ViewMuse vs TRMNL Companion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ViewMuse
Organize your entertainment library with this app. Track TV shows, movies, and books, rate them, and manage your watchlist. Discover new content with intelligent search and streaming service tracking.
- Separate lists for TV shows, movies, and books
- Rate and mark items as watched
- Intelligent search with imagery
- Sort by alphabetical order or genre
- Color-coded genre tags
- Track streaming services
- Manage watchlist
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ViewMuse helps you track and organize your TV shows, movies, and books in one place. Features: • Separate lists for TV shows, movies, and books • Rate shows and movies you've watched • Intelligent search with beautiful boxart imagery • Sort by alphabetical order or genre • Color-coded genre tags for easy organization • Track streaming services and recommendations • Mark items as watched/unwatched • Edit and reorder your watchlist
TRMNL Companion
This app syncs your Calendar, Health, and Reminders data to create personalized ePaper dashboards. It allows for custom plugins and connects to a public marketplace for extended functionality, offering a focused experience without subscription fees.
- Personalized dashboards
- Calendar integration
- Health data sync
- Reminders integration
- Custom plugin support
- Public marketplace access
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Connect Calendar, Health, Reminders, and Home data to TRMNL for personalized dashboards that keep you focused. TRMNL is an ePaper device that you buy once, then own forever with no subscription fees. You can build custom plugins or connect to 100s available in the public marketplace. This application is a companion for iOS users who want to access additional data from their phone and other devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ViewMuse at fortnightly against TRMNL Companion's every 6 months. ViewMuse also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ViewMuse holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.
ViewMuse ships an update fortnightly, TRMNL Companion every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | ViewMuse | TRMNL Companion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Crane | TRMNL |
Customer experience
ViewMuse
TRMNL Companion
In-app purchases
ViewMuse
No in-app purchases
TRMNL Companion
No in-app purchases
