Couch Tomato vs Giglow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Giglow
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Couch Tomato | Giglow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Ardizzone | Mykyta Forofontov |
In-app purchases
Couch Tomato
No in-app purchases
Giglow
No in-app purchases









