onNext vs WatchQueue
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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Every app tells you what to watch or read next. None of them know you the way your friends do. onNext shows you what your friends and family are into right now: what they're starting, and what they keep telling everyone to watch. All from people whose taste you already trust. Your Friends Are Your Feed. A live Top 10 from the people whose recommendations you take seriously, updated as they watch and read. See what everyone is starting and finishing, then add it to your own lineup in a tap. Bring It All With You. Coming from another app? Import your history and ratings in seconds from TV Time, Letterboxd, IMDb, Goodreads, or a plain list you paste in from Notes or anywhere. Your stories come with you. Every Release, On Your Calendar. Stop bouncing between apps to figure out what's on tonight. New episodes and premieres for everything you follow land in one timeline. Books Count Too. Your shelf sits next to your shows, not off in a separate app. See who's mid-chapter and who just finished, and get the same heads-up on release day when the sequel you've been waiting on finally arrives. Find Out Your Sign. Everyone has a type. It shows up in what you rewatch and in the stuff you push on friends without being asked. onNext reads that and sorts you into one of 20 Signs, each with its own crest. Yours puts you in a room with people whose taste really matches. Takes about a minute. Featured By You. Make the kind of list people actually save, and publish it right alongside your reviews and tributes. Know What Just Landed. Spotlight rounds up what's new, plus picks matched to your mood, so you get there before your group chat does. Book and Movie Club Central. Start a private club with friends and put every next pick to a vote, or join a public one that's mid-discussion. You Get The Message. Suggestions and messages arrive with the title attached, so nobody has to ask what you're talking about. Start a group chat for your crew and go all-spoiler when someone finally catches up. A Room for Every Title. Everything in onNext has its own chat room where fans compare notes. Every Sign has one too, so you can find the people wired the way you are. See Who Gets It. Your SyncScore shows how closely your taste lines up with each friend's. Browse their current obsessions and see what made their hall of fame. Come As You Are. No sign-up wall. Walk in as a guest and look around. Make it official whenever you're ready. Your taste is showing.
WatchQueue
This app consolidates all your streaming services into one place, tracking shows and movies, indicating where to watch them, and helping you decide what to play next. It syncs across Apple devices and can integrate with Trakt and Plex for a comprehensive viewing history.
- Tracks shows and movies episode by episode
- Identifies where each title is streaming
- Syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV
- Integrates with Trakt and Plex watchlists
- Personalized discovery based on streaming services
- Sort and shuffle in-progress shows
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Stop juggling six streaming apps just to remember where you left off. WatchQueue is one home for everything you're watching — it tracks every show and movie down to the episode, shows you where to stream each one, and always knows what to play next. KNOW WHAT'S NEXT Open any series and the next unwatched episode is already waiting — with its synopsis, air date, and a one-tap jump into the app that's streaming it. Mark episodes or whole seasons watched, and your Up Next keeps itself current. WHERE TO WATCH — YOURS FIRST Every title shows exactly which apps carry it, split into Stream and Rent or Buy. The services you already pay for surface first, so you never rent something you could've streamed for free. DISCOVER SOMETHING TO WATCH New episodes this week, what's trending, and what's popular — plus a personalized row for each of your streaming services, so Discover reflects what you can actually watch tonight. YOUR LISTS, TOGETHER The Lists tab brings your Trakt lists and your Plex watchlist into one place as clean rails of poster art. Add anything to a list straight from Discover, Search, or a title's page. DECIDE IN SECONDS Not sure what to put on? Sort your in-progress shows by Fewest Left, Most Left, or Recently Watched — or just hit Shuffle. Started something months ago and drifted? Round up the ones you abandoned and finish them or let them go. ONE APP, EVERY SCREEN WatchQueue is a universal app: buy it once and it's yours on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. Your whole queue stays in sync across all of them through iCloud — no account required. BRING YOUR HISTORY (OPTIONAL) • Connect Trakt to pull in everything you've already watched and keep your progress in sync everywhere. • Point WatchQueue at your Plex server and it marks what you already own right on the posters — then opens any title or episode in Plex or Infuse. WatchQueue is great the moment you open it, and even better with the services you already use. One queue, finally in one place. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://thecreativebreakdown.com/watchqueue/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: onNext at 5.0 against WatchQueue's 4.0. onNext also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. WatchQueue sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year. onNext asks for nothing beyond the download.
onNext holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
onNext ships an update every 10 days, WatchQueue weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | onNext | WatchQueue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | onNext Media | JEFFREY PINILLA |
Customer experience
onNext
WatchQueue
In-app purchases
onNext
No in-app purchases
WatchQueue
- WatchQueue Pro3 Days trial$6.991 Year
- WatchQueue Pro$19.99









