Comparison

TV Show Tracker vs Simple Watchlist

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

Head to head
About

TV Show Tracker

This app helps you decide what to watch by suggesting movies and shows based on your mood and streaming subscriptions. It consolidates your watchlist across services and provides alerts for new releases or expiring titles. Track your viewing history and discover new content with curated collections.

Highlights
  • Mood-based recommendations
  • Unified watchlist across streaming services
  • AI-powered personalized picks
  • New release and expiring title alerts
  • Track viewing history
  • Filter by critic scores
Features
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Keep track of every movie and episode you watch with FlickPicker. Save your next picks in one watchlist, get upcoming episode reminders, and find where titles are streaming. TRACK EVERYTHING YOU WATCH • Movies, TV shows, seasons and individual episodes • Ratings, reactions, watch dates, theater visits, reviews and private notes • Custom lists for every mood, person or movie night • Release calendar and alerts for upcoming episodes KNOW WHERE TO WATCH — ANYWHERE See what streams in your region, compare streaming, rental and purchase options, prices and video quality, and open supported providers directly. Premium unlocks every country’s catalogue and worldwide availability for each title. POWERFUL DISCOVERY CONTROLS Go beyond one filter at a time. Combine genres, tags, streaming services, release periods, ratings, languages, runtimes and even actors or directors. Hide watched titles, sort results your way and save filter recipes for every mood. A complete movie guide and series guide brings together trailers, cast and crew, related titles, IMDb, Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes ratings, plus regional streaming, rental and purchase options. BRING YOUR HISTORY Import your watch history, ratings and watchlist from Trakt, TV Time, Letterboxd or IMDb—or use a CSV or pasted list. Premium can keep Trakt automatically synced. BETTER WITH FRIENDS Find friends by username or email, share the lists and activity you choose, compare Taste Match, send recommendations and log who watched with you. When nobody can agree, Pick Together helps decide movie night. FOLLOW THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE STORIES Follow favorite actors, directors, writers and other creators. Your Inbox keeps you updated on new projects, trailers, release dates and when something starts streaming. MAKE IT YOURS Choose your preferred posters and covers, reorder or hide sections across Home and detail pages, and jump back in faster with widgets, Siri and shortcuts. See your Taste Profile, share beautiful cards and watch heat maps, and revisit each month with Monthly Wrapped. Optional AI recommendations can also turn your mood, available time and services into a focused shortlist. FlickPicker is free to start. Premium adds unlimited lists, worldwide streaming availability, automatic Trakt sync, widgets, the full Wrapped archive and more. Available on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Terms & Conditions: https://theflickpicker.com/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://theflickpicker.com/legal/privacy

About

Simple Watchlist

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Someone recommends a show over dinner. It goes into Notes, or a screenshot, or a message thread, or nowhere. Three weeks later all you can remember is that there *was* something you wanted to watch, so you scroll a streaming app for twenty minutes and give up on something you have already seen. Watchlist is one list for the shows, films and videos you mean to get to. • Add something in seconds. A name is all it needs. • Keep what is still to watch apart from what is done. • Tick it off when you have seen it. • Give it a thumb up or down, and a line about why. • Set a reminder for the one you keep skipping. The point is the line you write afterwards. In six months, "lost it after episode four" is the only thing that stops you starting it again, and it is the thing you will actually want when a friend asks whether it is worth it. Up to 25 items. Ticking off, thumbs up and down, and a note on every one of them. Search and filtering. Reminders. PREMIUM An unlimited list, reminders on your own schedule, and export of everything as a spreadsheet. If you ever stop paying, nothing you saved is hidden, locked or deleted. Only adding something new is affected. That is built into the code, not promised in a paragraph. PRIVATE BECAUSE THERE IS NOWHERE TO SEND IT No account. No sign-in. No server. The app makes no network requests of its own, so it works identically in aeroplane mode. No analytics, no advertising, no tracking, no third-party code of any kind. Your list is on your iPhone and in your own backups, and nowhere else. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Watchlist Premium is available as an auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-off purchase: • Premium Monthly - £1.99 per month • Premium Annual - £9.99 per year • Premium Lifetime - £19.99, one payment, no subscription Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel a subscription in your Apple Account settings at any time after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://alxxwalls.github.io/simplewatchlist/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TV Show Tracker4 screens
Simple Watchlist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Simple Watchlist at 18.0 against TV Show Tracker'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. TV Show Tracker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Simple Watchlist sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
TV Show Tracker versus Simple Watchlist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTV Show TrackerSimple Watchlist
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (392 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings392 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWhimseed Studio Private LimitedALEX JAMES WALLS

In-app purchases

6 purchases

TV Show Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • FlickPicker Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly — Best Value7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time4
  • Small Popcorn$0.99
  • Big Popcorn$2.99
  • Movie Night Combo$5.99
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  • Lifetime Premium$89.99
3 purchases

Simple Watchlist

Subscriptions2
  • Full Access - Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Full Access - Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Simple Watchlist - Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is TV Show Tracker free?
TV Show Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Watchlist free?
Simple Watchlist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TV Show Tracker or Simple Watchlist have ads?
Neither TV Show Tracker nor Simple Watchlist shows ads.

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