Comparison

Marquee vs SeenBefore

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

Head to head
About

Marquee

Features
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FREE. NO SIGNUP. PRIVACY FIRST. Marquee is a free TV and movie tracker built around your privacy. There's no signup or account to create, no ads, and no tracking across apps or websites โ€” and nothing you track is shared. Your watch history, ratings, notes and lists stay on your device and back up to your own iCloud, never to our servers. Marquee is also the simplest way to keep track of everything you watch โ€” no sign-up, no clutter. FOLLOW YOUR SHOWS Add the shows you're watching and check off episodes as you go. Season-by-season checklists make it easy to catch up, and your progress is always a tap away. ALWAYS KNOW WHAT'S NEXT The Up Next queue shows the next unwatched episode for every show you follow. One tap marks it watched and moves you along. DISCOVER SOMETHING NEW Browse what's trending, popular, and top-rated, search millions of shows and movies, explore by genre, and see where each title is streaming in your region. MOVIES TOO Mark movies watched, build a watchlist, and keep a full history of what you've seen. NEVER MISS AN EPISODE A built-in calendar shows upcoming air dates for the shows you follow, with optional reminders. SEE YOUR STATS Episodes watched, hours logged, your most-watched shows, and a recent-activity chart. BRING YOUR HISTORY Switching from another tracking app? Import your watch history and lists from a data export and pick up right where you left off. Show and movie data is provided by TMDB. No setup, no API key, and no account โ€” browsing and search need an internet connection, and your tracked library works offline.

About

SeenBefore

Features
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Ever recognize an actor mid-scene and can't place them? SeenBefore instantly identifies the actor behind any character. THE CATCH: YOUR OWN WATCH HISTORY Create a free account and save the movies and shows you've already seen. From then on, every search doesn't just tell you who the actor is โ€” it tells you exactly which of YOUR watched titles they've appeared in. That's the whole idea behind the name: you've seen them before, and now you know where. HOW IT WORKS Type a character's name and the movie or show they're in. SeenBefore tells you the actor who played them, cross-checks your watched list, and pulls up their full filmography โ€” so you finally remember where you know them from. WHY SEENBEFORE No endless scrolling through IMDb credits. No digging through Google results. One search, one answer, matched against what you've actually watched โ€” powered by TMDB's full movie and TV catalog. FREE, ALWAYS No ads, no subscription, no catch. Just a fast answer to the question that's been bugging you since the opening credits.

Screenshots

Marquee4 screens
SeenBefore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: SeenBefore at 3 against Marquee's 1. SeenBefore also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Marquee versus SeenBefore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarqueeSeenBefore
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.013.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size18 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZIma Logistics LLCAlin-Teodor Olteanu

In-app purchases

None

Marquee

No in-app purchases

None

SeenBefore

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Marquee free?
Marquee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SeenBefore free?
SeenBefore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Marquee or SeenBefore have ads?
Neither Marquee nor SeenBefore shows ads.

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