Comparison

STACKD media vs SpectoMovie

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

Head to head
About

STACKD media

This social platform lets you rate movies, TV shows, books, music, and games. Organize your favorites into personalized collections and connect with a community that shares your interests. Discover new content or showcase your top picks.

Highlights
  • Rate movies, TV shows, books, music, and games
  • Create personalized 'Stacks' of favorites
  • Connect with a community of shared tastes
  • Discover new content
  • Organize media collections
Features
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STACKD is the social platform built for movies, TV shows, books, music, and games. Rate what you’ve experienced, create personalized “Stacks” of your favorites, and connect with a community that shares your taste. Whether you’re searching for your next obsession or showing off your top picks, STACKD makes it easy to keep everything you love in one place.

About

SpectoMovie

Identify movies and series from a single photo or by searching titles. Discover cast, trailers, streaming availability by country, and manage watchlists. It offers limited social features for sharing recommendations and logging viewing history.

Highlights
  • Identify movies from photos
  • Search titles by name
  • View cast and trailers
  • Check streaming availability
  • Create custom watchlists
  • Log watched titles
  • Add private notes
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Turn a streaming screen into your next movie night. Take or choose a photo and SpectoMovie helps you identify the movies and series visible in it. Explore your matches, check where to watch and keep your discoveries in a private Library. FIND TITLES FROM ONE PHOTO Identify multiple movie and series titles from a single still photo. Review confirmed and possible matches, open the details and save a whole scan to revisit later. SEE WHERE TO WATCH Check streaming availability in your country and open links to available providers. Compare selected countries with Premium. Availability changes by country and date, and viewing may require a separate provider subscription or purchase. SHARE YOUR MOVIE NIGHTS Recommend a title to a registered friend. Tag the people you watched with and keep those shared memories alongside your watched history. DISCOVER MORE ABOUT A TITLE Search for a movie or series by name. Explore cast, related books and film series, find trailers and open official IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes pages. MAKE YOUR LIBRARY YOUR OWN Keep watched titles, a watchlist, custom lists and saved scans together. Add private notes and use SleepMeter to record how long a title kept you awake. CHOOSE FREE OR PREMIUM The Free plan includes ads and a shared monthly usage allowance. Optional rewarded ads can add more usage. SpectoMovie Premium is a monthly auto-renewing subscription with more scans and discoveries, no ads and streaming availability across up to 10 selected countries. The app shows the current localized price and renewal terms before purchase. Restore purchases or manage your subscription from Profile. SpectoMovie uploads the still photo you choose for recognition. Live camera video is never uploaded. Provider, IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes names belong to their owners. SpectoMovie links to these services and is not affiliated with them. Terms of Use: https://spectomovie.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://spectomovie.com/privacy/ Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: contact@spectolab.com

Screenshots

STACKD media3 screens
SpectoMovie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: STACKD media at none against SpectoMovie's 2. STACKD media also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). SpectoMovie's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 11 days). On price and rating 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. SpectoMovie sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. STACKD media asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for STACKD media against 5.0 for SpectoMovie. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

STACKD media ships an update every 11 days, SpectoMovie every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
STACKD media versus SpectoMovie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSTACKD mediaSpectoMovie
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB52 MB
Age rating12+12+
Developerkevin tateSPECTOLAB TEKNOLOJI VE YAZILIM ANONIM SIRKETI

Customer experience

STACKD media

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SpectoMovie

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

STACKD media

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

SpectoMovie

Subscriptions1
  • SpectoMovie Premium$3.491 Month
One-time1
  • 5-Scan Pack$1.99

Questions

Is STACKD media free?
STACKD media is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SpectoMovie free?
SpectoMovie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, STACKD media or SpectoMovie?
STACKD media and SpectoMovie are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do STACKD media or SpectoMovie have ads?
SpectoMovie shows ads; STACKD media does not.
Which is updated more often, STACKD media or SpectoMovie?
STACKD media ships an update every 11 days, and SpectoMovie every 3 days. Most recently, STACKD media was updated on October 6, 2026 and SpectoMovie on October 1, 2026.

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