Sift. vs Movvie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Movvie
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Stop scrolling. Start watching. Movvie is the new way to pick a movie — scroll a feed of films like you scroll everything else. Double-tap what you love, bookmark what you want to watch, and keep scrolling past the rest. No swiping, no pressure, no endless arguing about what to watch. HOW IT WORKS Scroll the feed — double-tap to like Bookmark anything you want to watch later Build your watchlist as you go Can't decide? Tap "Pick for me" and let Movvie choose WATCH TOGETHER, DECIDE TOGETHER Start a Match Room and share a 5-character code — no accounts, no sign-up. Everyone browses their own feed; the moment you and your friends land on the same movie, it lights up as a match. Crown one "Tonight's Pick" and the whole group is actually watching something, instead of scrolling forever trying to agree. FEATURES A continuous, taste-ranked discovery feed — not a swipe deck Movies from everywhere — world cinema alongside Hollywood, properly rated by trusted local ratings boards, not just the US system Only what you can stream — pick your services and filter out anything you can't actually watch tonight Search any title directly Browse by genre — thrillers, comedies, sci-fi, and more Filter by Kids, Family, or Grown-ups content, with a Face ID lock for Grown-ups Trailers, cast, synopsis, and exactly where to stream, rent, or buy Watchlist, Liked, and Watched lists to track what you've seen Match Rooms to decide together, with a "Tonight's Pick" to settle it A feed that learns your taste — no account, no tracking, entirely on your device No account required, no subscriptions, no ads PERFECT FOR Family movie nights when everyone's arguing about what to watch. Parents who want age-appropriate recommendations they can actually trust. Anyone tired of scrolling five different apps looking for something to stream. Friend groups who can never agree. Movie data provided by The Movie Database (TMDB) but not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Watch availability via JustWatch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sift. at every 5 weeks against Movvie's every 5 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Sift. ships an update every 5 weeks, Movvie every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sift. | Movvie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Travers Nicholas | Vikas Anand |
In-app purchases
Sift.
No in-app purchases
Movvie
No in-app purchases









