Comparison

Up Next vs StreamTracker

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

Head to head
About

Up Next

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Up Next keeps track of the movies and TV shows you want to watch, the ones you're in the middle of, and the ones you've finished. Add a title and Up Next fills in the details: poster, cast, ratings, where it's streaming, and when the next season airs. YOUR WATCHLIST • Separate tabs for TV Shows and Movies, in the order you want to watch them. • Shows you're partway through sit in Watching, at the top. • Mark TV seasons watched one at a time. When you finish every aired season, the show moves to Watched, and it comes back on its own when a new season starts. • Returning Soon and Coming Soon show premieres and releases from your watchlist over the next two weeks. • Rate what you’ve watched: thumbs up, meh, or thumbs down. SHARE WITH ONE OTHER PERSON • Share your whole watchlist with one other Apple Account over iCloud. You both add, check off, and reorder the same titles. • Get a notification when the other person adds or finishes something, and see recent changes in Activity. • Your streaming services are shared too, so "on my services" means the same thing to both of you. WHERE TO WATCH • Pick the streaming services you have. Each title shows where it's streaming, with your services listed first. • Filter your watchlist or Discover to what you can watch right now. • Choose your region for accurate availability. TITLE DETAILS • Cast, with a page for each actor's other movies and shows. • Every episode in every season, plus ratings for each season and episode. • More Like This, trailers, and links to TMDB and IMDb. DISCOVER • Trending, Airing This Week, In Theaters, Top Rated, New Releases, and Recommended For You based on your watchlist. • Search for any movie or show and add it in one tap. COLLECTIONS • Group titles however you like: Christmas movies, Studio Ghibli, date night. • Suggestions for what else fits each collection. • Each collection tracks what you've watched in it separately from your Up Next queue. ALSO • Built for iOS 26, with full layouts on iPad. • Dark, light, or system appearance. • Syncs across your devices with iCloud. • No account, no ads, no tracking. Data and images provided by The Movie Database (TMDB). This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

About

StreamTracker

Never miss an episode of your favorite shows. This app tracks what's airing across multiple streaming services and sends a daily alert with all new episodes and premieres.

Highlights
  • Daily episode alerts
  • Cross-platform show tracking
  • TVMaze-powered search
  • Season premiere notifications
  • Show status tracking
  • Lock screen notifications
Features
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You pay for 5 streaming services and still miss half the shows you actually want to watch. StreamTracker fixes that. Add the shows you're watching. We track them across every platform — Netflix, Apple TV+, Hulu, Max, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Paramount+, Peacock, CBS, and more. Every morning at 7:50 AM, you get one notification with exactly what's airing that day. Season premieres. New episodes. Finales. All in one glance — right on your lock screen. FEATURES: • Morning alert with today's episodes — one notification, all your shows • Track shows across every streaming service • TVMaze-powered search — add any show in seconds • Season finale and new episode alerts • Simple status tracking: Watching, Want to Watch, Between Seasons, Completed, Dropped • 7-day free trial — $9.99/year after No algorithms. No recommendations. Just your shows, your schedule, one daily alert. Terms of Use: https://www.getstreamtracker.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.getstreamtracker.com/privacy ```

Screenshots

Up Next4 screens
StreamTracker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Up Next at none against StreamTracker's 1. Up Next also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs weekly). StreamTracker's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). On price, ads 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. StreamTracker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Up Next asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Up Next ships an update every 4 days, StreamTracker weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Up Next versus StreamTracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUp NextStreamTracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEric HermansonPoint Zero AI LLC

In-app purchases

None

Up Next

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

StreamTracker

Subscriptions1
  • StreamTracker Premium$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Up Next free?
Up Next is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StreamTracker free?
StreamTracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Up Next or StreamTracker have ads?
Neither Up Next nor StreamTracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Up Next or StreamTracker?
Up Next ships an update every 4 days, and StreamTracker weekly. Most recently, Up Next was updated on October 15, 2026 and StreamTracker on October 2, 2026.

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