Comparison

Couch Tomato vs Giglow

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

Giglow

Features
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Giglow is your personal concert and festival diary — a simple way to remember every gig, festival, tour, and live music moment. Log the shows you attend, add photos, write notes, rate the experience, and keep everything organized in one private archive. Whether it was a club night, an arena tour, or a festival weekend, Giglow helps you keep your live music memories in one place instead of scattered across camera rolls, notes, and chat threads. Main features: • Save concerts and festivals • Add photos, notes, ratings, dates, artists, venues, and locations • Keep a personal archive of your live music memories • Search and revisit past shows • Works without an account • Your data stays on your phone Giglow is built for people who want a clean, private way to track the shows they have seen and the memories attached to them.

Screenshots

Couch Tomato3 screens
Giglow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Couch Tomato at none against Giglow's shown. Giglow's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Couch Tomato ships an update every 6 weeks, Giglow every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Couch Tomato versus Giglow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCouch TomatoGiglow
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael ArdizzoneMykyta Forofontov

In-app purchases

None

Couch Tomato

No in-app purchases

None

Giglow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Couch Tomato free?
Couch Tomato is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Giglow free?
Giglow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Couch Tomato or Giglow have ads?
Giglow shows ads; Couch Tomato does not.
Which is updated more often, Couch Tomato or Giglow?
Couch Tomato ships an update every 6 weeks, and Giglow every 3 weeks. Most recently, Couch Tomato was updated on November 5, 2026 and Giglow on October 28, 2026.

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