Comparison

Film Reality vs Monca

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

Head to head
About

Film Reality

Log films, TV shows, and soundtracks you've watched, rate them, and write reviews. Follow friends to see their viewing habits and create custom lists. Get yearly stats on your viewing preferences.

Highlights
  • Log watched films, TV episodes, and soundtracks
  • Rate and review content
  • Follow friends' viewing diaries
  • Create custom public or private lists
  • Yearly viewing statistics
  • Journal for in-depth thoughts
Features
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FilmReality is a diary for films, TV, and soundtracks. Open the app, mark what you watched, rate it if you have a strong opinion, write a few sentences if you feel like it. Then close the app and get on with your day. If you used to keep a notebook of movies you'd seen, this is that, but it remembers everything and lets your friends see it. What's in it Every film and TV episode you mark as watched goes into a personal timeline with the date, your rating, and your review if you wrote one. Soundtracks get the same treatment. Albums, composers, scores. You can follow friends and watch their diaries fill up as they go. Watched With lets you and another person log the same screening at the same time, so the film shows up in both of your diaries linked together. Lists are for grouping things. Your top tens, comfort rewatches, films from one director. Public if you want, private if you don't. The watchlist is for things you keep meaning to get to. At the end of the year you get stats. What you watched, who you watched the most of, the kind of films you actually go for versus the kind you tell people you go for. There's also a journal for thoughts a star rating can't hold. Premium The app is free. Premium adds unlimited lists, deeper stats, and early access to features we're still building. Monthly or yearly. Cancel any time from your Apple ID subscription settings. Support Email: support@thefilmreality.com Terms of Use: https://thefilmreality.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://thefilmreality.com/privacy.html

About

Monca

Track, rate, and discover movies and TV shows with a unique rating system. Connect with friends, get personalized recommendations, and unlock badges to expand your viewing horizons. Manage your watchlist and explore detailed viewing statistics.

Highlights
  • Customizable rating systems (out of 20, 10, stars)
  • Advanced rating by category (direction, acting, etc.)
  • TV show tracking by episode with season averages
  • Social features to follow friends and compare ratings
  • Personalized daily and monthly recommendations
  • Unlockable badges for exploring new genres and cinema
  • Smart watchlist with filtering and alerts
Features
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Rating your movies & shows has never been this addictive. - A rating system as unique as you Out of 20, out of 10, in stars: pick the rating system that feels like you! You can even rate in advanced mode, breaking it down by: Direction, acting, sound design, cinematography, story. Every movie makes you feel something different, so why rate them all the same way? - TV shows have landed on Monca Track your shows, episode by episode. Rate each one, and let Monca calculate the season average, then the show average, or override it with your own score if you'd rather. Tell us if an episode left you needing to jump straight into the next one with our cliffhanger meter, a first of its kind. Your status (caught up, on hold, finished...) updates itself, and you get notified the moment a new episode drops. Import your entire TV Time history in one tap (if you managed to export it before it shut down...). - Your Social Club, not your feed Follow your friends or your favorite movie and TV buffs, and find their reviews in your Social Club. Compare your ratings on the same movie or show, get their recommendations, and recommend a movie or show yourself to the people who follow you. On the TV side, an adaptive spoiler-protection system keeps your progress safe. - A daily recommendation, picked for you Come back to Monca every day to see which movie is recommended for you, based on the genres you love, your Social Club's reviews, your favorite decades, and more. On the TV side, get a fresh recommendation every month, picked by your Social Club. - Complete stats See your entire film (and TV) taste laid out in numbers: your favorite genres, your underrated and overrated picks, the decades you explore, the countries you discover, your total watch time... and so much more to uncover! - Badges that expand your horizons Unlock badges as you watch: Asian cinema, Cannes winners, David Fincher superfan, 90s movies... Explore worlds you might never have tried otherwise, and level up! Shows have their own badges to unlock too. - A watchlist you'll actually use Save your upcoming movies and shows to your watchlist: filter by genre, sort by date added or release date, get alerted when a movie you're waiting for hits theaters. No more 200-title lists forgotten in a corner! - Movie Night Not sure what to watch in theaters this week? Monca suggests THE movie to see, matched to your taste, solo or with your Social Club. One pick a month for everyone, unlimited with Monca+. - Poster of the Day Every day, rate the mystery movie poster and see how your score compares to the community's. A fun little ritual to go with your daily recommendation! - Monca+ Take it further: more daily recommendations, unlimited custom lists, weekly recommendations sent to your Social Club, release alerts for the movies you're waiting on, spotlight the actor or character who stood out to you in every movie or show, and unlimited Movie Night picks. And so much more to discover on Monca! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Film Reality4 screens
Monca4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Film Reality at none against Monca's shown. Film Reality also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). Monca's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Film Reality sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Monca sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Film Reality ships an update every 2 days, Monca every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Film Reality versus Monca: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFilm RealityMonca
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better88.9% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB122 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFilm Reality LLCKevin Nicolas

Customer experience

Film Reality

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Monca

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Film Reality

Subscriptions2
  • Film Reality Member — Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Film Reality Member — Yearly7 Days trial$44.991 Year
3 purchases

Monca

Subscriptions2
  • Monca+ Mensuel$2.991 Month
  • Monca+$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Membre fondateur$29.99

Questions

Is Film Reality free?
Film Reality is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Monca free?
Monca is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Film Reality or Monca have ads?
Monca shows ads; Film Reality does not.
Which is updated more often, Film Reality or Monca?
Film Reality ships an update every 2 days, and Monca every 5 days. Most recently, Film Reality was updated on November 10, 2026 and Monca on November 10, 2026.

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