TVBuddy vs Stacks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TVBuddy
Organize your movies and TV shows with a personal watchlist. Discover new titles, track your progress episode by episode, and see where to stream them. Your preferences are saved locally for a clutter-free experience.
- Personalized watchlist creation
- Track viewing progress by episode
- Discover trending and recommended titles
- See streaming availability by country
- Sort and filter watchlist content
- No account required, data saved locally
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TV Buddy is your calm, personal place for movies and TV shows. Build a watchlist that works the way you do. Save the titles you want to see, mark what you’ve finished, and keep an eye on every episode still waiting for you. DISCOVER SOMETHING GREAT Browse trending movies and shows, upcoming releases, popular picks, genres, and recommendations shaped by your library. KEEP YOUR WATCHLIST IN ORDER Give every title a status - planned, watching, completed, paused, or dropped - and favorite the ones you love. Sort your feed by recently added, title, or release date. STAY ON TOP OF EPISODES Follow season progress episode by episode. TV Buddy uses release schedules to show what is available now and what is coming next. KNOW WHERE TO WATCH See streaming availability for your selected country, right where you are exploring a title. MAKE IT YOURS Your watchlist, preferences, search history, and cached media information stay on your device. There’s no account to create and no clutter to manage.
Stacks
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Keep track of everything you watch and read. Stacks brings your shows, films and books together in one place – simple and clear. Features: - Track shows episode by episode - Manage films and books by status (Watchlist, Active, Finished, Paused, Dropped) - Rate titles and add notes - Smart lists that surface what matters (top rated, unfinished, recently added) - Barcode scanner to add books by ISBN - Notifications for new episodes of your shows – even while you wait for the next season - Statistics about your library - Organise with tags - Back up and restore your library - Dark mode - German and English - Cloud sync (optional) - Home Screen widget with the titles you're in the middle of and their progress - Import your library from Letterboxd, Goodreads, Trakt and TV Time Film and TV data is provided by TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TVBuddy at daily against Stacks's every 5 days. Stacks's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TVBuddy ships an update daily, Stacks every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | TVBuddy | Stacks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nicolas Camenisch | Bobby Luong |
In-app purchases
TVBuddy
No in-app purchases
Stacks
No in-app purchases









