Comparison

Film Library vs Media Base

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

Head to head
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.

About

Media Base

Catalog your physical and digital media collections, including books, movies, music, and games. Automatically populate details by scanning barcodes or searching titles. Track your progress, rate items, and get personalized recommendations from your own backlog.

Highlights
  • Catalog books, comics, movies, TV shows, anime, music, and games
  • Barcode scanning for quick entry
  • Automatic metadata and cover art population
  • Track read, watched, listened, or played status
  • Rate and review your collection items
  • Personalized daily recommendations from your backlog
  • Private by design, no account or ads
Features
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Media Base is a personal collection tracker for the physical and digital media you actually own - books, comics, movies, TV shows, anime, vinyl/CDs, and tabletop games, all cataloged in one place instead of scattered across seven different mental lists. SEVEN CATEGORIES, ONE APP Books and Comics/Manga with real ISBN lookup. Movies, TV Shows, and Anime with rich metadata and a direct link to see where to watch. Vinyl/CD with genre and artist details. Tabletop Games covering both board games and card games. Every category supports the fastest way to add something that actually works for it - a barcode scan, a title search, or typing it in by hand. AUTOMATIC, NOT TEDIOUS Add something by scanning its barcode or searching its title, and the cover photo, genre, and other details fill in on their own. Prefer to add your own photo instead? That works too, on any entry. TRACK WHAT MATTERS TO YOU Mark anything as read, watched, listened to, or played, and rate and review it. Filter your whole collection by genre, search by title, and jump around a long list with a real A-Z index. A daily "try this next" suggestion helps surface something from your own backlog instead of just adding to it. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no login, no ads, no tracking. Everything you add is stored on your own device. Media Base looks up titles from a few public sources (TMDb, Discogs, BoardGameGeek, Open Library, Google Books) to fill in details automatically, but never sends anything about you - only the title or barcode you're searching for.

Screenshots

Film Library4 screens
Media Base4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Film Library at 3 against Media Base's 1. Media Base's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Film Library versus Media Base: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFilm LibraryMedia Base
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB41 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperCraig StubingJaxon Harvey

In-app purchases

None

Film Library

No in-app purchases

None

Media Base

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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