It's Starting! vs Cinemoo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
It's Starting!
This app helps you know the actual movie start times at theaters, factoring in preshows and trailers. It also provides ratings for auditoriums based on user feedback regarding screen quality, sound, and seating.
- Real preshow time estimates
- Auditorium ratings for quality and comfort
- User-contributed data for accuracy
- Apple Wallet integration for ticket sharing
- Arrival reminders
- Post-credit scene information
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It’s Starting! helps you choose the right auditorium and know what time your movie will really begin, all crowdsourced from the people in the seats. Know Before You Go See firsthand reports about screen quality, sound, seating, temperature, cleanliness, accessibility, and other auditorium conditions. Discover which rooms deliver a great experience, and which may need attention. Find the Right Auditorium Browse information by theater and auditorium instead of relying on a single rating for the entire location. One room may have an excellent screen and sound system while another has uncomfortable seats or a recurring issue. See When Movies Really Start Showtime isn’t always start time. See how long the preshow typically runs at theaters near you, based on real start times logged at real showings. Help the Next Moviegoer Share a quick auditorium review, report a specific room issue, or tap when the feature begins. Every contribution makes the information more useful for the next person. More Good Stuff Share your ticket from Apple Wallet to fill in the movie, theater, showtime, and format. Get a reminder when you arrive. Check post-credit scene details. It’s Starting! is a community project in its early days. The more people contribute, the more useful it becomes at every theater, in every city. Be one of the first to help build a better source of truth for moviegoing in your area.
Cinemoo
This app helps you track all the movies you've seen, share your viewing history with friends, and analyze your moviegoing habits. It also allows you to manage cinema memberships and compare your tastes with others.
- Track movies seen with details
- Share viewing history with friends
- Compare movie tastes with friends
- Group moviegoing leaderboards
- Analyze moviegoing habits
- Manage cinema memberships
- Import tickets via email
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Movie nights are better shared. Cinemoo keeps every film you see at the cinema, with posters, ratings, formats, theatres and dates. Now you can follow along with your friends' movie nights too. SEE WHAT YOUR FRIENDS ARE WATCHING Invite your movie people with a private link or QR code. Once you're friends, your feed shows the films they've seen and how they rated them. Open a friend's profile for their watch history and the year card they've published. FIND YOUR MOVIE MATCH Compare tastes with any friend: every film you've both seen, the ones you both loved, the ones you both disliked, and where your takes split. YOUR GROUP'S LEADERBOARD See who in your group has been to the movies most, this year or this month. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Friends is optional and invite-only. Friends see the films you've watched and your ratings. Your cinemas, seats, exact showtimes, notes and spending stay private. Remove or block someone at any time. KEEP EVERY MOVIE NIGHT Browse your history as a poster collection or a detailed list. Search titles and theatres, revisit your highest-rated films, and keep repeat visits in your record. Correct a detail or add a visit by hand whenever you need to. SEE YOUR MOVIEGOING HABITS Explore your activity over time, favourite genres, movie ratings, formats and cinema visits. See how much time you've spent at the movies and compare years of moviegoing. UNDERSTAND YOUR MEMBERSHIPS Track one movie membership or several, each with its own price and history. Compare estimated ticket value with membership fees and surcharges, and see monthly and lifetime savings and your effective cost per movie. If a month costs more than it saves, Cinemoo shows that too. Record AAA24 ticket redemptions and concession spending as well. History, ratings and Friends work without a membership. FORWARD TICKETS TO YOUR HISTORY Forward supported ticket confirmations, including AMC and Alamo Drafthouse, to your private Cinemoo address. Review import results and correct anything that needs attention. You can record visits from any cinema by hand. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD A native app with a dark interface, poster artwork and an adaptive iPad layout. Your account and history stay in sync with the Cinemoo website. Sign in with Apple, or continue with Google or email in a secure browser sheet. YOUR DATA, YOUR CHOICE Export your history as CSV or JSON, correct your records, and request account deletion from Settings. No ads or advertising tracking. An internet connection is required to sync and make changes. Import timing depends on your email provider and the confirmation. Ticket values are estimates of what seats would have cost without a pass, not price quotes or records of cash paid. Cinemoo is independent and is not affiliated with AMC, Alamo Drafthouse or other cinema chains.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cinemoo at 5.0 against It's Starting!'s 3.7. Cinemoo also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 8 days). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cinemoo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
It's Starting! ships an update every 8 days, Cinemoo daily. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | It's Starting! | Cinemoo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Kazanjian | Renato Untalan |
Customer experience
It's Starting!
Cinemoo
In-app purchases
It's Starting!
No in-app purchases
Cinemoo
No in-app purchases






