Comparison

Purplecast vs OmniLog

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

Head to head
About

Purplecast

This app helps you track TV shows, movies, video games, and podcasts in one place. Organize your media, discover new content with personalized recommendations, and engage with a community of fellow entertainment enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Track TV shows by season and episode
  • Organize video game playlists
  • Follow podcasts and track episodes
  • Discover personalized recommendations
  • Rate, review, and discuss content
  • Sync library across devices
  • Import and export entertainment data
Features
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Bring your watchlist, gaming backlog, and podcast queue together. Purplecast is your ad-free entertainment tracker for TV shows, movies, anime, video games, and podcasts. Remember where you left off, discover your next favorite, and join the conversation along the way. KEEP YOUR PLACE • Track TV shows and anime by season and episode. • Save movies, organize your game backlog, and follow podcasts. • Log rewatches, game replays, and podcast relistens with lifetime counts. • Pause shows when you need a break and return when you're ready. • Catch up quickly by marking a season watched or existing podcast episodes listened. FIND YOUR NEXT FAVORITE • Get personalized recommendations based on what you watch, play, listen to, rate, and favorite. • Explore trending, popular, top-rated, and upcoming titles, with dedicated anime discovery. • Find where TV shows and movies are available to stream in your region. • See upcoming TV episodes, movies, and game releases, and choose the release alerts you want. RATE, REACT, AND REMEMBER • Give titles and episodes a Purple Rating and write reviews. • Capture how a movie, episode, or game made you feel with emotion reactions. • Vote for your favorite characters in TV episodes and movies, and see the community's picks. • Revisit your history, favorites, ratings, and statistics across watching, playing, and listening. FIND YOUR PEOPLE • Discuss titles and individual episodes, reply to comments, and mention other members. • Bring conversations to life with images and GIFs. • Explore shared TV episode and movie discussions across participating apps through Commsuni.tv. • Use spoiler controls to choose what you reveal, and translate comments and reviews when you want. • Create a community profile, choose which sections are visible, and use reporting and blocking tools when needed. MAKE IT YOURS • Choose alternate posters and backdrops for saved shows, movies, and games. • Share entertainment cards for the titles you love. • Add iOS Home Screen widgets for your next TV episode, unwatched movies, and upcoming releases. • Choose light or dark mode and use Purplecast in English, Spanish, or French. • Keep your library and progress synced across your iPhone, iPad, and desktop browser. BRING YOUR HISTORY WITH YOU • Import supported data from TV Time, Trakt, Simkl, IMDb, Bingers, and Watchlog. • Preview file imports before adding matched data to your library. • Export your library, history, ratings, reviews, and other account data. AD-FREE FOR EVERYONE Purplecast has no advertising. Core tracking, discovery, ratings, community, notifications, imports, and exports are available for free. Purplecast Plus is an optional lifetime supporter membership with a one-time purchase. Help fund servers, data updates, notifications, and continued development while getting early access to selected features and a distinctive Plus member badge. Less time keeping track. More time enjoying what you love. This app is governed by Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement, available at: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

OmniLog

Track media consumption like games, books, and shows to predict completion times. Organize your library, plan your week, and get personalized recommendations based on your available time. Features include widgets, Siri integration, and Apple Watch support.

Highlights
  • Track time spent on games, books, and shows
  • Predict completion times based on user pace
  • Organize media into a single library
  • Smart recommendations based on available time
  • Widgets and Live Activities for quick access
  • Apple Watch app and Siri integration
  • Privacy-focused with no ads or tracking
Features
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Log the time. Know when you'll finish. OmniLog keeps your games, books and shows in one library, and keeps track of the thing other trackers forget: your time. Start a session when you pick something up, end it when you put it down, and OmniLog learns your real pace. Then it tells you when you'll finish, and what fits the evening you actually have. ◆ WHAT FITS TONIGHT • Tell Up Next how much time you have (15 minutes, an hour, two) and it puts what fits first. • Library loans that are due and shows leaving a service go to the top, so nothing slips away. • Plan the week: set a nightly time and see what you can finish by Sunday. ◆ KNOW WHEN YOU'LL FINISH • Finish forecasts from your own sessions: "about 7 hours left, at your usual 45 minutes a night you finish Oct 19." • Games start with a typical time to beat until your own pace takes over. • Your pace and your usual sitting, worked out for you. ◆ PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF • Add one line when you end a session, typed or spoken. • "Previously on…": a spoiler-safe recap written from your own notes with Apple Intelligence (OmniLog Plus). ◆ ONE LIBRARY FOR EVERYTHING • Games, books, shows and movies with covers, lengths and genres filled in for you. • Every episode of every season, with real titles. Mark the next one in a tap. • Where to watch, prices and leaving dates for your region. • Add anything: search, scan a whole shelf with the camera (OmniLog Plus), share a link from Safari, or import a CSV or export file from the app you use now. • Collections for what's leaving soon, favorites and what you've borrowed. ◆ YOU RARELY NEED TO OPEN THE APP • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. • A Live Activity timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. • Control Center, Siri and Shortcuts: "Start a session in OmniLog." • NFC tags: stick one on a game case or a book and tap to start or stop. • An Apple Watch app with a complication. • iPad, and iPhone Duo with a two-page layout and a tabletop timer. ◆ YOUR YEAR, IN REAL HOURS • Stats by day and by kind, this month and all year. • A year in review built from the time you actually spent. ◆ PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account. No ads. No tracking. No analytics. • Your library lives on your devices and syncs through your own iCloud, which we can't read. • Searches send only a title, to look up its cover and details. • Daily backups to your iCloud Drive, and a full export whenever you want it. ◆ FREE, WITH OMNILOG PLUS FOR MORE Your whole library, sessions, Up Next, finish forecasts, widgets, Apple Watch, Siri, Live Activities, iCloud sync and export are free. OmniLog Plus adds: • "Previously on…" recaps • Start-next picks explained by Apple Intelligence • Scan a shelf to add it all at once • Release radar alerts: out today, now on a service you pay for, cheaper to rent • Share your year in review • Watch together: what fits you both tonight OmniLog Plus is available as a monthly or yearly subscription. The yearly plan includes a one-week free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Some features use Apple Intelligence and need a compatible device. Terms of Use: https://jcmobileappstudio.com/apps/omnilog/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://jcmobileappstudio.com/apps/omnilog/privacy/

Screenshots

Purplecast4 screens
OmniLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Purplecast at 17.0 against OmniLog's 27.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Purplecast sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and OmniLog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Purplecast against 5.0 for OmniLog. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Purplecast versus OmniLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPurplecastOmniLog
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB7 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperPurple Hat Ventures, LLCJC Mobile App Studio LLC

Customer experience

Purplecast

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

OmniLog

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Purplecast

Subscriptions1
  • Purplecast Plus$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Purplecast Plus Lifetime$12.99
2 purchases

OmniLog

Subscriptions2
  • OmniLog Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • OmniLog Plus Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Purplecast free?
Purplecast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OmniLog free?
OmniLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Purplecast or OmniLog?
Purplecast and OmniLog are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Purplecast or OmniLog have ads?
Neither Purplecast nor OmniLog shows ads.

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