you love, your Social Club's reviews, your favorite decades, and more. On the TV side, get a fresh recommendation every month, picked by your Social Club. - Complete stats See your entire film (and TV) taste laid out in numbers: your favorite genres, your underrated and overrated picks, the decades you explore, the countries you discover, your total watch time... and so much more to uncover! - Badges that expand your horizons Unlock badges as you watch: Asian cinema, Cannes winners, David Fincher superfan, 90s movies... Explore worlds you might never have tried otherwise, and level up! Shows have their own badges to unlock too. - A watchlist you'll actually use Save your upcoming movies and shows to your watchlist: filter by genre, sort by date added or release date, get alerted when a movie you're waiting for hits theaters. No more 200-title lists forgotten in a corner! - Movie Night Not sure what to watch in theaters this week? Monca suggests THE movie to see, matched to your taste, solo or with your Social Club. One pick a month for everyone, unlimited with Monca+. - Poster of the Day Every day, rate the mystery movie poster and see how your score compares to the community's. A fun little ritual to go with your daily recommendation! - Monca+ Take it further: more daily recommendations, unlimited custom lists, weekly recommendations sent to your Social Club, release alerts for the movies you're waiting on, spotlight the actor or character who stood out to you in every movie or show, and unlimited Movie Night picks. And so much more to discover on Monca! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

CinéList4 screens
Monca4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CinéList at none against Monca's 3. CinéList also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). Monca's advantage is review sentiment (88% vs 75%). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Monca sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. CinéList asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CinéList ships an update every 2 days, Monca every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 3 level
CinéList versus Monca: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCinéListMonca
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB122 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperWill HOVHANNESSIANKevin Nicolas

Customer experience

CinéList

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Monca

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

CinéList

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Monca

Subscriptions2
  • Monca+ Mensuel$2.991 Month
  • Monca+$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Membre fondateur$29.99

Questions

Is CinéList free?
CinéList is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Monca free?
Monca is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CinéList or Monca have ads?
Monca shows ads; CinéList does not.
Which is updated more often, CinéList or Monca?
CinéList ships an update every 2 days, and Monca every 5 days. Most recently, CinéList was updated on October 2, 2026 and Monca on October 8, 2026.

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