Sift. vs WhatWeWatching
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.
WhatWeWatching
Discover movies and TV shows with friends by swiping and matching based on shared interests. Filter content by streaming platform or genre, chat with friends, and track your watch history. Get personalized recommendations for your next viewing.
- Swipe-based discovery
- Friend matching
- In-app chat
- Streaming platform filters
- Watch history tracking
- Personalized recommendations
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WhatWeWatching helps friends discover movies and TV shows together through swiping, matching, filtering, and chatting. Browse trending content, filter by streaming platform or genre, match with friends based on shared interests, and keep track of your watch history. Features include: • Swipe-based movie & show discovery • Friend matching system • In-app chat • Streaming platform filters • Watch history tracking • Personalized recommendations
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: WhatWeWatching at daily against Sift.'s every 5 weeks. WhatWeWatching also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sift. against 5.0 for WhatWeWatching. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Sift. ships an update every 5 weeks, WhatWeWatching daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sift. | WhatWeWatching |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 187 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Travers Nicholas | KATELYNN JOYCE CELI |
Customer experience
Sift.
WhatWeWatching
In-app purchases
Sift.
No in-app purchases
WhatWeWatching
No in-app purchases









