Comparison

Sift. vs WhatWeWatching

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

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.

Highlights
  • Swipe-based discovery
  • Friend matching
  • In-app chat
  • Streaming platform filters
  • Watch history tracking
  • Personalized recommendations
Features
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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

Screenshots

Sift.4 screens
WhatWeWatching3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sift. ships an update every 5 weeks, WhatWeWatching daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Sift. versus WhatWeWatching: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSift.WhatWeWatching
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB187 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTravers NicholasKATELYNN JOYCE CELI

Customer experience

Sift.

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WhatWeWatching

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sift.

No in-app purchases

None

WhatWeWatching

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sift. free?
Sift. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WhatWeWatching free?
WhatWeWatching is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sift. or WhatWeWatching?
Sift. and WhatWeWatching are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Sift. or WhatWeWatching have ads?
Neither Sift. nor WhatWeWatching shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sift. or WhatWeWatching?
Sift. ships an update every 5 weeks, and WhatWeWatching daily. Most recently, Sift. was updated on October 30, 2026 and WhatWeWatching on October 20, 2026.

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