Comparison

Sift. vs ReelPie

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

Head to head
About

Sift.

Discover great movies quickly by setting your preferences for genre, rating, and year. Explore curated lists of acclaimed films and track your progress through cinematic classics. Save films to your watchlist and receive reminders to ensure movie night happens.

Highlights
  • Filter movies by genre, rating, and year
  • Browse curated lists of acclaimed films
  • Mark films as seen or not interested
  • Save films to a personal watchlist
  • View trailers, cast, and streaming options
  • Track progress through film checklists
Features
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Stop scrolling, start watching. Sift finds you a great film in seconds — and helps you work through the greatest films ever made. Set your filters — genre, minimum rating, earliest year — and get a clean grid of posters sorted by rating. No flops, no obscure fan-vote flukes, no shorts. Just films worth your evening. WORK THROUGH THE CANON The Top 250 highest-rated films, every Palme d'Or winner, and every Oscar Best Picture winner — each one a checklist. Mark what you've seen, watch the progress ring fill, and filter to just the ones you haven't watched yet. BUILT FOR FAST DECISIONS • Hold and drag a poster: left for Seen, right for Not interested — they vanish from future searches, so results get better the more you use it • Tap the heart to save any film to your Watchlist • Search any title, browse an actor's full filmography with one tap • Trailer, cast, and where to stream — one tap from every poster YOUR WATCHLIST, REMEMBERED Films you save are there when you're ready, with a gentle weekend reminder so movie night actually happens. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No analytics. No tracking of any kind. Everything stays on your device — the App Store privacy label is "Data Not Collected" because we literally collect nothing. Free, for iPhone and iPad. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

About

ReelPie

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Discover movies. Track what you watch. ReelPie helps you remember the films that stay with you. - Browse the latest releases and trailers. - Explore and filter movies by genre, release date, rating, and streaming platform. - Mark movies as Seen or Want to See. - Rate and jot down quick thoughts or reviews. - View your Watch History. - See your Year in Movies. - Search for movies. Every movie leaves a trace. ReelPie keeps those moments together — simple, elegant, and all yours. ReelPie uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

Screenshots

Sift.4 screens
ReelPie4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sift. and ReelPie are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Sift. versus ReelPie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSift.ReelPie
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB40 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperTravers NicholasJia Jun Qin

In-app purchases

None

Sift.

No in-app purchases

None

ReelPie

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sift. free?
Sift. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ReelPie free?
ReelPie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sift. or ReelPie have ads?
Neither Sift. nor ReelPie shows ads.

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