Comparison

Quadrate vs TV Show Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Quadrate

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Quadrate is one home for everything you watch, read and listen to โ€” films, TV, books and music, together at last. Most apps make you pick one. Keep your films in one place, your books in another, your albums somewhere else, and never see the whole picture. Quadrate is the whole picture. LOG IT, RATE IT, SAY WHAT YOU THOUGHT Rate anything in half-stars and write a review worth keeping. Mark what you own, and be honest about what you didn't finish. RATE AT THE LEVEL YOU ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT Give a series one rating, or go season by season, or rate it episode by episode โ€” whatever suits the show. Same with music: rate the album, or the songs on it. Pick your favourites and award your own gold, silver and bronze. PEOPLE, NOT ALGORITHMS Follow friends and see what they're watching and reading. React to their reviews, leave a comment, reply to a thread. Share any review as a link that unfurls properly wherever you paste it. LISTS, WATCHLISTS AND TAGS Build lists across every kind of media โ€” keep them private, share them with friends, or publish them for everyone. Keep a watchlist for each medium, and tag things in your own words so you can find them again. YOUR YEAR IN NUMBERS See how much you've actually watched and read, a monthly calendar of everything you logged, your favourite directors, actors, authors and artists, your streaks and your rhythms โ€” and how your ratings compare to everyone else's. A WEEKLY CHALLENGE Rank a curated set of titles against everyone else's picks. New one every week. BRING YOUR HISTORY WITH YOU Import from Letterboxd, IMDb, Goodreads, Apple Music and Spotify, so you start with your years of history rather than an empty shelf. Quadrate is made by one person, and every part of it comes from actually using it. If something's missing, tell us โ€” that's how most of this got built.

About

TV Show Tracker

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Point your camera at the screen. Catch Up knows the show, the season, and the episode โ€” and logs it. No searching. No typing. Track every series, anime and movie you watch, in one app that actually understands what you're watching. THE CAMERA THAT KNOWS Watching something? Just scan the screen. Catch Up recognises it and marks your place. Get it wrong once and correct it โ€” it remembers, and gets it right next time. CATCH ME UP Forgot what happened last season? Get the story so far โ€” written to the exact episode you stopped at, and never one line past it. No spoilers. Ever. ASK ANYTHING, ZERO SPOILERS "Who is this again?" "How do they know each other?" Ask mid-episode and get a real answer bounded to where you are. It genuinely cannot spoil you. FIND YOUR NEXT SHOW Describe what you're in the mood for โ€” not a genre, a mood โ€” and get real picks, not a generic top-10. EVERYTHING A TRACKER SHOULD DO โ€ข Up Next โ€” the next episode for every show you're mid-way through, one tap to tick it off โ€ข Series, anime and movies โ€” all three, done properly โ€ข Watchlist and your own lists (Horror, Comfort, whatever you like) โ€ข Calendar and reminders when new episodes drop โ€ข A home-screen widget for what's next โ€ข IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores, plus full cast โ€” tap an actor to see everything else they've been in โ€ข Insights into what you actually watch โ€ข Anime done right: MyAnimeList-style statuses and filler-episode flags COMING FROM ANOTHER APP? Bring your history with you โ€” import from TV Time, Trakt, AniList, or Netflix, or connect Plex, Jellyfin, Emby and Trakt to sync automatically as you watch. Catch Up is free to use. Plus and Max unlock higher AI limits, live sync and Insights. Catch Up Plus ($2.99/month or $24.99/year) and Catch Up Max ($5.99/month or $49.99/year) are auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled 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 your subscription in your Apple ID Settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://catchup.loomworks.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Quadrate4 screens
TV Show Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quadrate at none against TV Show Tracker's 4. TV Show Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. TV Show Tracker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Quadrate asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quadrate ships an update every 5 days, TV Show Tracker every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Quadrate versus TV Show Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuadrateTV Show Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size57 MB30 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperLiam DarringtonEbrahim Al-Ali

In-app purchases

None

Quadrate

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

TV Show Tracker

Subscriptions4
  • Pro$1.991 Month
  • Max$5.991 Month
  • Pro$14.991 Year
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  • Max$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Quadrate free?
Quadrate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TV Show Tracker free?
TV Show Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quadrate or TV Show Tracker have ads?
Neither Quadrate nor TV Show Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quadrate or TV Show Tracker?
Quadrate ships an update every 5 days, and TV Show Tracker every 2 days. Most recently, Quadrate was updated on October 24, 2026 and TV Show Tracker on October 31, 2026.

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