Comparison

Flickfolio vs Castor

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

Head to head
About

Flickfolio

Discover and track films and TV shows with friends. Log your viewing history, create collaborative watchlists, and personalize your profile with custom themes and decorations. Explore detailed stats and insights into your viewing habits.

Highlights
  • Log films and TV episodes
  • Create collaborative watchlists
  • Customize profiles and watchlists
  • Discover new titles
  • Track viewing habits
  • Follow friends' activity
Features
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Flickfolio — Movie & TV Show Tracker Discover movies and shows, then track it all in one place. Flickfolio is the all-in-one movie tracker and TV show diary for logging everything you watch, rating it down to the episode, and sharing your taste with a community of film and TV lovers — whether you're a casual viewer or a lifelong cinephile. Sign in with Apple, Google, or email — or create a free account — and start building your viewing history today. TRACK EVERYTHING YOU WATCH Log movies, TV shows, seasons, and individual episodes. Mark entire seasons as watched, track rewatches, and save titles to your Watch Later queue so you never forget what's next. Turn on release alerts for a show and get a heads-up when new episodes air. DISCOVER YOUR NEXT WATCH Browse popular and trending movies and TV shows, watch trailers, and see where titles are streaming. Explore the full cast of any title, then tap any actor or director to see everything they're in. Can't decide? Answer a few quick questions and let Flickfolio help you pick. RATE & REVIEW DOWN TO THE EPISODE Rate and review everything you watch — not just films and shows, but individual seasons and episodes too. SEE YOUR STATS COME TO LIFE Watch your viewing habits turn into beautiful stat charts. Track your trends, uncover insights, earn achievements, and showcase your all-time favorite movies, shows, seasons, and episodes right on your profile. Browse everything you've watched together in one grid, or split it into films and shows. MAKE IT YOURS Customize your profile and watchlists to match your style with lots of different color themes, avatar images, headers, backgrounds, animated effects, and cursor styles. Save your favorite looks and reapply them anywhere. CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY Follow friends and see what the community's watching in your activity feed. Share your watchlists, then discover, like, and favorite lists created by other users. BUILD WATCHLISTS TOGETHER Create public or private watchlists and invite friends to collaborate. Plan movie nights, build binge queues, run polls on what to watch next, and curate your next marathon together. Put lists in your own order, and add just part of a show — a run of seasons, a single episode, or a handful of hand-picked episodes — to build chronological viewing orders that mix films and episodes. FLICKFOLIO PRO Upgrade to Pro for exclusive profile and watchlist color themes, avatar GIF support, every header effect and critter, animated wallpapers, collectible display cases, your choice of any poster for any title, advanced year-by-year stats, and Read My Mind — a game that guesses the movie or show you're thinking of. FLICKFOLIO PRO — SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Flickfolio Pro is available for $4.99/month or $39.99/year. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the same monthly or yearly rate as your chosen plan. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your App Store account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, is forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. PRIVACY & TERMS Terms of Use: https://flickfol.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://flickfol.io/privacy CONTACT & FEEDBACK We'd love to hear from you. Reach us anytime at support@flickfol.io

About

Castor

Features
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Castor is a simple, beautiful podcast app that respects your privacy. Subscribe to your favorite shows, download episodes and listen at your own pace on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or in the car. FREE, FOREVER • Search for any podcast or add it by its feed URL, including paid ones. Import your subscriptions with OPML. • Automatic downloads of the latest episode, so you can listen without a signal. • Up Next: your episode queue, arranged the way you like with a simple swipe. • Per-podcast speed, chapters, 15- and 30-second skips and a sleep timer. • Alerts for new episodes from your favorite podcasts. • Everything synced with iCloud across your devices. • Widgets, Control Center, Siri and Shortcuts. • "Your Year in Castor": how much you've listened, your favorite podcasts and what kind of beaver you are. CASTOR PRO (one-time purchase, no subscription, with a 14-day free trial) • Transcripts: read what's being said in any episode. Castor uses the podcast's own transcripts or creates them on your device, without sending the audio to any server. (Requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence.) • Search for a phrase across all your podcasts and jump to that exact moment. • Ask your podcasts questions and summarize episodes with Apple Intelligence. • Recommendations for new podcasts, worked out on your device from what you listen to. • Bookmarks with notes, exportable to Markdown. • Smart Queue: new episodes from your favorites go straight into Up Next. • CarPlay: your queue, your downloads and your podcasts on your car's screen. • Apple Watch: download episodes to your watch and listen with headphones, without your iPhone. YOUR PRIVACY COMES FIRST Castor has no accounts, no ads and no trackers. Your subscriptions and history stay on your devices and in your iCloud.

Screenshots

Flickfolio4 screens
Castor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Castor at every 4 days against Flickfolio's every 6 weeks. Flickfolio's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flickfolio sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and Castor sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flickfolio ships an update every 6 weeks, Castor every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Flickfolio versus Castor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlickfolioCastor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB13 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFlickfolio LLCDANIEL MANUEL VARGAS PESET

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Flickfolio

Subscriptions1
  • Flickfolio Pro$4.991 Month
2 purchases

Castor

One-time2
  • 14-Day Free TrialFree
  • Castor Pro$12.99

Questions

Is Flickfolio free?
Flickfolio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Castor free?
Castor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flickfolio or Castor have ads?
Neither Flickfolio nor Castor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flickfolio or Castor?
Flickfolio ships an update every 6 weeks, and Castor every 4 days. Most recently, Flickfolio was updated on October 31, 2026 and Castor on November 6, 2026.

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