Comparison

TV Series Track vs MagicLightbox

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

Head to head
About

TV Series Track

Never miss a TV show episode or movie release again. This app offers a unified calendar, smart notifications, and progress tracking for all your favorite series and films. It allows offline access and private local data storage.

Highlights
  • Unified calendar for episodes and movie premieres
  • Smart notifications for new releases
  • Direct Apple Calendar sync
  • Mark episodes as watched and track season progress
  • Share PDF watchlists
  • Offline support
  • Real-time search
Features
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TV Series Track is the ultimate TV series & movie tracker for fans who refuse to miss anything. Never miss a premiere again. Get a beautiful unified calendar that shows all your favorite episodes and upcoming movie releases. Sync directly to Apple Calendar and receive smart notifications the moment new episodes or movies drop — no more forgetting or scrambling. Search series and movies live as you type, mark episodes as watched, track season progress, save favorites, and share polished PDF plans with friends and family instantly. What you can do: - Unified Home calendar mixing episodes + movie premieres - Smart notifications for new episode & movie releases - Direct Apple Calendar sync - Real-time search for series and films - Mark watched episodes and entire seasons with progress bars - Share premium PDF episode plans or full watchlists - Dedicated My Shows and Movies tabs - Full offline support with fast local cache Dark, cinematic, and built for real binge-watchers. All your data stays private and local on your device. Stop scrolling. Start tracking. Take full control of your TV life.

About

MagicLightbox

Share your thoughts on movies and TV shows using voice notes instead of text. Listen to reviews from others, record your own, and engage in conversations about your favorite titles. Build watchlists and track your film discussions.

Highlights
  • Record spoken film and TV reviews
  • Listen to reviews from other users
  • Reply to reviews with agreement or challenge
  • Engage in voice note debates
  • Build custom watchlists
  • No follower counts, focus on spoken time
Features
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Film and TV reviews — spoken, not typed. Magic Lightbox is where you say what you thought out loud. Pick any film or series, hold the mic, and record your take. No star ratings to agonise over, no paragraphs to write — just your voice, your reaction, in your own time. LISTEN FIRST Browse thousands of films and shows and hear what real people actually said. Every title has its reviews attached, ready to play. You don't need an account to listen — just open it and press play. RECORD YOUR TAKE Sign in and hold the mic to record. Pause and pick it up again, undo a clip you fluffed, hear it back before you post. Take as long as you need — there's no time limit on a review. AGREE OR CHALLENGE Heard something you disagree with? Reply directly to it. Every reply is marked as agreeing or challenging, so a title's reviews become a real conversation instead of a list of opinions shouted past each other. ENTER THE DEBATE When a thread gets going, it becomes a debate: a group chat around the original review where anyone can weigh in with a voice note or a message, react with an emoji, and follow along live. MINUTES SPOKEN, NOT FOLLOWERS There's no follower count here. The only number that grows is the time you've spent actually talking about films. KEEP TRACK Build watch lists — watched, want to watch, rewatch, favourites, or your own — and put your six favourite films and shows on your prof BUILT TO BE CIVIL Every review, message, and account can be reported, and you can block anyone you'd rather not hear from. Reports are reviewed within breaking our rules is removed. Film and TV data from TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Screenshots

TV Series Track4 screens
MagicLightbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MagicLightbox at none against TV Series Track's 1. MagicLightbox also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). TV Series Track's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and monetization model 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. TV Series Track sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MagicLightbox asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MagicLightbox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TV Series Track has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TV Series Track versus MagicLightbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTV Series TrackMagicLightbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGustavo VenzonNathan Beckett

Customer experience

TV Series Track

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MagicLightbox

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TV Series Track

One-time1
  • TV Series Track Lifetime$1.99
None

MagicLightbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TV Series Track free?
TV Series Track is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MagicLightbox free?
MagicLightbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TV Series Track or MagicLightbox?
MagicLightbox is rated higher. TV Series Track averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while MagicLightbox averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do TV Series Track or MagicLightbox have ads?
Neither TV Series Track nor MagicLightbox shows ads.

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