Comparison

Media Notch vs Next Up

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

Head to head
About

Media Notch

This app serves as a personal diary for your entire cultural consumption. Track TV shows episode by episode, movies by viewing location, books by reading method, and log other live events. It provides visual year-end summaries of your experiences without social feeds or followers.

Highlights
  • Track TV shows episode by episode
  • Log movies by viewing location
  • Record book reading progress
  • Diary for museums, plays, and live events
  • Personal year-end cultural summaries
  • No social feeds or followers
Features
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Letterboxd wants your followers. Goodreads wants your reviews. You just want to remember what you watched. Notch is a personal diary for your whole cultural life - TV shows tracked episode by episode, movies by where you watched them, books by how you read them, museums, plays, and live events all in one place. No followers. No feeds. Just yours. Notch it up. Search a show and Notch pre-fills the episode, remembers who you watch with, and notices when you've skipped ahead. Log it on the subway, the plane, the museum steps. Every experience, Notched the moment it happens. Your year-end wrap starts the moment you log your first entry. Watch the charts fill in week by week - minutes watched, pages read, museums mapped, ratings charted. Every Notch builds the picture. December will look great. One app. Every movie, book, episode, exhibit, and show you experience. Notch. Make your mark.

About

Next Up

Features
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Next Up: Release Tracker keeps one list of everything you are waiting for. Follow the shows you watch, the films you want to see, the artists you listen to, the games you are waiting on and the teams you follow. Next Up collects every date into a single timeline, soonest first. WHAT IT TRACKS • TV — the next episode, the network, and how far behind you are • Films — release dates, and what you have already seen • Music — new releases and tour dates near you • Sport — fixtures across seven sports, including the cup ties and European nights your league calendar leaves out • Games — release dates across every platform ONE TIMELINE, NOT FIVE APPS Everything lands in one place, sorted by when it happens. Filter it by category or read it whole. STRAIGHT TO YOUR CALENDAR Subscribe once and it feeds your calendar, so new dates appear without you doing anything. TIME WELL WASTED Tick episodes off as you watch them and see what it adds up to — total hours, shows, films, and where the time actually went. QUIET BY DESIGN No ads. No feed. No recommendations you did not ask for. It tells you what is coming and then leaves you alone. Your data is yours: delete your account from inside the app and everything goes, permanently and immediately.

Screenshots

Media Notch3 screens
Next Up4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Next Up at daily against Media Notch's every 2 weeks. Next Up also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Media Notch ships an update every 2 weeks, Next Up daily. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Media Notch versus Next Up: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMedia NotchNext Up
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGhost RobotTiago Morais

In-app purchases

None

Media Notch

No in-app purchases

None

Next Up

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Media Notch free?
Media Notch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Next Up free?
Next Up is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Media Notch or Next Up have ads?
Neither Media Notch nor Next Up shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Media Notch or Next Up?
Media Notch ships an update every 2 weeks, and Next Up daily. Most recently, Media Notch was updated on October 8, 2026 and Next Up on October 21, 2026.

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