Comparison

Watchd. vs Film Library

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

Head to head
About

Watchd.

Log films and series you've watched, rate them, and create watchlists. Explore a cinematic timeline and receive personalized recommendations based on your viewing history. Access detailed information on millions of titles, including cast, crew, and streaming availability.

Highlights
  • Track films and TV series
  • Rate and love content
  • Build watchlists
  • Cinematic timeline by decade
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Detailed title information
  • Search millions of titles
Features
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Watchd — Your Cinematic Diary Track every film and series you watch. Rate them, love them, build your watchlist. Watch your taste take shape over time. THE TIMELINE Your collection as a living timeline of cinema — scrolling from the golden age to today, with each era rendered in its own atmosphere, accent color, and mood. MOVIES AND TV, FIRST-CLASS Search over a million titles. See cast, crew, runtime, seasons, episodes, and where to stream. TV series get full treatment: creators, season counts, ongoing status, and episode runtime. FOR YOU Recommendations based on what you've actually watched and rated. No clickbait — just films and shows worth your time. FEATURES • Track films and TV series in one place • Rate, love, and build watchlists • Decade-by-decade cinematic timeline • Personalized picks based on your history • Cast, crew, streaming providers, and full series details • Search millions of titles via TMDB

About

Film Library

Features
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The free way to organize the films you own, and to decide what to watch tonight from the shelf you already built. Film Library catalogs everything you own, disc by disc, with real cover art, cast, and crew. Then it helps you choose what to watch next based on the last watched film in your log. No subscription. No account. No paywalls. No ads. No tracking. ORGANIZE EVERYTHING YOU OWN Add any film or TV box set in seconds, complete with cover art, cast, and crew. Scan a barcode on iPhone or iPad and the title fills itself in. Own it on disc, digital, or still hunting for it? Add anything you like. SORTED THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT IT Tag every format, DVD, Blu-ray, 4K, Criterion, Steelbook, and any tags of your own, by shelf, by mood, by who you lent it to. Sort and filter by director, year, runtime, genre, or what you loved most, until the right film is one tap away. NEVER WONDER WHAT TO WATCH Film Library helps picks what to watch next from the films you already own: more from the same series, the same director or star, a same-genre pick, and one wildcard. It even surfaces a film with an anniversary today. Never a streaming upsell. Always something already within reach. KEEP A REAL WATCH HISTORY Log a watch with a tap, or back-date one you forgot. A calendar and a journal track everything you have seen, and when. RATE AND REVIEW Rate movies up to five stars and leave reviews or notes about it. BRING YOUR COLLECTION WITH YOU Already on Letterboxd, IMDb, or Blu-ray.com? Import your collection in minutes and your ratings and formats come right along. From there it is your data, on your device, exportable anytime. You are never locked in. YOURS ON EVERY SCREEN A true universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac in the OS 26 Liquid Glass design. Your library syncs privately through your own iCloud, no server, no sign-in. Home-screen widgets keep tonight's pick a glance away. Film Library uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Screenshots

Watchd.4 screens
Film Library4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Watchd. at 18.0 against Film Library's 26.0. 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Watchd. versus Film Library: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWatchd.Film Library
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB11 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDeepak ShanmugasundaramCraig Stubing

In-app purchases

None

Watchd.

No in-app purchases

None

Film Library

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Watchd. free?
Watchd. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Film Library free?
Film Library is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Watchd. or Film Library have ads?
Neither Watchd. nor Film Library shows ads.

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