Comparison

Couch Tomato vs BingeQueue

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

Head to head
About

Couch Tomato

Easily share your movie and TV show discoveries with friends and the community. Find out what to watch next and where it's streaming. Build your profile and see what others are recommending.

Highlights
  • Share viewing activity with friends
  • Discover new movies and TV shows
  • See where content is streaming
  • Follow friends and creators
  • Build a personal profile
  • Cross-device cloud sync
Features
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Couch Tomato makes it easy to share what you're watching with friends. Discover what to watch next and see where it's streaming. Share your excitement with friends and the community. What you’ll love: • Social by design: Follow friends and creators to see what they’re watching and recommending. • Fast discovery: Search movies and TV shows with rich details—posters, year, genres, top cast, and overviews. • Know where to watch: Instantly see where a show is streaming so you can jump in without the hunt. • Activity feed: Browse a clean, real-time mix of friends’ posts and global highlights. • Your space: Build your profile and share thoughts on the shows you love. • Cloud sync: Your activity and profile stay up to date across devices.

About

BingeQueue

Features
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Binge Queue — Your Personal Watch Library Binge Queue is a personal tracking and journaling app for the movies and TV shows in your life. Everything in the app is built around your data — your logs, your ratings, your collections, and your viewing history. Your Watch Journal Log every title you watch with a date, where you watched it (at home, in a theater, or on a trip), who you were with, and your personal notes. Your journal is entirely yours — every entry is created and owned by you, stored privately on your device. Your Ratings & Reviews Rate any title 1–5 stars and write a personal note about what you thought. See your full rating history, average score, and distribution in your personal Stats view. Your Collections Organize titles into custom lists with any name and emoji you choose "Pizza Night Picks," "Flight Movies," "Books I Want to Watch," or anything else. Build your library your way. Your Tags Create personal tags with custom names and emojis to label titles however makes sense to you — mood, occasion, who to watch it with. Your tags are unique to you and can be applied to any title. Your Episode Tracker Track exactly which episodes you've watched, season by season, for any TV show. Your progress is stored privately and syncs across your library. Year in Review At the end of every year, see a summary of everything you logged — how many titles, which months were busiest, your favorite venue, and the people you watched with. Generate a shareable summary card to send to friends. Viewing Goals Set a personal target for how many movies and TV shows you want to watch each year. Animated progress rings track your pace against your goals, powered by your journal. Recommendation Inbox Log recommendations from friends so you never forget who told you about something. Track whether you've watched it, add their note, and see the full history of what people have suggested to you. Watch Reminders Set a local notification reminder for any title so your device reminds you when it's time to watch — even when the app is closed. Library Backup Export your entire library — journal, ratings, collections, tags, watchlist, and episode progress — as a file you control. Restore it anytime, on any device. iOS Integration Titles you save are indexed in iOS Spotlight, so you can find anything in your library directly from the home screen without opening the app. Discovery Tools Search and browse a comprehensive movie and TV database to find new titles to add to your library. Filter by genre, decade, streaming service, runtime, rating, and more. See which of your streaming subscriptions carry a title and where else it's available. AI Critic Get an AI-generated consensus review for any title — a score, a TL;DR, and a breakdown of what works and what doesn't. Add your own API key for OpenAI or Anthropic, or use the built-in fallback. Privacy: All your personal data — journal entries, ratings, collections, tags, and goals — is stored privately on your device and never uploaded to any server. Movie and TV data provided by The Movie Database (TMDB). Binge Queue is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Screenshots

Couch Tomato3 screens
BingeQueue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Couch Tomato at 17.6 against BingeQueue's 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Couch Tomato versus BingeQueue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCouch TomatoBingeQueue
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael ArdizzoneRoy Nakdimon

In-app purchases

None

Couch Tomato

No in-app purchases

None

BingeQueue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Couch Tomato free?
Couch Tomato is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BingeQueue free?
BingeQueue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Couch Tomato or BingeQueue have ads?
Neither Couch Tomato nor BingeQueue shows ads.

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