Plum Choice vs Serial Watcher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Plum Choice
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Plum Choice is one app for the things you do with your people. The movies you watch, the trips you plan, the dinners you split, the restaurants you pick, the recipes you share, the books you read, and the predictions you make about what happens next. It also helps you get home safe. All of it lives in private, invite-only circles. No public feed, no followers, no strangers. Stage Door answers "what should we watch tonight?" with picks from people you actually trust. Recommend with star ratings and real opinions, keep a watchlist, browse by genre or actor, and argue about it in a thread on every title. Plum Travel handles a group trip without the group text. Mark your dates, vote on the house, claim a dinner night, and keep flights, itineraries and tips in one place. Settle up at the end, and when the trip is over it wraps itself into a keepsake you can add photos and video to. Plum Safety is a small circle of the people you trust most. Before an Uber ride or the walk to your car, tap Watch over me and they can see where you are until you check in. Miss your check-in and the app asks if you are OK, then alerts them. Hold SOS and your circle gets your live location right away. When you are safe, your location stops being shared. With Apple Watch, your circle is told if your watch detects a hard fall and you do not answer. Plum Check splits the bill at dinner. Scan the receipt, show the table a QR code, and everyone taps what they had, even friends without the app. Tax and tip are shared out, and each person sees what they owe and who to pay. Plum Dining is for restaurants. Find places near you with ratings, prices and opening hours, and book with one Reservations button. Rate the places you go, keep a list of the dishes worth ordering, and share your favorites with your circle, so your people always know where to eat and what to order. Scan the menu to see the calories and protein in a dish. Plum Table is for recipes and nutrition. List what you are eating and see the nutrition right away, or scan the barcode on a packaged food. Save recipes from a website, an Instagram or TikTok post, a photo of a cookbook page, or text you paste in, and see calories and protein for each serving. Tell it what is in your fridge and it suggests recipes you can make. Share recipes with a recipe circle of just the people you choose, and keep track of a daily goal. Plum Books is a book club with a sealed vote for the next pick and a discussion room that stays spoiler-proof until you have finished. Plum Almanac is where you call the big moments early. The arrival date, the name, the final score. Every guess goes on the record and a countdown runs to the day you find out who was right. There is also For You, which learns from what you rate highly, a daily guess-the-star game called Screen Test, and DΓ©jΓ View, which finds the show you can only half remember. Every circle is its own private room. What you share in one is never seen by another, and you choose who is in. Content can be reported with a tap, members can be blocked, and we act on reports within 24 hours. Plum Safety alerts the people in your circle. It does not contact emergency services. In an emergency, call your local emergency number. Start a circle, text the invite code to your people, and never plan in a group text again.
Serial Watcher
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No account. No ads. Your data lives in your iCloud, not on our servers. One thread per episode β not per season, not per show: per episode. Finish S03E07 at 2am and there's a thread waiting with people who just watched exactly what you watched. No wading through spoilers from episodes you haven't reached. One tap from the app, movies included Up Next that actually thinks β the next unwatched episode of every show, with this week's premieres on top and everything else sorted by what you watched last. Plus a Home Screen widget so your queue is one glance away Movie deals radar β see what movies cost on your local store, spot the offers, and get a notification when one of your favorites goes on sale Discover, redesigned β a cinematic home that takes the color of whatever's trending, plus in-theaters and new releases. Browse by genre, year, streaming platform, actor or director β with platform logos on every title Rate & organize your way β 5-star or 10-point scale, custom lists (yes, you can add single episodes: "best Black Mirror eps" is finally possible), and GitHub-style activity heatmaps of everything you watch Your history, portable β import from IMDb, Letterboxd or Trakt in one tap; export or restore your whole collection anytime English & EspaΓ±ol, light & dark mode Free to download β the whole Discover experience is free forever. Pro (from $0.99/mo) unlocks Up Next widgets, you can explore your favorites and filter by platform. Try it you don't need to pay nothing now SerialWatcher uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plum Choice at none against Serial Watcher's 4. Plum Choice also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Serial Watcher sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Plum Choice asks for nothing beyond the download.
Plum Choice ships an update every 2 days, Serial Watcher every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plum Choice | Serial Watcher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days β better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 β better | 17.6 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mailquotes.com, LLC | Moscoso Pacheco, Gonzalo Juvenal |
In-app purchases
Plum Choice
No in-app purchases
Serial Watcher
- Small Soda$0.99
- Medium Soda$1.99
- Large Soda$3.99
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- Soda + Popcorn$7.99
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