Hi everyone!
We’ve opened a public form for anyone interested in joining the Sofa Time Android beta program.
You can apply here: https://sofatime.app/beta/
Please keep in mind that beta activation may take up to 24 hours after submitting the form.
Thank you so much for all the interest, support, and patience. We’re really excited to have more of you testing Sofa Time on Android!
This entire subreddit has just become a huge advertising space. It’s really annoying. We get it. There are thousands of Trakt clones. Stop posting about every single one.
I really wish the mods would crack down on this. Really considering unsubscribing from this subreddit until it gets cleaned up.
Hi everyone! I'm an Italian developer and I wanted to share a project of mine that has been live in production for months, hoping it might be useful to others and to get feedback to keep improving it.
As a movie buff, I used apps like CineTrak for years until they imposed limits on lists. I tried other trackers too (TV Time, Letterboxd, IMDb), but for one reason or another, I couldn't find the perfect app for my needs. So, I built a personal alternative and decided to make it public and free for everyone.
It’s called StarFlicks. It has no ads, allows unlimited lists (Watchlist and Watched), advanced stats and filters, global community rankings, and personal charts automatically generated based on your own ratings. It also features the latest releases and full bilingual support (English and Italian).
On the technical side, I built it using Django (DRF) for the backend, Next.js for the web, and Expo for the Android app, all containerized with Docker. It's available on Web (Desktop), the Google Play Store, and as a PWA (which has the same layout and usability as the native Android app). The PWA is designed especially for iOS users, since I decided not to invest in an Apple Developer account for now, given that this is a free, non-profit project.
I just found out that TV Time is shutting down, so I'm currently working on implementing a feature to let users migrate their data from TV Time to StarFlicks via an import tool. The project is constantly updated, and new features are on the way.
I would really appreciate it if the Reddit community could give it a look. Any feedback and support would help me a ton in gaining visibility!
Web App Link: https://starflicks.it/
Play Store Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.starflicks.app
I've been maintaining a fork of Yamtrack for the past several months focused on the adding features and experiences that matter to me day to day. This week I focused on one thing and one thing only. Statistics! (Yes, SIMKL's new stats inspired me, but I actively tried not to copy things)
Here's what you can look forward to:
Docker image:
ghcr.io/dannyvfilms/yamtrack:latest
As always, I have a public demo if you want to try before installing. Ask for features or shout out bugs! Happy to answer questions about setup or what's different from stock Yamtrack.
Reelrifter:
Site owner keeps spamming threads and in multitude of comments to force his site into view instead of organically growing his site through word of mouth.
Had pricing page set-up since day #1.
Badmouths people that question him and his website.
Seems to be vibecoded.
Have not seen any legitimate reviews from actual users of this site.
Claims Testimonials on here are all from legit users: https://reelrifter.com/testimonials
Which is funny, because in reality people don't typically use their full names on sites like this but a nickname. None of the names are clickable either, so you can't view their profiles. Most people also keep their opinions to themselves or post it to social media. A site that I estimate has only a few hundred users tops is very unlikely to have that many testimonials from actual users.
WeTrakr:The site was first mentioned in this sub was on the 12th of May 2026:https://www.reddit.com/r/TraktRejects/comments/1tb1b0d/started_building_a_trakt_alternative_2_years_ago/
The Reviews page: https://wetrakr.com/discover/reviews/popular
When you do a search of May 7 and count up to May 12 you will find more than 1000 reviews has been created by the same few users. When you visit their profile, you will find they have no items added to their list except for a bunch of favorite lists.
I simply don't believe these reviews are created by real people, like just compare these reviews made by 4 different people:
https://wetrakr.com/reviews/221https://wetrakr.com/reviews/239https://wetrakr.com/reviews/231https://wetrakr.com/reviews/211
What are the chances that 4 people review the same show on the 7th and 8th of May and practically say the exact same thing just worded differently?
While arguably it's not that big of a deal compared to Reelrifter and some other mostly vibecoded sites, it's still misleading people into thinking the site is far more active that it in reality is. It would have been fine if they marked them as "placeholder" or "example" accounts just to showcase how the page would look when populated and removed later on when genuine reviews were posted. But given the sheer amount of reviews added even before the date the site went live makes me believe this is done very intentionally to mislead people. Which is unfortunate because the rest of the site seems better than the typical vibecoded alternatives.
Developer responded and took down the reviews.
There are a bunch of other alternatives that don't even need to be named because they're all (obviously) vibecoded and have had pricing pages online immediately the day they released.
A good site doesn't need all this tomfoolery and a good site will grow organically via word of mouth. Misleading people from day #1 is not the way to get new users, we all walked away from Trakt because they spit on it's users and misled us... we are not looking for a similar experience waiting to happen.
The first problem with these new sites is that you never know how long they will last, then you have these scummy practices on top of that as well making them seem untrustworthy as well. If it starts out scummy, when are we going to see free features suddenly getting locked behind a premium payment plan? I have been looking for a proper alternative to Trakt for 3 months now, but personally have not found one, I did try to host a Yamtrack instance on my NAS but it was unfortunately quite slow and lacks a bunch of features to make it worth the time currently.
After a lot of work, I’m happy to announce that the internal beta testing program for Sofa Time on Android is finally active.
This is the first testing phase before opening the app to more users, so I’m looking for people who want to try the Android version early, share feedback, report bugs, and help shape the final release.
The app already includes the core Sofa Time experience for tracking movies and TV shows, with more features and improvements coming as development continues.
If you’re interested in joining the internal beta, please send me a private message here on Reddit and I’ll share the next steps.
Thanks again for all the support and patience. Android is finally happening :)
Came across an app called Tonkatsu Box and figured some of you might find it useful.
It's a local-first tracker for games, movies, TV shows, anime, manga, books, comics and visual novels - all in one app, one collection. Everything stays on your device. No accounts, no cloud, no subscriptions, works fully offline after metadata loads.
Some of what it does:
- Track status, ratings, notes, episode/chapter/page progress, filler markers
- Create your own collections and mix any media types in one list
- Lots of sorting and filtering options - by rating, year, status, format, favorites and more
- One-click imports from Steam, Trakt, MyAnimeList, AniList, RetroAchievements, Kodi and Kinorium
- Releases calendar for upcoming episodes
- Tier lists and mood grids exported as PNG
- Recommendations based on what you've finished and rated
- A genre word cloud of your whole library you can export as a poster
And many more !!!
With an active community, and a great dev !
Free and open source, runs on Windows, Linux and Android.
My personal take is , that I love this app now , and really stopped using any website to track my watchlist.
If you love to keep updating your watchlist and wanna do it offline , here's a really cool app , go check it out !!
Curious if they actually do sunset the website/app for Version 2 at some point today/tonight/tomorrow.
https://reddit.com/link/1uhcgey/video/3oprimg4ov9h1/player
Hey everyone,
TL;DR: Our biggest-ever Stats page is live, and the full all-time view is free for everyone: a watch heatmap, watch streaks, your viewer archetype, a binge report, top genres and directors, and a lot more. VIP adds Year in Review and Month in Review. There's also an easter egg hiding on the heatmap that we're not explaining. See yours: https://simkl.com/my/stats/
That's the fun of it. Which decade your taste actually lives in. The director you keep coming back to without ever noticing. The weekday you always end up bingeing. The day you put away a dozen episodes of one show in one sitting. How this year's you stacks up against last year's. Stuff you could never really see about yourself before, now sitting on a single page, and genuinely fun to scroll through.
The best part: the full all-time page is free for everyone. No trial, no "unlock your own data." If you've tracked anything on Simkl, it's already there.
Total stats, all time. Free for everyone:
All of it comes from your own watch history. No algorithm guessing, no AI filler.
About VIP, since someone will ask. The all-time page is free and staying that way. VIP adds two things on top: Year in Review (pick any year) and Month in Review (pick any month), back to the day you joined. Same page, scoped to one stretch of time, with a few extras like your first and last watch of that year. That's the whole difference. Simkl runs on member support, no annoying ads on stats and no investors, and VIP is genuinely what keeps the servers on and this stuff getting built.
>One more thing. There's an easter egg hiding on the heatmap, and we're not going to explain it. We'll just say your 365 squares have a few tricks in them you won't see coming. Poke around. You'll know it when you find it.
This is the biggest Stats update we've ever shipped, and we'd still love to hear what you think. Open yours: https://simkl.com/my/stats/
Then come back and post the most interesting thing the page told you about yourself: the stat that surprised you, the number you didn't see coming, the archetype you got. Screenshots very welcome, we want to see them. Tell us what stat to add next, too.
Hey everyone 👋
Finally got some time to jump back into Bingeboxd after being busy working on Series Graph.
I went through all the feedback from the last post and tried to actually act on it instead of just noting it down. This update is basically a bunch of the most requested stuff rolled into one.
That’s it for now. More coming next, especially around discovery and personalization, but I wanted to get this out first.
If you’ve got feedback again, I’m actually reading it :p
Read all our testimonials: https://reelrifter.com/testimonials
I’ve been scouring this sub for options, but I’m looking for some specific guidance based on my current setup. I’m moving away from Trakt primarily because the v3 experience and the lack of development on the Google/Android TV side aren’t working for me anymore.
I’m looking for recommendations for a new service to test that fits these criteria:
I’ve seen names like Wako, PunchPlay, and others mentioned around here, but I’m having trouble narrowing down which ones actually deliver on the "click-to-watch" and Android TV integration pieces effectively for mainstream streaming apps.
Has anyone found a platform that nails the Android TV experience while keeping that direct streaming app integration? Any advice on what to prioritize for testing would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I loved trakt dashboard recommendations, but I see many people are exploring alternatives due to V2 EOL. I've tried recommendations on V3, they are different and much worse. Have you found any service with recommendations with similar quality:
I've checked simkl so far, but it is more like trakt discover and not dashboard recommendations.
I've been maintaining a fork of Yamtrack for the past several months focused on the daily-driver experience: a history page, richer stats, shareable lists, daily use polish, and more media types like music and podcasts. These last two weeks have been heavy on integrations — three new ones landed — alongside a quiet but meaningful reliability pass running underneath all of it.
Here's some of what's landed recently:
Docker image:
ghcr.io/dannyvfilms/yamtrack:latest
Happy to answer questions about setup or what's different from stock Yamtrack.