Comparison

Criticly vs FlickLists

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

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About

Criticly

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Welcome to Criticly! Your go-to app for sharing and discovering the best movies and series with friends. Features: Create your own opinions about movies and series. Rate your favorites and see what others think! Add comments to your friends' opinions to spark discussions. Explore top-rated movies and series that everyone is talking about. Stay updated with upcoming movies so you never miss out! Join the WatchIt community and start sharing your love for movies and series today! Download now and explore the world of entertainment with your friends.

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FlickLists

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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

Criticly4 screens
FlickLists4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: FlickLists at none against Criticly's shown. Criticly's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Criticly ships an update every 5 days, FlickLists fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Criticly versus FlickLists: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCriticlyFlickLists
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days โ€” betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS16.2 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size52 MB8 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperEduardo RuestaJeremy Littlewood

In-app purchases

None

Criticly

No in-app purchases

None

FlickLists

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Criticly free?
Criticly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FlickLists free?
FlickLists is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Criticly or FlickLists have ads?
Criticly shows ads; FlickLists does not.
Which is updated more often, Criticly or FlickLists?
Criticly ships an update every 5 days, and FlickLists fortnightly. Most recently, Criticly was updated on October 4, 2026 and FlickLists on October 8, 2026.

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