NowSeen vs Binglyst
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NowSeen
This app organizes and plays your personal IPTV playlists, M3U files, and Emby/Jellyfin libraries. It offers a program guide, multiscreen viewing, and subtitle customization. Syncs watch history and settings across devices.
- Plays M3U, Emby, Jellyfin
- Program guide with artwork
- Continue Watching row
- Multiscreen live TV
- AirPlay and Chromecast support
- Customizable interface
- Subtitle management
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NowSeen: your channels, films and series in one app NowSeen is a player for your own IPTV playlists, M3U files and Emby or Jellyfin libraries, on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. Add your sources and you get proper artwork, seasons and episodes, ratings, and a Continue Watching row that remembers where you stopped. Everything in one place Movies, series and live channels live side by side. Browse by genre, see what's trending, pin your favourite categories to the Start screen, or search and find something in seconds. A guide that just works A full programme guide with artwork and descriptions, fast to scroll and easy to read on a big screen. Live TV comes with list and grid views, catch-up support and reminders that let you know when a programme starts. Multiscreen Watch up to four live channels at the same time in a 2x2 grid, switch audio between them and open any of them full screen with one press. AirPlay and Chromecast Send live TV, films and series to your TV with AirPlay or Chromecast, subtitles included. Choose which device plays and keep browsing on your phone. Make it yours Rename and reorder channels and categories, hide the rows you don't use, set which sections appear on Start, pick your own EPG sources, choose your metadata language, adjust the text size and set up parental locks. Nearly everything in NowSeen can be changed to how you like it. Subtitles the way you want them Choose your language, pick your exact text size, and switch tracks without leaving the picture. Closed captions are supported, and if a film or episode has no subtitles you can fetch them from OpenSubtitles right from the player. Keeps everything in sync Your playlists, favourites and settings follow you across your devices with iCloud. Optional Trakt and Simkl integration keeps your watch history and progress up to date, automatically and in the background. Made for every screen On Apple TV, NowSeen has a native interface with Top Shelf support. One Premium unlocks the full experience on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. Premium Live TV is free to watch. Premium unlocks the full experience: 1 month for EUR 1.99 12 months for EUR 19.99 Lifetime for EUR 49.99, a single payment with no subscription Prices may vary by region. Your sources, your control NowSeen is a player. It does not provide any content, channels or subscriptions. You bring your own sources. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nowseen.app/Privacy.html
Binglyst
Easily track your favorite shows and movies, manage your watchlists, and discover new content. Its intelligent search understands plot descriptions and actor names, while a private, on-device recommendation engine learns your taste.
- Track watching progress per episode/season
- Intelligent search by plot or actor
- On-device personalized recommendations
- Countdown to next episode air dates
- View cast and crew filmographies
- Optional friend following and shared watchlists
- Private, no ads or tracking
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Binglyst is a fast, personal tracker for everything you watch — with a search that understands what you mean, not just what you type. TRACK WITHOUT THE BUSYWORK • Watching / Watchlist / Watched with per-episode checkmarks and season progress ("7 of 62") • Mark a whole season watched in one tap • Home shows what to continue, what's coming up, and exact countdowns to your shows' next episodes SEARCH THAT GETS IT Type a plot, not a title. "Chemistry teacher becomes drug kingpin" finds Breaking Bad; "bus cannot go below 50" finds Speed. Binglyst fuses meaning-based matching with keyword and popularity signals — and it also searches people, so "Leonardo DiCaprio" opens a full filmography with each credit's role. RECOMMENDATIONS THAT LEARN A private, on-device recommendation engine builds a taste profile from your library — favorite genres, actors, directors, writers — and keeps two rails fresh: one for series, one for movies. Pick three favorites at the start and it's already useful. NEVER MISS A DROP Coming Up lists your shows' next episodes with countdowns, and optional local reminders fire on air day. No account or server required. WHERE HAVE I SEEN THEM? Tap any cast member on a title page to see which of your watched shows and movies they also appear in — with the role they played in each. FRIENDS, OPTIONALLY Follow friends' watchlists and run a two-person shared watchlist. Friend features are entirely optional and need an iCloud account. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your watch history lives on your device. No ads, no analytics, no tracking. An account is optional — Sign in with Apple, Google, or email — and can be deleted in-app at any time. Binglyst's catalog covers hundreds of thousands of titles with episode air dates, ratings, plots, and full cast & crew, refreshed daily.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Binglyst at none against NowSeen's 5. Binglyst also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). NowSeen's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. NowSeen sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Binglyst asks for nothing beyond the download.
Binglyst holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of NowSeen's written reviews are positive against 100% of Binglyst's.
NowSeen ships an update every 2 days, Binglyst every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NowSeen | Binglyst |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ricardo Dimmendaal | Mohammad Hossein Pourmatin |
Customer experience
NowSeen
Binglyst
In-app purchases
NowSeen
- NowSeen Premium$1.991 Month
- NowSeen Premium Family$3.991 Month
- NowSeen Premium$17.991 Year
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- NowSeen Premium Family$34.991 Year
- NowSeen Premium Lifetime$44.99
Binglyst
No in-app purchases





