Comparison

Boxset vs Screen Night

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

Head to head
About

Boxset

Never miss an episode again. This app provides a centralized watchlist with clear countdowns to upcoming releases across your favorite streaming services. Easily track your progress, organize your shows, and receive timely reminders.

Highlights
  • Episode countdowns
  • Centralized watchlist
  • Progress tracking
  • Streaming service integration
  • Customizable reminders
  • Offline functionality
  • Library organization
Features
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Juggling six shows on five streaming services, you lose track of what's actually on tonight. Boxset gives you one calm home screen with a single answer: the episode airing soonest, when it drops, and where to watch it. No more scrolling through apps trying to remember if the new season started. Plain-language countdowns like Tonight, Tomorrow, and In 3 days tell you exactly when to tune in, for every series you follow. Watching an episode is one tap. Hit +1, and your progress bar fills in, your count advances, and finishing a season earns a small celebration. It's a satisfying way to see how far you've come, series by series. Organise your library into Watching, Watchlist, Paused, and Finished shelves. Long-press to move a show between them as your habits change, and see counts at a glance so nothing gets lost in the shuffle. Each show carries its streaming service as a coloured chip, covering eleven major platforms plus a custom option for anything else. Weekly reminders nudge you on drop day at the reminder time you set for yourself. Adding shows is fast. Popular titles filter as you type, so common series go from search to shelf with a tap. Season and episode steppers make it easy to log where you are, and a show you have finished tells you when it comes back, so a new season is one tap away. Getting started takes a minute. Pick the shows you follow, set where you are in each, then create a free account with Apple, Google, or an email address. Your library backs itself up as you go, so a new iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV picks up on the exact episode you left off, and it still works offline. Only you can read your library, and you can delete your account from Settings whenever you like. Watching together? Share your library with one person by code: both phones see the same shelves, either of you can log an episode, and your reminders stay your own. If you watch more than one show at a time, give your library a home. Download Boxset and always know what's on next.

About

Screen Night

Never miss an episode of your favorite shows. This app tracks what you're watching, tells you when new episodes air, and helps you catch up quickly. It also offers personalized recommendations and a yearly recap of your viewing habits.

Highlights
  • Episode calendar sorted by air date
  • Mark entire seasons as watched
  • Rate shows with simple thumbs up/down
  • Optional episode air date reminders
  • Personalized show recommendations
  • Yearly viewing recap
Features
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Never lose track of what you're watching. Screen Night keeps a running list of your shows, tells you when the next episode airs, and makes it painless to catch up when you've fallen behind. UP NEXT, IN AIR-DATE ORDER Every show you follow, sorted by when the next episode actually airs — not buried show by show. Separate tabs keep what you're in the middle of apart from what you've been meaning to start. CATCH UP FAST Mark a whole season watched in one tap. Just added a show you're already partway through? "Mark Watched Through Season X" catches you up instantly, with no episode-by-episode grinding. WATCH ALONG WITH FRIENDS See what your friends are watching this week, how far along they are, and which shows they loved. Connect with an invite link, or find each other when you both have the other's number saved. Recommend a show with a tap. You choose what's shared: hide any show or pause sharing at any time, and your thumbs-downs are never shared. RATE WHAT YOU WATCH Thumbs down, thumbs up, or love it — not five stars nobody can calibrate. Your ratings sharpen what Screen Night recommends next. Every rating lives in one place, with the shows you haven't rated yet ready to rate. NEVER MISS AN EPISODE Optional alerts that say when and where each new episode airs — and let you mark it watched straight from the notification — plus a Sunday-morning reminder to see what's airing this week. Episode alerts are scheduled entirely on your device. DISCOVER SOMETHING NEW Trending shows, recommendations drawn from what you've actually watched and rated, and the shows your friends loved. YOUR YEAR IN TELEVISION Episodes and shows watched, hours spent, your most-watched titles, the genres you kept coming back to and the networks and streamers behind them — a running recap of the year so far. NO ADS, NO ANALYTICS, NO TRACKING No advertising SDK, no analytics service, no cross-app tracking. Your watch history syncs privately between your devices, and only the friends you connect with see what you're watching. Export your watch list, history and ratings any time, from Settings. A dark interface throughout, built for iOS. Pick your shows and see your own Up Next before you start a 7-day free trial that unlocks everything. Terms of Use: https://redrockappsllc.com/terms Apple's Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://redrockappsllc.com/privacy

Screenshots

Boxset4 screens
Screen Night4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Boxset at none against Screen Night's 2. Screen Night's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Screen Night sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Boxset asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Boxset against 5.0 for Screen Night. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boxset ships an update weekly, Screen Night every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Boxset versus Screen Night: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoxsetScreen Night
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings45 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB8 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHaatch Ventures LLPRed Rock Apps LLC

Customer experience

Boxset

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Screen Night

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Boxset

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Screen Night

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$12.991 Year

Questions

Is Boxset free?
Boxset is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Screen Night free?
Screen Night is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Boxset or Screen Night?
Boxset and Screen Night are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Boxset or Screen Night have ads?
Neither Boxset nor Screen Night shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boxset or Screen Night?
Boxset ships an update weekly, and Screen Night every 2 days. Most recently, Boxset was updated on October 31, 2026 and Screen Night on October 31, 2026.

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