onNext vs CouchQueue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
onNext
Discover what your friends are watching and reading. This app builds a "TastePrint" based on your preferences and connects you with others who share similar tastes. Track all your entertainment in a unified calendar and join community chats.
- Friend-based recommendations
- Unified entertainment calendar
- Personalized "TastePrint"
- Book and show tracking
- Community chat rooms
- Connect with shared tastes
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onNext lets you see what your friends and family are watching and reading right now, and what they think of it. Follow the people whose taste you trust, and your feed fills up with their picks. NEW ON APPLE WATCH AND APPLE TV Check what's on tonight from your wrist, browse your feed on the TV, or ask Siri what's next. YOUR FRIENDS' TOP 10 A live Top 10 built from what your friends are watching and reading today. It updates as they go. Tap anything to add it to your own list. BRING YOUR HISTORY Moving from TV Time, Letterboxd, IMDb or Goodreads? Your history and ratings come over in a few seconds. You can also paste in a list from Notes. CALENDAR New episodes and premieres for everything you follow, in one timeline, so you always know what's on tonight. BOOKS Books live right alongside your shows and movies. See who's reading what, and get a reminder the day a sequel you've been waiting for comes out. LISTS AND REVIEWS Make lists and write reviews, then share them with friends or with everyone. SPOTLIGHT What's new this week, plus picks based on your mood. CLUBS Start a private book or movie club and vote on what to do next, or join a public one. MESSAGES When you recommend something, the title comes attached, so nobody has to ask what you mean. Start a group chat with your friends and talk spoilers once everyone's caught up. CHAT ROOMS Every title has its own room where fans talk about it. Every Sign has one too. SYNCSCORE See how closely your taste matches each friend's, and browse their all-time favorites. LOOK AROUND FIRST You don't need an account to try it. Sign up when you're ready.
CouchQueue
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CouchQueue is a shared TV planner for households. Keep track of what you are watching, what is ready to watch next, and what you are waiting on. CouchQueue syncs through iCloud so everyone in the household can stay on the same list. Features: Track shows across Watching, Ready, and Waiting lists. Share one household queue with another iCloud user. See the next season for each show at a glance. Open and manage your planner from iPhone. Use the Apple TV app as a couch-friendly view for choosing what to watch and updating show status. CouchQueue is built for simple household coordination: less “what episode are we on?” and more watching.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CouchQueue at every 4 days against onNext's fortnightly. 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.
onNext ships an update fortnightly, CouchQueue every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.
| Parameter | onNext | CouchQueue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | onNext Media | Steve Evans |
In-app purchases
onNext
No in-app purchases
CouchQueue
No in-app purchases
