Binge buddy vs WatchSocial
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Binge buddy
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Binge Buddy helps you organise and track your favourite TV shows. Discover new series, mark episodes as watched, and keep track of your viewing progress.
WatchSocial
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WatchSocial is the social home for everything you watch: TV shows and movies both, tracked properly, discussed with people who actually get it, and never missed again. TRACK EVERYTHING • Log every episode and movie as you watch it. • Rate shows, seasons and individual episodes • One Library: continue watching, watchlist and history in a single view • Private notes on any show, season or episode • Auto sync your watch history from Plex, Jellyfin or Emby • Import your history in a couple of taps from Trakt, TV Time, Letterboxd or Prime Video • Auto sync Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu, and Max as you watch, saving your position and marking as watched NEVER MISS AN EPISODE • A personal calendar built from the shows you follow • Catch up prompts for anything you missed • Subscribe to your schedule with calendar export FIND WHAT TO WATCH NEXT • A Discover feed personalised to what you actually watch • Browse by genre, cast and what is trending • Full cast and crew pages with filmographies • See exactly where to stream every title, and jump straight there TALK TV, SPOILER SAFE • A social feed built around what you are watching, not what is trending everywhere else • React to episodes and vote for the character who stole it • Spoiler tagged discussions and community timestamps for the moments worth skipping to • Follow friends, mention them, and keep everything in one inbox for alerts, messages and community WATCH TOGETHER • Start a watch party and stay in perfect sync across Netflix, Disney+, Max, Prime Video and more • Live chat and voice while you watch • Sync watching with a partner, or join fan groups built around the shows you love MORE TO EXPLORE • Celebrity birthdays for cast from your favourite shows • Daily and multiplayer games such as Reel Gallows, Frame, Screen Clash and Screen Sketch, with new ones added regularly • Articles, reviews and explainers from the community • Stats, streaks, trophies and a Year Wrapped that show off your taste Available in multiple languages. WatchSocial is built for people who take their watching seriously. Come track something.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WatchSocial at none against Binge buddy's 4. WatchSocial also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Binge buddy sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. WatchSocial asks for nothing beyond the download.
Binge buddy ships an update every 6 weeks, WatchSocial every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Binge buddy | WatchSocial |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tibor Hanis | Mikey Sahota |
In-app purchases
Binge buddy
- Buy me a popcorn$0.99
- Buy me a coffee$1.99
- Buy me a drink$5.99
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- Buy me cinema ticket$9.99
WatchSocial
No in-app purchases









