TV Time is shutting down, giving its users less than two weeks to export their data and find a replacement. The company cited an unsustainable free-only business model and insufficient demand for a paid tier. The app will be removed from the App Store and Google Play on July 15, 2026, and tvtime.com will go offline permanently on that date. Users who want to preserve their viewing history should request a data export through the app’s GDPR self-service tool before the cutoff, after which all personal user data will be deleted.
Several alternatives are already seeing surges in new sign-ups, with Simkl’s servers reportedly struggling under the load of TV Time refugee sign-ups. Of the nine apps below, four support direct import of TV Time data: Bingebase, Trakt, Cineswipe, and Movie Paradise. The remaining options cover a range of use cases from AI-powered discovery to automatic tracking and aggregated ratings.
1. Bingebase: Built Explicitly for Switchers
Bingebase is the most practical first stop for anyone migrating from TV Time, because it accepts direct imports of watch history, ratings, and lists from TV Time, Trakt, Letterboxd, SIMKL, IMDb, and standard CSV or JSON files. That breadth of import support means users arriving from virtually any other tracking platform can bring their data with them, not just those coming from TV Time specifically.
Beyond import support, it includes a release calendar covering digital releases, theatrical openings, TV premieres, and new episodes, filterable to just the shows you are already tracking. For users who want a single app that covers the transition and the ongoing tracking experience without requiring a manual rebuild of their watch history, Bingebase is the most direct answer.
Supports TV Time import: Yes
Price and availability: Free, with Pro plans available for $3.99 per month or $34.99 per year. Available for iPhone and iPad.
2. Refract: Free, No Ads, and Built Around Discovery
Refract tracks movies, TV, and anime in one place with no ads and no paywall, positioning itself as the replacement for users who resented TV Time’s slow decline into errors and outages without ever introducing a way to pay for better service. The app’s AI-powered discovery lets users describe what they are in the mood for and surfaces recommendations that sharpen as you add more ratings, making it genuinely more useful over time rather than static.
Reviewers have specifically called it out as the best alternative for anyone feeling let down by TV Time, which is a high bar to set this early in the migration cycle. Social features and tracking for books and games are listed as upcoming additions, suggesting the development team is still actively expanding scope.
- Free with no ads or paid tier
- Covers movies, TV, and anime
- AI-powered recommendation engine
- Social features and book/game tracking in development
Price and availability: Free, no ads, no in-app purchases. Available on iPhone only.
3. Trakt: The Most Comprehensive Database
Trakt indexes over 1 million shows and movies, supports imports from IMDb, Plex, Letterboxd, and TV Time, and partners with JustWatch to surface direct streaming links across hundreds of streaming services worldwide. It also lets users mark previously watched episodes in bulk and maintains a detailed watch history, which makes it useful both as a migration target and as a long-term tracking home.
Trakt is also the de facto sync backbone for many other apps on this list, meaning a Trakt account functions as a kind of neutral data layer that multiple front-end apps can read from and write to. Some users have noted the VIP subscription price has increased and free-tier list limits have been tightened, so the free experience is more constrained than it once was, and users who previously relied on TV Time’s completely free model should factor that in.
Supports TV Time import: Yes
Price and availability: Free with an optional VIP subscription for $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year. Available on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.
4. Sofa Time: Best for iPad and iPhone Together
Sofa Time handles both movies and TV shows and syncs iPad and iPhone via seamless Trakt integration. Users looking for a reliable TV Time replacement have specifically praised it as one of the few apps in this category that handles both movies and TV shows equally well, with cross-device consistency that is not a given among competitors.
That consistency matters more than it might sound as several otherwise capable trackers in this space offer a polished iPhone experience that degrades noticeably on iPad. Time avoids that problem by treating all platforms as first-class targets rather than treating the iPhone as the primary device and the others as secondary.
Price and availability: Free with optional in-app Lifetime purchase for $9.99. Available on iPhone and iPad.
5. Cineswipe: Social Features and Broad Import Support
Cineswipe syncs with Trakt, Simkl, TMDB, Letterboxd, and TV Time directly, covering most of the platforms that TV Time users are likely to be consolidating from or moving to. It adds AI-powered recommendations via a feature called Cinebot, which generates suggestions based on your tracked history, and public lists with web sharing for users who want their watchlists to be accessible outside the app.
Social features for users who valued TV Time’s community dimension are also present, making Cineswipe one of the few replacements that attempts to replicate that side of the experience rather than treating tracking as a purely personal activity. The breadth of its sync support also means it can sit alongside other apps on this list rather than requiring an exclusive commitment.
Supports TV Time import: Yes
Price and availability: Free with optional in-app purchase for $1.99 per month, $19.99 per year, or $59.99 for lifetime. Available for iPhone and iPad.
6. Movie Paradise: Monthly Wrapped for Your Viewing Habits
Movie Paradise supports direct import from TV Time, Simkl, and SeriesGuide, covering the most common sources for users arriving from the TV Time shutdown. Its standout feature is a “Monthly Wrapped” that generates an animated recap of your viewing month, complete with stats, top picks, and a shareable card in a format that will be familiar to anyone who has used Spotify Wrapped or Apple Music Replay.
Premium users also get AI commentary added to their recap, adding a layer of personalization that goes beyond a simple viewing log. For users who valued the social and shareable dimension of tracking what they watch, that combination of import support and polished output makes Movie Paradise worth considering even if the rest of its feature set is broadly comparable to other apps here.
Supports TV Time import: Yes
Price and availability: Free with a Premium tier for AI commentary and additional features available for $1.99 per month, $9.99 per year or $29.99 for lifetime. Available for iPhone only.
7. Showly: Developed by Trakt, Designed to Feel Like a Native App
Showly is developed by Trakt, Inc. and is fully integrated with Trakt.tv for tracking TV shows and movies, which means it carries a level of sync reliability that third-party Trakt clients cannot guarantee in the same way. The app has drawn consistent praise for clean design in a category full of cluttered interfaces, with reviewers describing it as a standout example of what a well-built tracking app should look like.
Because it comes from Trakt’s own team, it also tends to stay current with Trakt API changes rather than lagging behind them, which has been a recurring pain point for users of third-party clients. For users who want Trakt’s data layer with a front end that has been built and maintained by the same organization, Showly removes the friction of that split.
Supports TV Time import: Yes
Price and availability: Free with optional in-app purchase for $1.99 per month or $14.99 for lifetime. Available for iPhone and iPad.
8. Konsensus: Aggregated Ratings Across Every Major Platform
Konsensus pulls ratings from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Letterboxd, and Trakt into a single view, and syncs your movies and TV shows with your Letterboxd and Trakt accounts. It is available on iPhone and iPad. The aggregated rating view is Konsensus’s sharpest differentiator: rather than requiring users to tab between apps or browser tabs to cross-reference scores, it surfaces all of them in one place and lets you make a decision without leaving the app.
For users whose main use of TV Time was cross-referencing scores before deciding what to watch, Konsensus addresses that use case more directly than any other app here, and the Trakt and Letterboxd sync means your tracking history stays current regardless of which other apps you use alongside it.
Supports TV Time import: Yes
Price and availability: Free with optional in-app purchases starting from $3.99 per month. Available for iPhone and iPad.
9. Simkl: Automatic Tracking Across Major Streaming Services
Simkl is a web-first tracker for TV, movies, and anime that stands out for its ability to automatically track what you watch on Netflix, Hulu, Crunchyroll, Kodi, and Plex, removing the need to manually check in after each episode. It is one of the alternatives most frequently recommended in TV Time migration discussions, and its servers have been under strain since the shutdown announcement as users flood in from TV Time.
For users who found manual check-ins to be the friction point in TV Time, Simkl’s automatic tracking across multiple platforms is a meaningful differentiator. The service is web-first, so users who want a dedicated native iOS app will find it less polished than the App Store-native options on this list, but its import support and automatic tracking make it worth considering as part of a broader migration.
Supports TV Time import: Yes
Price and availability: Free with no in-app purchases or ads. Available for iPhone and iPad.
