TV Time alternatives.

Last checked October 21, 2026

The short answer

On Android, Cinopsys is a good fit for the tracking side of TV Time: movies and TV, no account needed, and sync with Trakt, Simkl, MDBList and WeTrakr. Simkl is a cross-platform option and Serializd is nearest to the social side. TV Time shut down on July 15, 2026.

With TV Time gone, 26 million-plus people needed somewhere to go. The trap is jumping to another closed app and getting locked in all over again. So we compared these on the things that actually matter after a shutdown: does it track both movies and TV, does it need an account, and — most importantly — can you take your history with you if this ever happens again? First things first, though: if you saved a TV Time export before the shutdown, here's what to do with it, whichever app you choose.

At a glance

Reflects each app's widely documented features as of October 2026 and our understanding of the others. Competitors change often — if something here is out of date, tell us on Discord. All names are trademarks of their owners; this is an independent comparison.

1. Cinopsys — for Android, standalone or synced

If you're on Android and you mostly used TV Time to track what you're watching and what's next, Cinopsys is a good fit. It tracks movies and TV episode-by-episode, and works the moment you install it — no account required. You get the depth TV Time users miss when they downgrade to a simpler app: detailed stats, advanced filters, upcoming-episode notifications, a release calendar, home-screen widgets, where-to-watch info and spoiler hiding.

The part that matters most after a shutdown: your data doesn't have to live inside Cinopsys. Connect Trakt, Simkl, MDBList or WeTrakr and your watch history and watchlist stay in step both ways, or keep everything on-device and back up to your own Google Drive. Either way, your history is portable — so you're never in this position again.

• Good for: Android users who want TV Time's tracking without needing an account or getting locked in.
• The catch: Android only today, and the social feed is minimal by design.

2. Simkl — cross-platform tracker

If you switch between an iPhone, an Android phone and a laptop, Simkl is the closest thing to an all-in-one TV Time replacement. It's a tracking service with apps on web, iOS and Android, it covers movies, TV and anime, and it has its own cloud so your progress follows you across devices. It also uses TheTVDB for shows — the same database TV Time is built on, so it tends to bring your history across with the least data loss. The free tier is generous; there are some ads and a paid tier for extras.

• Good for: people who want one library synced across every device.
• The catch: some ads on the free tier, and it needs an account.

Prefer Simkl's service but want a nicer Android app? Cinopsys is a Simkl client too, so you can have both.

3. Trakt — open ecosystem

Trakt is less a single app than the open backbone a huge chunk of the tracking world runs on. Its real strength is portability: your watched history, ratings and lists live in an open service that dozens of apps can read and write, so you're never tied to one piece of software. Its free tier does show ads and carries usage limits (bigger watchlists and some features sit behind Trakt VIP) — which is why many people pair Trakt with a third-party client like Cinopsys.

• Good for: anyone who wants their history in a service that outlives any single app.
• The catch: the official app divides opinion and the free tier is limited — many people pair Trakt with a third-party client.

That client can be Cinopsys: keep Trakt as your backbone and get an Android app on top. See Cinopsys vs the Trakt app.

4. Serializd — the social side of TV Time

What a lot of people will actually miss about TV Time isn't the tracking — it's the community: reviews, reactions, and talking about episodes. Serializd is the nearest in spirit, a "Letterboxd for TV" with reviews, ratings and a social feed for shows and films. It has apps on web, iOS and Android.

• Good for: the social, review-writing side of watching.
• The catch: it's a closed social platform, so your data isn't as portable as Trakt, Simkl, MDBList or WeTrakr — there's no open sync service to carry your history elsewhere.

5. SeriesGuide — open-source Android classic

SeriesGuide is a long-running, open-source Android tracker that TV enthusiasts have trusted for years. It's focused on episode tracking and syncs with Trakt — so it shares Trakt's portability. Extras such as Cloud sync, episode notifications and multiple watches sit behind a paid subscription.

• Good for: Android users who want a dependable, TV-first tracker with Trakt sync.
• The catch: TV-first (movies are secondary), and the interface is more utilitarian than TV Time's.

Also worth knowing: Movie Paradise

The list above comes from our own testing — but if moving your TV Time history with the least fuss is your single biggest priority, one name keeps coming up in the r/TV_TIME community that we haven't independently tested: Movie Paradise. It's a tracker (not a streaming app), on Android and iOS, with direct importers for TV Time, Simkl, SeriesGuide, Letterboxd and IMDb — matching titles by IMDb, TMDB, Trakt or TVDB id — plus Trakt sync and cloud backup. Community members specifically credit it for bringing data across (even comments, via the GDPR export) with minimal loss.

Our honest take: we can't vouch for the results because we haven't run it ourselves, and some of that convenience sits behind its Premium tier. But if a one-step move matters most to you, it's worth a look — and you can still keep your data in Trakt or Simkl afterwards and use Cinopsys as your day-to-day app.

How to choose

• You're on Android and want tracking you own: Cinopsys.
• You want one app across iPhone, Android and the web: Simkl.
• You want your data in the most open service, and you'll pick a client for it: Trakt — ideally with Cinopsys as the app.
• You mostly miss the community and reviews: Serializd.
• You want a proven open-source Android tracker: SeriesGuide.

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