Comparison

TVBuddy vs Sagacrew

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Sagacrew

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Sagacrew is the TV tracker with a crew: follow your friends, see what they are watching, and show off your Top 10 Shows and your Trash Shows, with every episode you watch tracked in a tap. YOUR CREW - Follow friends and see what they watch, start, finish and rate, in your Feed. - Suggested for You: people to follow, from friends of friends and shared taste. - A profile with a handle, at sagacrew.com/@you, that anyone can open, app or no app. - Pick your Top 10 Shows, and your Trash Shows: the ones you would recommend to no one. - Like someone's Top 10 Shows, or share yours as a card to any app. - Block anyone, report anything. TRACK, IN A TAP - Up Next shows the next episode of every show you follow. One tap marks it watched. - Mark an episode, a whole season, or everything up to where you are. - Your library sorts itself: watching, up to date, completed, plan to watch, dropped. - Upcoming is your calendar of what airs next, day by day. - Rate episodes and shows, and see your hours and episodes watched. FIND - Search every show, with posters, seasons, episodes and ratings from TMDB. - Trending, new this season, top rated and popular, on Home. Sagacrew uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

Screenshots

TVBuddy4 screens
Sagacrew4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TVBuddy at daily against Sagacrew's every 4 days. Sagacrew's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 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

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

TVBuddy ships an update daily, Sagacrew every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TVBuddy versus Sagacrew: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTVBuddySagacrew
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB48 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperNicolas CamenischNuno Tiago Vinhanova Tavares

In-app purchases

None

TVBuddy

No in-app purchases

None

Sagacrew

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TVBuddy free?
TVBuddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sagacrew free?
Sagacrew is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TVBuddy or Sagacrew have ads?
Neither TVBuddy nor Sagacrew shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TVBuddy or Sagacrew?
TVBuddy ships an update daily, and Sagacrew every 4 days. Most recently, TVBuddy was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sagacrew on October 24, 2026.

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