Comparison

NextUp Club vs FlickLists

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

Head to head
About

NextUp Club

Discover personalized film recommendations tailored to your mood and plan your movie nights. Engage with the awards season by making predictions and tracking your accuracy. Continue the conversation with curated discussion boards and advance through member tiers.

Highlights
  • Personalized film recommendations
  • Awards season predictions
  • Track prediction accuracy
  • Curated film collections
  • Discussion boards
  • Member tiers
Features
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Your movie night, curated. NextUp delivers personalized film recommendations in seconds and lets you make award predictions throughout the full awards season. Designed for people who care about film, NextUp replaces endless scrolling with thoughtful curation. Whether you are watching solo or planning the perfect movie night together, discover films tailored to your mood with clarity and intention. Pick For Me Personalized recommendations built around how you feel in the moment. Individual and Couples selections. Curated collections including Oscar Winners, Comedy, Drama, and more. Awards Season Follow every major ceremony from the first show to the final night. Make predictions before each event, track your accuracy across the season, and advance through member tiers. After The Credits Continue the conversation beyond the screen through curated discussion boards and thoughtful commentary. Member Levels Progress through refined tiers that reflect your engagement and insight as a film fan. NextUp is built for people who value film, not just content. Discover what to watch. Experience a more intentional way to watch.

About

FlickLists

Easily track your personal watchlists and discover what to watch with others. This app helps you find common ground for movie nights and keeps a shared history of what everyone has seen. Never argue about what to watch again.

Highlights
  • Personal watchlists
  • Group watchlists
  • Shared viewing history
  • Episode tracking
  • Discover trending content
  • See where to watch
  • Voice assistant integration
Features
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FlickLists is the easiest way to keep your own watchlist AND figure out what to watch with the people you actually watch with - your partner, your roommates, the whole group chat. Track movies and shows, remember who watched what, and never argue about what to put on again. Most watchlist apps are built for one person. FlickLists is built around people. Create a list for each person you watch with, and the app instantly shows what you can all watch together - so movie night picks itself. ==== Your own watchlist, done right ==== - Track every movie and show you want to watch, with real posters and details - Up Next brings together shows in progress, new episodes, and movies to watch tonight - Per-episode tracking: tick off episodes, see how many are left, and spot season premieres and finales coming up - Specials and holiday episodes get their own section and progress, and never throw off your place in a show - Rate what you've seen, add your own notes, and keep a personal history of everything you've watched - Filter by runtime, media type, and maturity rating; sort by your ratings, everyone's average, or TMDB score ==== Watch together, decided ==== - Add the people you watch with and group them however you like - Date Night, The Crew, Family - Instantly see what everyone has in common - the overlap of your watchlists, ready to play - "Can't Decide?" picks something for the group when nobody can choose - Manage who wants a title in one sheet, and catch someone up to where you are when they join a show - Track a series together - the app picks the next episode nobody has missed - Record who watched what and keep a shared history with each person FlickLists isn't a social network - no friend requests, no connections. The people you watch with are lists you create yourself, kept privately on your device. ==== Find your next obsession ==== - One search for everything - or just describe what you want, like "a comedy under 2 hours Sam and I both want" - Tap any actor, director, or writer for their biography and filmography, or search by who's in it - Discover trending, popular, and upcoming movies and shows, powered by The Movie Database - See where to watch - streaming, rent, and buy options for your region - Watch trailers and extras right in the app, in a clean native player ==== Just ask ==== - Ask Siri "What should I watch with Dad in FlickLists?" and get the picks you share - Ask FlickLists for something to watch, hear what's up next, mark something watched, or add to your watchlist - it always asks before changing anything - Find the titles on your lists right from Spotlight - Keep Up Next on your Home Screen with the new widget ==== Free, forever ==== FlickLists is completely free. No ads. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. No account required. Connecting Trakt to import and sync your history is optional - you never have to sign in to use the app. ==== Private by design ==== Your watchlists, people, and history live on your device and sync across your own devices through your private iCloud account (and with your own Trakt account, if you connect it). FlickLists reads your searches and Siri requests on your device, never with a cloud AI service. The developer has no servers and never sees your data. No analytics, no tracking, no data collection - ever. ==== Built for the Apple ecosystem ==== Native SwiftUI on iPhone, iPhone Duo, and iPad, with iCloud sync, a Liquid Glass design, layouts made for every screen, and full support for Dark Mode, Dynamic Type, and VoiceOver. Available in English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, and Spanish. Movie and show data and images are provided by The Movie Database (TMDB). This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Where-to-watch data is provided by JustWatch. Questions or feedback? Email swishes_heels7s@icloud.com - every message is read.

Screenshots

NextUp Club4 screens
FlickLists4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: NextUp Club at 15.1 against FlickLists's 18.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NextUp Club against 5.0 for FlickLists. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
NextUp Club versus FlickLists: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextUp ClubFlickLists
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB23 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperARNOLD OSEI-OWUSUJeremy Littlewood

Customer experience

NextUp Club

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FlickLists

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

NextUp Club

No in-app purchases

None

FlickLists

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NextUp Club free?
NextUp Club is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FlickLists free?
FlickLists is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NextUp Club or FlickLists?
NextUp Club and FlickLists are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do NextUp Club or FlickLists have ads?
Neither NextUp Club nor FlickLists shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NextUp Club or FlickLists?
NextUp Club ships an update monthly, and FlickLists monthly. Most recently, NextUp Club was updated on October 28, 2026 and FlickLists on October 28, 2026.

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