Comparison

Films Shelf vs Pledd

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

Head to head
About

Films Shelf

Easily save and organize movies you want to watch, with details like poster and runtime. Choose your next film with a browsing or shuffle option. Watched films create a personal viewing history.

Highlights
  • Save movies with poster and details
  • Organize a personal film shelf
  • Browse or shuffle film suggestions
  • Track watched films and dates
  • Ad-free experience with Premium
  • Partner sharing for shared watchlists
Features
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Films Shelf is a personal films shelf — a warm, low-friction place to put the movies you keep meaning to watch, and a calm way to choose one when Friday night comes around. THE FOUR JOBS • Save — A film catches your attention. Tap, add. The shelf builds itself over weeks and months. • Remember — Each entry holds onto what the film is: poster, description, year, runtime. Your shelf never decays into a wall of forgotten titles. • Choose — Browse the shelf or, with Premium, tap Shuffle for a one-at-a-time proposal. Reroll until something feels right. • Reminisce — Watched films stay on the shelf as a quiet record of what you've seen and when. A SHELF, NOT A DATABASE Films Shelf is built around a single guiding test: does this feel more like a shelf than a database? Warmth over completeness. Context over metadata. Earned archive over managed catalog. PREMIUM Premium adds: • Ad-free experience • Partner sharing — invite one partner to share your shelf. Both of you can add, mark watched, and remove films. The shelf updates on both phones. • In-app trailer playback • Shuffle — surface a one-at-a-time film suggestion from your shelf Premium is $4.99/month or $29.99/year. New users get 30 days of Premium free. Cancel anytime. PRIVACY Films Shelf has no first-party servers. Your shelf lives in your iCloud, not on our infrastructure. Film metadata is provided by The Movie Database (TMDB). This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Terms of Use: https://bbmaxwell.dev/legal/films-shelf/terms Privacy Policy: https://bbmaxwell.dev/legal/films-shelf/privacy EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pledd

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Pledd is an app for keeping track of your shows, animes and movies, without the hassle. You check off an episode when you've watched it, and Pledd shows you the next one. You can also see when new episodes of your shows come out, and find everything you'd set aside for later. No more wondering where you left off: you open the app and you know what to put on. Your library brings together everything you follow, shows and movies, sorted by status: watching, to watch, finished, paused. When you follow a lot of things at once, it makes all the difference. Each detail page gives you the essentials: which platform to watch on, the cast, seasons and air dates. You can rate every episode, share how it made you feel, vote for your favorite character, and see what other members thought. And if you like numbers, your stats are there: time spent watching, episodes seen, favorite genres.

Screenshots

Films Shelf4 screens
Pledd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pledd at none against Films Shelf's 2. Pledd also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). Films Shelf's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. Films Shelf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Pledd asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Films Shelf ships an update every 6 weeks, Pledd every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Films Shelf versus Pledd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFilms ShelfPledd
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMax McGregorTrayn

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Films Shelf

Subscriptions2
  • Films Shelf Premium (Monthly)1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Films Shelf Premium (Annual)1 Month trial$12.991 Year
None

Pledd

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Films Shelf free?
Films Shelf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pledd free?
Pledd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Films Shelf or Pledd have ads?
Neither Films Shelf nor Pledd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Films Shelf or Pledd?
Films Shelf ships an update every 6 weeks, and Pledd every 2 days. Most recently, Films Shelf was updated on November 5, 2026 and Pledd on October 31, 2026.

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