Comparison

TV Shared Lists vs Kaisho

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

Head to head
About

TV Shared Lists

Features
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TV Shared Lists lets you track TV shows and movies, rate what you've seen, and share your list with friends โ€” no account required. โ€ข Search millions of TV shows and movies โ€ข Track what you've Watched and what's on your Watchlist โ€ข Rate with 1โ€“5 stars and mark as Loved It or Not For Me โ€ข Add personal notes to every title โ€ข Filter by status, rating, or recommendation โ€ข Share your list with friends using the .tvlist format โ€” they pick exactly which titles to import โ€ข iCloud sync keeps your list up to date across all your devices โ€ข Import from a file or any URL (Google Drive, Dropbox, or any direct link) Whether you're building a watchlist to share with family or keeping track of everything you've watched, TV Shared Lists keeps it all in one place โ€” no account required.

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Kaisho

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A diary for anime, not a checklist. Every other tracker treats a show as a row you edit โ€” one status, one score, overwritten the next time you watch it. Kaisho treats a watch as an event. That single difference is the whole app. EVERY WATCH COUNTS A rewatch is a new entry, not an edit. Seasons, films and OVAs are rated separately, because a great first season and a weak third season are not one number. Your history becomes something you can read back instead of a list of current states. SIX AXES, OR ONE STAR Story, animation, soundtrack, voice acting, characters, opening and ending. Fill in the ones you care about and ignore the rest โ€” a single star is a complete entry. Rate enough of them and Kaisho tells you which axis your overall score actually tracks, and where you are generous or harsh against your own average. HOW TO WATCH IT Anime franchises are a mess, and no catalogue has a "franchise" field. Kaisho builds one from the relationships between titles, then lays the works out in order with recaps, side stories and alternatives marked. Filler is tracked down to the minute inside an episode, split into canon, filler, anime original and recap โ€” because content missing from the manga can still matter, and lumping the two together is how people get told to skip the wrong episodes. Claims are voted on, so nothing is presented as fact on one person's word. FIND SOMETHING BY MOOD Twelve vibes โ€” Mindbenders, Comfort Food, Gut Punch and more โ€” built from the tags real viewers vote on rather than broad genres. Your top nine become a shareable card and a watcher type you can post. WORKS OFFLINE, YOURS TO TAKE Your diary lives on your phone. No account, no connection, no sign-up wall. Sign in only if you want the community half: episode discussions, friends, shared and collaborative lists. Export everything as a file whenever you like, and delete your account from inside the app in one tap. BRING YOUR LIST WITH YOU Import from a MyAnimeList export file, or read a public AniList profile straight from their API. Scores become star ratings, finished titles become diary entries, and running it twice does not duplicate anything. NO ADS, NO TRACKERS No analytics, no advertising, no third-party SDKs beyond the one that talks to our own database. Nothing to buy. Anime titles, artwork and schedules come from the AniList API. Kaisho is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to AniList or MyAnimeList.

Screenshots

TV Shared Lists4 screens
Kaisho4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Kaisho at none against TV Shared Lists's shown. Kaisho also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). TV Shared Lists's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TV Shared Lists ships an update every 3 weeks, Kaisho every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
TV Shared Lists versus Kaisho: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTV Shared ListsKaisho
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size7 MB8 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJames BakerJoao Felipe Leal

In-app purchases

None

TV Shared Lists

No in-app purchases

None

Kaisho

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TV Shared Lists free?
TV Shared Lists is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kaisho free?
Kaisho is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TV Shared Lists or Kaisho have ads?
TV Shared Lists shows ads; Kaisho does not.
Which is updated more often, TV Shared Lists or Kaisho?
TV Shared Lists ships an update every 3 weeks, and Kaisho every 2 days. Most recently, TV Shared Lists was updated on October 25, 2026 and Kaisho on October 6, 2026.

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