r/Simkl

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Until now, importing from Trakt meant connecting your Trakt account to Simkl. Since the recent changes on Trakt, the free Trakt accounts now can only keep one connected app at a time, so if your slot is taken by Plex, Kodi, or another app you rely on, importing meant giving that up.

We've received a lot of requests to be able to import your actual Zip export files directly instead of using trakt api, and that option wasn't available.

Not anymore. Simkl now accepts that zip file directly:

1. Go to app.trakt.tv/settings/data, hit "Export now" and download the .zip (large accounts can take a while to build).
2. Open simkl.com/apps/import/trakt/ and choose "Upload trakt zip export". Keep the file zipped, no need to extract anything.
3. Pick one of the 5 import options: skip what you already have, add missing watches, update only if Trakt is newer, full replace, or import just your rewatches.

What comes over: your complete watch history with the original watch dates, your plan-to-watch list, your ratings, and every play for rewatch tracking. Nothing is connected to your Trakt account, so whatever app is using your slot stays exactly where it is.

On privacy, because the export contains more than watch data: the .zip is opened in your browser, on your device. Simkl receives only your watch history, watchlist, and ratings. Your email, date of birth, and account settings never leave your computer, and nothing is stored on our servers, the data is processed during the import, and only the resulting list lives in your account.

Two honest notes: imports are temporarily open to PRO & VIP supporters while we scale up storage after the TV Time wave (there's a notify-me option on the page for when free imports reopen). And a handful of titles may land in a "could not detect" list, usually anime specials or seasons named differently across databases; you can download that not detected list from the results screen and add them manually.

Hi guys, I finally went pro so I imported my data from trakt to simkl, via zip with the option that replaces all simkl data with trakt, but I see that there are Fewer episodes recorded and 5 fewer movies, does anyone know what could have happened?

On trakt I have 1369 episodes and 886 films, while now on simkl I have 1058 finished episodes (1326 total but also counting those of the series I would like to watch) and 881 films seen.

I am very new to Simkl from leaving Trakt. I am. Wondering how to set up hide anything I watch. Like tv series only showing what I have to watch. I notice still shows that I have watched showing up. Also movies when I watch from plan to watch go away as watched in history.

Hey guys,

I think we need a major change in how shows and anime are organized, otherwise it’s very easy to miss new content that comes out years later. Let me explain.

Right now, if you go to a page such as Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, it might simply show that I have completed all 10 episodes. And that’s it.

The problem is that if I don’t already know that a sequel, continuation, or new season has been released, there is a good chance I will never find out. Some shows do indicate that a sequel exists, but this still doesn’t completely solve the problem, because you usually have to click on another title, which takes you to a completely separate page.

This makes the whole system too fragmented.

What I think we need

There should be a single core page for every anime and TV show, containing the entire series and all of its seasons, sequels, and continuations in chronological order.

For example:

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Overall Progress: ███████░░░ 70%

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

etc.

The progress bar should track the entire franchise/show, rather than resetting or only tracking one individual season.

But the most important feature I want to propose is a system for previously completed shows that later receive new content.

Once a TV show or anime is completely finished, it could be placed in a category such as:

Finished Shows

However, if that show later receives a sequel, continuation, spin-off, revival, or new season after being considered finished, the system should automatically move it into a new category:

Previously Ended — Now Has New Content

This would make it much easier to discover shows that have returned after a long period of time.

A good example is Dexter. The original series ended, and then years later it received new content, including Dexter: New Blood and later another continuation. Someone who watched Dexter years ago and simply marked it as completed might have no idea that the franchise had returned.

And I’m sure this happens with many other anime and TV shows as well.

The key idea is that users shouldn’t have to already know that a sequel exists in order to discover it.

Everything related to a show should be connected to one central page, with the full viewing history and progress displayed in one place.

This would make the system much less fragmented and, more importantly, would prevent users from accidentally missing new seasons, sequels, or continuations of shows they previously finished.

Well, this was surprising, considering I used to be a huge fan of minimal UI design. That changed after I started using Simkl. Its interface is incredibly well-designed and thoughtfully crafted.

I really appreciate how information-dense the UI is. The subtle animations, smooth transitions, thoughtful use of icons, and accents colors, all come together beautifully. In these day and age where designers are leaning toward increasingly minimal and simplified interfaces, Simkl manages to stand out by embracing a more feature-rich approach.

And honestly, I kind of love it.

I am able to only select Season wide episodes if I want to add episodes/update watch times for my TV shows, whereas I get to select individual episodes in Anime.

Can we get similar episode level sub selection for seasons in TV shows as well.

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