Comparison

Encue vs The Stack

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

Head to head
About

Encue

Discover where movies and shows are streaming across all your services with a single search. Get personalized recommendations from friends and track your viewing history. Find your next favorite without endless scrolling.

Highlights
  • Universal streaming search
  • Friend recommendations
  • Mood-based search
  • Notify Me for new releases
  • Personalized watchlists
  • Viewing journal
  • Actor/Director filmography
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Stop bouncing between five apps to find one thing to watch. Encue shows you where any movie or show is streaming, and what your friends say to watch next. One search, every service: subscription, free, rent, or buy, plus what's in theaters and what's coming soon. And your picks come from people you trust, not an engagement-driven feed. FIND IT IN SECONDS • Search any movie or show and instantly see everywhere it streams. • Or describe a mood, like slow burn British crime or feel good 90s comedies, and search gets it. • Not streamable yet? Tap Notify Me and Encue lets you know when it arrives. • Filter by your services, genres, rating, and runtime, so every result is something you can watch right now. • Browse every genre, or dive into collections like In Theaters, Under 90 Minutes, and Family Night. • Tap any actor or director to see their filmography, ranked by what they're known for. • Browse Top Charts: the highest rated titles worldwide and on each of your platforms. • Catch New Season badges the moment a favorite show returns. • Watch the trailer before you commit to two hours. ASK YOUR PEOPLE • Send a friend a recommendation with a note on why they'll love it, in the app or straight to Messages. • Can't decide? Ask your circle what to watch and get real title suggestions back. • Like and comment on what friends watch, rate, and review. • Show your taste with Four Favorites on a shareable profile. NEVER LOSE A TITLE AGAIN • Save anything to your Watchlist, Favorites, or your own custom lists. • Mark a title watched and it files into your Journal automatically, a tracker for every movie and show you've seen. • Rate and review everything you finish, down to single seasons and episodes, so future you remembers. Less scrolling. More watching. Your next favorite is probably one friend away. Streaming availability data provided by JustWatch. Movie and TV data from TMDB.

About

The Stack

Features
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The Stack is a media tracker that works like a to-do list. Someone recommends a film, a series, a book, a comic or a game? Add it to your stack and get to it whenever. ONE TRACKER, ONE QUESTION. You only have a block of time and attention, so why have several tracking apps? Movies, TV shows, books, comics, manga and video games live in one stack with the same four statuses for everything: Pending, In progress, Finished, Dropped. FAST TO ADD, EASY TO FIND. Search once across catalogues for film and TV, books, comics and games, tap to add, and the cover, year and details come with it. Filter by type or status, and see at a glance what is waiting for you. NO ACCOUNT NEEDED. Open the app and start adding. Everything is saved on this device from the first tap. If you want the same stack on another device or want to change phones, add your email and sign in with a one-time code. No passwords, no profile, no social features. FREE, WITH NOTHING BEHIND A PAYWALL. The Stack is free and fully featured. There are no ads, no subscriptions, no premium tier and no limits on how much you track. If you want to support the developer there is an optional tip in Settings; it unlocks nothing, by design. BUILT TO BE USED. Dark interface, full VoiceOver support, English and Spanish. Made by one person who couldn't keep up with her media pile. Catalogue data comes from TMDB, IGDB, Open Library, AniList and Metron under their terms. The Stack shows titles, covers and details only; it does not host, stream or link to the works themselves.

Screenshots

Encue4 screens
The Stack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Encue at none against The Stack's 3. The Stack's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. The Stack sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Encue asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Encue versus The Stack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEncueThe Stack
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB44 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperJohn SandsAlmudena Bernardos

In-app purchases

None

Encue

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

The Stack

One-time3
  • Small tip$2.49
  • Medium tip$6.99
  • Big tip$11.49

Questions

Is Encue free?
Encue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Stack free?
The Stack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Encue or The Stack have ads?
Neither Encue nor The Stack shows ads.

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