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The 7 Best TV Time Alternatives in 2026
TV Time is shutting down, leaving millions looking for a new home for their show tracking. Here are the seven best alternatives in 2026 — ranked by what they track, whether they import your history, and price.
With TV Time closing down in 2026, a lot of people are about to lose years of episode tracking, ratings and watch history. The good news: there are strong alternatives, and the best ones can import your data so you don't start from zero. When choosing, three things matter most — what the app actually tracks (just TV, or also film, games and books), whether it can import your existing history, and how much it costs. Here are our top picks.
Wecult — Best all-in-one, and best for TV Time refugees
Wecult tracks movies, TV shows, games and books in a single, dark-first app — where most rivals only do one. Crucially for anyone leaving TV Time, it imports your exported history from TV Time, Letterboxd, Goodreads and Steam, preserving episode progress and ratings so you don't restart. You get episode-by-episode tracking with release-day alerts, a "Match Twin" feature that connects you with people who share your taste (with clear reasons why), lists and short posts. There's a free tier, and paid tiers remove ads and raise limits.
Trakt — Best for automatic scrobbling
Trakt is a power-user favourite for movies and TV. Its standout feature is scrobbling: connect Plex, Kodi or other players and it marks episodes watched automatically. It has deep stats and a large community, though the best features sit behind a VIP subscription, and it doesn't track games or books.
Simkl — Best free option for TV, movies and anime
Simkl is a generous free tracker covering TV shows, movies and anime, with sync across devices and import tools. It's a great landing spot if anime is a big part of your watching. It doesn't cover games or books.
Serializd — Best for TV-first social logging
Often described as "Letterboxd for TV", Serializd is built around logging and reviewing series with a clean social feed. If your world is mostly TV and you want a review community, it's a strong fit — but it stays focused on television only.
Letterboxd — Best for film diaries
Letterboxd remains the gold standard for logging and reviewing films socially, with beautiful lists and a passionate community. The catch for TV Time users: it's films only — no TV shows, games or books — so it can't be a full replacement on its own.
Moviebase — Solid movies and TV on Android
Moviebase is a clean, fast tracker for movies and TV with watchlists and reminders, and it's particularly well liked on Android. It covers the core watchlist job well, without the extra media types or social depth some users want.
IMDb — Best for ratings and a simple watchlist
IMDb's enormous database, watchlist and rating system make it familiar and reliable. But it's really a reference site with a watchlist attached, not a true progress tracker — there's no episode-by-episode tracking the way dedicated apps offer.
How to move your data: before TV Time shuts down, open the app and export your data while you still can. Then pick the app above that fits how you actually watch — and if you also read or game, importing that TV Time file into an all-in-one like Wecult means your history lives on in one place instead of scattered across services.
The end of TV Time accelerates a broader shift: users increasingly want a single app that tracks TV, film, games and books together, with the ability to import years of existing history instead of starting over.
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