Comparison

WatchSocial vs ShowNest

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

Head to head
About

WatchSocial

Features
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WatchSocial is the social home for everything you watch: TV shows and movies both, tracked properly, discussed with people who actually get it, and never missed again. TRACK EVERYTHING • Log every episode and movie as you watch it. • Rate shows, seasons and individual episodes • One Library: continue watching, watchlist and history in a single view • Private notes on any show, season or episode • Auto sync your watch history from Plex, Jellyfin or Emby • Import your history in a couple of taps from Trakt, TV Time, Letterboxd or Prime Video • Auto sync Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu, and Max as you watch, saving your position and marking as watched NEVER MISS AN EPISODE • A personal calendar built from the shows you follow • Catch up prompts for anything you missed • Subscribe to your schedule with calendar export FIND WHAT TO WATCH NEXT • A Discover feed personalised to what you actually watch • Browse by genre, cast and what is trending • Full cast and crew pages with filmographies • See exactly where to stream every title, and jump straight there TALK TV, SPOILER SAFE • A social feed built around what you are watching, not what is trending everywhere else • React to episodes and vote for the character who stole it • Spoiler tagged discussions and community timestamps for the moments worth skipping to • Follow friends, mention them, and keep everything in one inbox for alerts, messages and community WATCH TOGETHER • Start a watch party and stay in perfect sync across Netflix, Disney+, Max, Prime Video and more • Live chat and voice while you watch • Sync watching with a partner, or join fan groups built around the shows you love MORE TO EXPLORE • Celebrity birthdays for cast from your favourite shows • Daily and multiplayer games such as Reel Gallows, Frame, Screen Clash and Screen Sketch, with new ones added regularly • Articles, reviews and explainers from the community • Stats, streaks, trophies and a Year Wrapped that show off your taste Available in multiple languages. WatchSocial is built for people who take their watching seriously. Come track something.

About

ShowNest

Features
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ShowNest always tells you which episode to watch next: follow your TV shows, tick off what you've seen and find out when new episodes arrive. YOUR WATCHLIST • The next episode of every show you follow, with its title. • Shows you're caught up on count down the days to the next episode. • Sort by recently watched, recently added, newest episode, title or episodes left. • Hide finished shows you've completed, without losing them. MARK EPISODES YOUR WAY • One episode at a time, a whole season or the entire show. • Mark them as watched today or on the day they aired. • Undo the last episode you marked with one tap. MY SHOWS • Your library split into Coming Up, In Progress, Not Started and Completed. • Archive finished shows: they leave your lists but stay in your stats. FIND SOMETHING TO WATCH • Trending, Popular, Top Rated and Airing Today. • Shows like the last one you added, and more from the genre you follow most. • Search the whole TMDB catalogue, watch the trailer and discover similar titles. YOUR STATS • Total time, episodes watched and shows completed. • Your year in review, month by month, compared with the year before. • The day you watch most, your streak and your record. • Favourite genres, most-watched shows and a history of everything you've watched. ALERTS AND SYNC • A notification on the day a new episode of your shows airs. • Your library and watched episodes sync with iCloud across iPhone and iPad, with a page that shows how sync is doing. • Shows you've already opened stay available offline. MAKE IT YOURS • Light, dark or system theme and six accent colours. • The app in seven languages, even one different from your device's. • On iPhone, a tab bar or a compact menu. ShowNest is free, with no ads, no subscriptions and no account. Data provided by The Movie Database (TMDB). This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Screenshots

WatchSocial4 screens
ShowNest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: WatchSocial at 15.1 against ShowNest's 17.0. On price, update cadence, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WatchSocial ships an update every 10 days, ShowNest fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
WatchSocial versus ShowNest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWatchSocialShowNest
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB8 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMikey SahotaEmanuele Spagnoli

In-app purchases

None

WatchSocial

No in-app purchases

None

ShowNest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WatchSocial free?
WatchSocial is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShowNest free?
ShowNest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WatchSocial or ShowNest have ads?
Neither WatchSocial nor ShowNest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WatchSocial or ShowNest?
WatchSocial ships an update every 10 days, and ShowNest fortnightly. Most recently, WatchSocial was updated on October 6, 2026 and ShowNest on October 18, 2026.

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