Comparison

Television Time vs TV Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Television Time

Easily track your favorite TV shows with a beautiful interface and comprehensive features. Sync your progress, view upcoming episodes with widgets, and access detailed statistics about your viewing habits. Offers a free tier with limitations and a premium subscription for unlimited tracking and advanced features.

Highlights
  • Beautiful interface for show tracking
  • Sync progress with Trakt.tv or iCloud
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets for upcoming episodes
  • Detailed viewing statistics
  • Information on cast and crew
  • Rich notifications and keyboard shortcuts
Features
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Television Time is the best way to track the shows you watch, with a beautiful interface and a ton of features. "We tested a bunch of apps and found that Television Time is the best TV tracker for iOS." - The Sweet Setup "Television Time gives you a fighting chance of tracking all the great shows you'd like to see - regardless of where or when they happen to be airing." - Craig Grannell, British GQ "Television Time is my favorite TV show tracker that integrates with trakt.tv" - MacStories Features • Beautiful design: Easily navigate between series and episodes to find everything you need to know. • Sync your progress with Trakt.tv (Plus) or over iCloud • Widgets: View upcoming shows, or episodes you missed, on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. • Stats: View your overall series progress, time spent watching TV, and more. • Information about the cast and crew • Support for rich notifications, universal links, keyboard shortcuts and pointer, alternate app icons, and more. Contact Follow us on Twitter @TelevisionApp or send an email to support@televisiontime.app for questions, comments, and support. Television Time Plus Television Time is free for up to 5 shows. Subscribe or purchase Television Time Plus to: • Track unlimited shows • Sync your progress with Trakt.tv • Unlock additional app icons • Sync upcoming episodes with your Calendar • Receive notifications for upcoming shows Privacy Policy: https://github.com/MaxHasADHD/PrivacyPolicies/blob/master/TelevisionTime.md Terms of Service: https://github.com/MaxHasADHD/PrivacyPolicies/blob/master/TelevisionTimeTerms.md

About

TV Tracker

This app helps you track movies, TV shows, books, audiobooks, and video games in one organized library. Log your progress, discover new content, and view detailed statistics about your media consumption.

Highlights
  • Track movies, TV shows, books, audiobooks, and games
  • Organize with custom statuses
  • Follow shows episode by episode
  • Built-in timers for reading and play sessions
  • Log history with flexible date precision
  • Rate content with custom scales
  • Discover new content with search and charts
Features
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Omniphile (formerly Cinephile) is the all-in-one tracker for movies, TV shows, books, audiobooks, and video games. Keep your watchlist, reading list, and game backlog in one beautifully organized library, log every watch, read, and play session, and discover what to enjoy next. Key Features * Track movies, TV shows, books, audiobooks, and games in one library, and hide any kind you don't use * Organize everything with statuses made for each medium, like Up Next, Watching, Reading, Playing, Paused, Wishlist, Completed, and Gave Up * Follow shows episode by episode across seasons, and keep your place in every book * Time your reading and play sessions with built-in timers * Log your history with flexible date precision, like a movie diary, reading log, and game journal in one * Rate everything your way with 5-star or 10-star scales, half-star and quarter-star precision, and custom emoji ratings * Explore rich details for movies, shows, episodes, books, and games, including cast, crew, trailers, and critics' scores * Discover what's next with powerful search, trending picks, upcoming releases, charts, and genre feeds * Build collections and shelves to organize your library however you like * Dive into statistics for completions, time spent, ratings distribution, top genres, top people, activity heatmaps, and streaks * Bring your history with you from Letterboxd, Trakt, TV Time, IMDb, Goodreads, StoryGraph, HowLongToBeat, and more * Keep Omniphile and Trakt in sync automatically * Join the Community to share your profile, collections, and comments with fellow fans Omniphile Premium Apple Intelligence * Smart Search: describe what you're in the mood for and find it instantly * For You: swipe through picks tailored to your taste and mood * Siri: search Omniphile, open any title, or add what's on your screen, in photos, or in messages On All Your Devices * An Apple Watch app for your queues: log watches, reads, and play sessions from your wrist * A plethora of beautifully crafted Home Screen widgets: Up Next, schedules, streaks, and countdowns * iCloud sync across all your devices, plus full backups you can restore anytime Never Miss a Release * Release alerts the day anything you follow comes out * Streaming dates, with reminders for when movies hit your services * Where to watch, and discovery filtered by the services you have Track Everything * Rewatch movies and episodes, with every one counted in your stats * Your complete history, all the way back * Critics' scores for every episode, season by season * A session journal with notes and photos for every reading and play session * Save quotes you love and build a glossary of names worth remembering * More stats, including where you stream the most and what your shelves cost Your Games, Connected * Sync your Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, Epic, and GOG libraries * Every achievement and trophy from every store, together in one place * Replays: start a new playthrough of any game, as often as you like * Smart playthroughs: log playtime from your stores, or play toward achievement goals * Steam Deck, PS5 Pro, PS Plus, and Game Pass details on covers and filters * Deal alerts when a game on your Steam wishlist goes on sale Your Library, Your Way * Unlimited collections and smart collections, with rules by service, network, tag, Game Pass, and more * Tags, book themes with suggestions from Apple Intelligence, and rich notes * Pin a collection to Home as its own queue, or let Shuffle pick what's next * Rating filters, more sorts, and groupings by tag, platform, or service * Show up to 100 collections on your Community profile, with a Premium badge Watch, read, and play more, and remember all of it, with Omniphile. Link to standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Television Time4 screens
TV Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TV Tracker at daily against Television Time's every 3 weeks. TV Tracker also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 68%). Television Time's advantage is ratings volume (904 vs 298) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Television Time sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and TV Tracker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. 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 — 4.7 for Television Time against 4.8 for TV Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 904 and 298 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of Television Time's written reviews are positive against 94% of TV Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Television Time ships an update every 3 weeks, TV Tracker daily. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Television Time versus TV Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTelevision TimeTV Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (904 ratings)4.8 (298 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.8% of reviews94.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings904 — better298
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB371 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaximilian LitteralMario Luis Gutierrez Abed

Customer experience

Television Time

All ratings899 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews205 reviews
Positive67.8%
Neutral11.7%
Negative20.5%

TV Tracker

All ratings298 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews120 reviews
Positive94.2%
Neutral1.7%
Negative4.2%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Television Time

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month Subscription$0.991 Month
  • 1 Year Subscription14 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time5
  • Small Tip$2.99
  • Medium Tip$5.99
  • Large Tip$11.99
Show 2 more
  • Extra Large Tip$14.99
  • TelevisionTime Plus (Lifetime)$74.99
9 purchases

TV Tracker

Subscriptions6
  • Full Premium Access$2.997 Days
  • Full Premium Access$5.991 Month
  • Full Premium Access$8.991 Month
Show 3 more
  • Full Premium Access7 Days trial$26.991 Year
  • Full Premium Access$39.991 Year
  • Full Premium Access7 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • Large Coffee$7.99
  • Lifetime Premium access$79.99
  • Lifetime Premium access$99.99

Questions

Is Television Time free?
Television Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TV Tracker free?
TV Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Television Time or TV Tracker?
TV Tracker is rated higher. Television Time averages 4.7 out of 5 from 904 ratings, while TV Tracker averages 4.8 from 298 ratings.
Do Television Time or TV Tracker have ads?
Neither Television Time nor TV Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Television Time or TV Tracker?
Television Time ships an update every 3 weeks, and TV Tracker daily. Most recently, Television Time was updated on November 6, 2026 and TV Tracker on November 7, 2026.

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