r/TraktRejects

I develop Moviebase. Posting because the question I keep getting from people in this sub is whether the app needs Trakt at all.

It doesn't. Sign in with a Moviebase account and never touch Trakt. Watchlist, history, seasons

with bulk marking, rewatches, ratings, notes, calendar, episode notifications, stats and widgets

all run on our own sync. None of it is behind a VIP wall.

Android since 2017, iOS since last week; same app on both. Ask me anything.

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/moviebase-movie-tv-tracker/id6795568303

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moviebase

Website: https://moviebase.app/

Hey r/TraktRejects,

Some of you might remember me from a post I made here about five months ago. I’m the solo developer behind Movie Paradise. Old post: Link

I originally posted here because I wanted feedback from people who were already frustrated with Trakt and other tracking apps, and you guys gave me quite a lot of it.

One thing came up more than anything else:

“I’d try it if it had a web version.”

Well, it does now :)

Web: https://movieparadise.app

It uses the same Movie Paradise account, so all of your existing data is already there. Nothing needs to be imported again.

A lot of other stuff has been added or expanded since my original post too:

• Plex, Jellyfin and Tautulli integrations, so watching something can mark it automatically
• Stremio and Nuvio integrations
• Imports from Simkl, SeriesGuide, Showly, CSV and JSON, in addition to Trakt, Letterboxd and IMDb
• Advanced tracker filters with saved presets
• Automatic show statuses based on your episode progress
• Monthly Wrapped
• Viewing heatmaps, timelines, world map and milestones
• Profiles, followers and activity feeds
• Threaded comments and user taste-match percentages
• Swipe-and-match rooms for deciding what to watch together
• iOS and Android widgets
• Custom posters, backdrops and tags
• 75 animated profile themes
• 60 collectible badges and achievements, including tiered badges from Bronze to Diamond
• Badge showcases on profiles and a global badge leaderboard
• A lot more customization throughout the app

And since this is r/TraktRejects, probably the most relevant part:

Trakt sync is two-way.

You can keep Trakt connected and use both, or import your Trakt history into Movie Paradise and use it independently. Either way works, and imports are free regardless of whether you have Premium.

Tracking itself is also still unlimited on the free tier.

Some of the more advanced features are Premium, including additional Smart Lists, advanced statistics, provider notifications, integrations and episode-rating charts.

Premium is still:

$1.99/month
$9.99/year
$29.99 lifetime

And just to be upfront, the web app is still pretty new, so there may be some rough edges. If you run into anything, please let me know.

Mostly though, I wanted to come back because quite a few things I’ve built over the last five months came directly from feedback I got here.

So I’ll ask the same thing again:

What is your current tracker still doing that annoys you?

And if you tried Movie Paradise after my last post, I’d especially like to hear what you think of it now, what made you stop using it, or what is still missing.

Web:
https://movieparadise.app

iOS:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/movie-paradise-movies-tv/id6737476189

Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.techkitlabs.movieparadise

Twitter / X:
https://x.com/MovieParadise_

Discord:
https://movieparadise.app/discord

Hi everyone — I’m the developer of Purplecast, an independent tracker for TV, movies, games, and podcasts.

I know a lot of people here are looking for alternatives that feel useful beyond simply checking off what they watched. We’ve just added two features that move Purplecast in that direction:

• For You — personalized title discovery based on the TV, movies, games, and podcasts you already track.
• Community — discussions attached directly to TV shows, individual episodes, movies, games, and podcasts.

The goal is to make tracking more helpful after you’ve built a history: find something you may like next, then have somewhere to talk about it without leaving the title.

Purplecast is available on iPhone, iPad, and Android. The free version is fully usable with ads; Plus is optional, with a $12.99 lifetime option.

🍎 iPhone & iPad: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/purplecast/id6789614229

🤖 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.purplehatventures.purplecast

💜 Details: https://www.purplehatventures.llc/purplecast

^(Em dashes were completely human-generated here 😀.)

Tv and movie tracker.

Lots of options out there but this one has no account sign up, iCloud syncing, no subscription costs, season and episode notifications, iPhone and iPad (coming out in days) designed, available in US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

It’s called ReelStack. Live on the App Store.

https://youtube.com/shorts/6sYuYldwIE8?si=yVOe7Uv3WiBa1lE_

Hey all — I built (with the help of Claude) Spool, a self-hosted tracker for movies, TV, and anime. Started as something just for myself, but it's grown into something I think is solid enough for others to actually use, so I'm opening it up.

Why I built it: I was using Trakt and Simkl, but both lock a lot of useful features behind a paywall, and Trakt's newer redesign honestly made the experience worse for me personally. On top of that, Trakt recently restricted things so you can only have one external app connected via their API unless you're VIP — which made syncing from other apps a lot more limited unless you pay. I wanted something standalone that didn't depend on Trakt or Simkl for syncing at all.

That's where Nuvio comes in — if you watch content through Nuvio, Spool can automatically track your watch progress from it directly, no Trakt or Simkl account needed in the middle. Honestly, props to Nuvio for having that sync capability in the first place — it's what made a standalone tracker like this actually feasible.

What it does:

• Dashboard with continue-watching, up next, quick stats
• Movies & TV / Anime library with Watching / Watchlist / History tabs
• Calendar of upcoming episodes and releases, synced nightly from TMDB
• Shared and private lists, stats (streaks, genre/year breakdown, heatmap)
• Multiple household profiles on one instance
• Nuvio sync for automatic watch progress tracking
• Import via CSV, or auto-sync from a connected Trakt or Simkl account if you still use those
• Runs entirely on your own server — no account limits, no ads, no paywalled features

Stack: Django + Postgres + Redis/Celery, server-rendered with HTMX, shipped as a 5-container Docker Compose stack.

Repo: https://github.com/aljaz-h/spool-tracker

Known limitations (documented here): Simkl history sync hasn't been verified against a live account yet, no light theme, no multi-tenancy (it's a household tracker, not a multi-user SaaS), and poster matching is title+year based rather than ID-based.

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback, bug reports, or PRs if anyone wants to dig in.

I’m aware that some people lose all sense of proportion in their feedback, but I’ve just experienced how, even when you’re angry but still within reasonable boundaries, posts get shamelessly deleted (with a reaction time of less than five minutes from Saturday to Sunday). You can also exploit that while cynically acting as if your news makes everbody happy. The number of deleted posts speaks for itself. So it’s no longer enough to force your long-paying users to do something and then use their money against them—now we also have censorship of the minority (which apparently isn’t that small if posts have to be deleted). What’s going on at Trakt is simply cynical, and today, after almost 10 years, I canceled my subscription immediately after this experience because I refuse, on principle, to give money to people like that. It’s a shame that people like that were given this opportunity, especially considering how little they deserve it with their ignorance, even though users were far too loyal despite so much incompetence. My post to them was nicer, but it doesn't matters anyway.

I'll go for self-hosting now. Check out https://github.com/ignisda/ryot and Yamtrack guys. Vote with your wallet guys, they don't deserve your money. And tell everybody about it, like you told them that Trakt is awesome, while it was. But now it's over.

Hey everyone,

I've been working on a mobile app called TallyTV that functions as a standalone tracker, but also features full 2-way Trakt, SIMKL & Yamtrack sync. Both the iOS and Android versions are already live on the app stores, and I'm looking for a few more people from the community to help test out the sync integrations and share feedback.

A few of us have been running the 2-way sync across both iOS and Android and it's working smoothly. if you're feeling adventurous, try multi-service syncing.

The app is stable and good to go, but since 2-way syncing touches your watch history, you're always welcome to test it with a dummy SIMKL, Trakt, Yamtrack account first if you want to be extra cautious while we iron out any remaining edge cases.
If you're down to check it out, you can download it here:

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tallytv/id6760629249

android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tallytv.android

If you run into any issues, have feature requests, or want to share feedback, we have a Discord server set up here:
https://discord.gg/f6b525Vy5V

Appreciate anyone willing to give it a spin!

Edit: updated links