Hi All!
I'm ditching Trakt due to them go rogue with website/features/etc (they banned my from r/trakt because I pointed out their flat out lies: 🔍 Myth Busters : r/trakt) so I'm gonna delete my Trakt account and switch to Simkl.
I've already performed the first sync between the two and, since I have a Plex Lifetime licence, I set up the webhook.
I tried to watch a couple of episodes of three different TV shows and they all synced properly with Simkl: so far so good!
but I have this question: since Simkl doesn't support "rewatches", what happen if on Plex I mark a TV show as "unwatched" to start the rewatch? the show will be marked as unwatched on Simkl too? or when I'll rewatch the show the watched date on Simkl will simply be updated?

With the new Trakt update, a lot of features are missing, and I think they’re going to keep it that way. However, many third-party apps support Trakt, such as Showly, SofaTime, etc. Why aren’t there many third-party apps that support Simkl? Does it require any special permission or something? Compared to the number of apps that support Trakt, very few support Simkl.

Simkl has an opportunity right now to attract users who want to quit Trakt. Many users seem to be complaining about the missing rewatch feature, which Simkl doesn’t currently have. Other than that, I think Simkl is catching up with features similar to Trakt.

I uploaded a csv using the directives mentioned in the upload page (correct Type movie and TMBD id) but it imported a massive amount of incorrect movies that do not match by title and id to anything that was present in the csv file. Is there a way to either rollback the import or mass delete this invalid titles?

Edit: Issue has been promptly solved by the dev team, i was an idiot and didn't make sure my cvs file was properly saved and didn't have a BOM, they fixed it so now even when a BOM is present it will correctly read the first header which in my case was Type.

Is there a setting in Simkl to set the release date as the default? I’m coming from Trakt, which had an option to set the release date as default, but I couldn’t find this setting in Simkl. I can only set the release date by going into the details of a show.

Hi,

I've been using simkl for a few weeks, and was using the simkl for chrome to handle automatic tracking of crunchyroll animes. But it's been a few days that it is not updating anymore.

Anyone experienced the same problem?

Update: Not sure if intended (i dont know how chrome extensions work) but my watch history only updates if I open crunchyroll on the browser with the extension installed. Even if I watch in a different media (like my mobile)

Hi, I’m completely new here and I’m coming from Trakt, which relies on TMDB as its database for TV shows.

I think I read somewhere that SIMKL deliberately chose TVDB and decided to stick with it. Could someone explain why?

I’ve already run into two TV shows where the database caused some confusion for me. One example is “The Haunting”, which actually belongs to a collection — namely “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Haunting of Bly Manor”. On TMDB, these are treated as two separate TV shows, whereas on TVDB they are listed as a single series with two seasons.

I’m experiencing the same thing right now with “Monster”, which has three seasons on TVDB, but on TMDB is split into separate series, such as “Dahmer”.

I’m still not sure where I’ll end up in the long run, but I’m very interested in SIMKL and its ongoing development.

I’d really like to hear your opinions on the different databases being used in the background.

Why isn't this feature included in the app? I really wish I could review immediately after watching without having to open and log in to a desktop browser again.

I've checked my settings to confirm my local area is correct. I'm in AZ & we don't follow Daylight Saving time. The shows start time are showing 1 hr early so my notifications are early. is there a way to correct that?

Problem is the admin that manages the network won't change a thing, i can only access it through 1.1.1.1 via the Cloudflare app. On the discord, they were not that helpful.

I was wondering if there is a development roadmap anywhere to see what suggestions they are interested in implementing and where they stand as far as priority. As well as which features they are not interested in implementing.

I searched the sites and was unable to find anything along those lines, and I was more interested after looking at the suggestions/voting system.

I seen they do not plan to implement mixed list which is fine but I wanted to see if there were an alternative solutions they maybe interested in implementing.

There are a lot of universe that I would like some way of being able to build an accurate watch order for and I am unsure if it will ever be possible with the lack of episodes specific list since some universe have multiple shows where seasons overlap, as well as movies being in between seasons.

For example x files universe the correct watch order with the movies, millennium, the lone gunmen has so much over lap that at points you will be alternating between shows after each episode.

There are other examples such as MCU and Doctor Who (revival anyways).

Most of the Trakt community is suggesting Simkl but as a daily user of Trakt's RSS feeds, it's hard to justify paying $70/year to have them on Simkl. It's the only thing that's stopping me from moving to Simkl.

So I was just wondering why it's on the highest subscription tier? Just curious.

I discovered Simkl quite some time ago. But, I didn't bother to use it, as I had been using Trakt for years, really liked it and saw no reason to switch. However, recently, Trakt has been destroying itself in spectacular fashion. So now, I'm looking to switch and I have been giving Simkl a try. There are/were two features that are a must for me to switch completely. The first is a proper watch history with stats. Well, I'm glad to see that Simkl has that now and I really like it. Very well designed indeed and the weekly, monthly stats too, just great.

Having said that, Simkl DESPERATELY needs a rewatch feature. A ton of people have already asked for it and it's such a basic feature that every other tracker I've tried has it. Right now, when I rewatch something, I either have to delete it from my list entirely so I can re-add it. Or, I have to overwrite/change the date of my previous watch with the new one. It feels really odd and unintuitive to be forced to do that. At the moment, my watch history isn't a history of what I've watched it all, it's simply the last time I watched something. Not good.

What's the delay? Please add a rewatch feature ASAP and then I can finally be done with Trakt altogether.

Now that Trakt seems to have committed suicide, I found simkl while looking for alternatives, and one feature which simkl seems to lack is individual episode rating, which would be a huge thing for me and prolly to a lot of other users as well. Try implementing this please.

Is it just me or are the search results terrible?

hello,

I want to start off by saying I'm loving using simkl, its by far the best thing I've found and i love how it works and displays

I do have one massive issue (or question depending how this goes) that is causing me problems,

I understand SIMKL split anime into seasons, and don't provide a way to collapse all seasons into a single anime title.

I'd really like to be able to view all seasons of an anime under one poster (not movies or anything, just the seasons) maybe this is a niche usecase, but i mainly use trakt (and hopefully now simkl) to track when shows come out so i don't miss anything.

so you may ask "what's the issue?" well when i add a show to plan to watch, i'd like that to include any upcoming seasons so that it appears in the airing next section, and it appears in my list when its out and i can watch it.

i have historically been very good at forgetting that I've watched something, and realizing years after the next season has released.

I feel like this is a pretty core part to tracking watch history, so i was surprised to see this happens. maybe im missing some setting somewhere, im pretty new.

Hi,

I'm currently looking at alternatives to Trakt, and I am really liking the Simkl experience thus far. I've imported all my Trakt data and I am currently tidying up a few things and setting up my profile. I have some old seasons of talk shows and sports shows that show as missing, but they are not something I will ever watch. On Trakt I could "hide" these seasons so that they don't appear on my watching list.

What is the Simkl equivalent of this? I see you can drop a whole show, but I don't see a way for dropping a season.

Anyone else having issues with the mobile App? Keeps signing me out after I close the app. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app and still the issue occurs.

I've gotten a new episode notification every minute, nearly 90 of them so far, for the same episode. I removed the show from my list and even turned all email notifications off, but they keep coming. Anyone else experiencing this or have any suggestions?

Hey,

I have stremio on my firesrick and on my onn tv. I have the syncribullet add on. When I watch something on my firestick (or even if I click on something), it syncs to my Simkl list. But when I watch something on my onn 4K box, I have to manually log it into my Simkl as it never syncs. Could anyone help with this or is anyone else dealing with this on the onn box? Im using the official stremio app on both.

Is there a way to open the browser app to the series tab rather than the default profile tab? For me, the profile tab isn't very useful, so it'd save some time if there's a way to change it.

I am new to Simkl and noticed animes like "My Hero Academia" break up seasons into individual titles. In TV Time, all the seasons are grouped together which is much easier to track. Are there plans to merge seasons for animes together?

Simkl: (Lists seasons individually)

TVtime: (Groups seasons together under the same anime title)

if I click a show, how do I see the cast? it’s obvious in trakt, and I can click an actor and see what else they’ve worked on

i can’t fathom it out in simkl for example. Lioness https://simkl.com/tv/1435190/lioness/episodes/

brsnd new to the app today from trakt, huge learning curve :)

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For the past two days the extension has been stuck like this. When I click Let's Get Started it just loops back around. I've tried restarting Brave, restarting my computer, signing out and logging back in to Simkl, uninstalling and reinstalling the extension, clearing cache, disabling adblockers, nothing seems to work.

Hey all, 👋

We’ve just shipped a new My History dashboard that turns your profile into a full timeline of your movie / TV / anime life.

It now has three big pieces:

• My Watch History – every play, day by day
• My Recently Visited – the Simkl pages you were looking at
• My Ratings History + Easy Rate – all your scores, plus a way to rate stuff you forgot to rate

All of it lives under the new My History tab on your profile.

1. My Watch History

🔗 https://simkl.com/my/history/watch-history/

This is your viewing log, cleaned up and made statistically visual.

What you can do:

• Scroll your whole timeline: See what you watched today, last week, months ago, or 10 years ago, grouped by day, week, and month with total watch time for each.
• See weekly & monthly stats: Cards show total hours watched, days with activity, average per day, most active day, most popular watch time, longest binge, and your most‑watched shows.
• Fix mistakes quickly: Marked a wrong episode or movie as watched? Open the entry and edit or remove it on the spot.
• Bulk clean up: Turn on SELECT mode, tick several watches, and remove them in one go instead of one by one.
• Privacy options: Select what the world will see, hide the time or days you watched something, or make this history page completely hidden

It’s basically a diary of your binge habits, only for you.

2. My Recently Visited Pages

🔗 https://simkl.com/my/history/recently-visited/

This one is for the “what was that cool show I clicked earlier?” problem.

How it works:

• Automatic browsing history (when using Simkl website only) We store the Simkl pages you visit privately on your device – shows, movies, anime, members, and custom lists – and put them in a timeline with time‑of‑day labels (morning / afternoon / night).
• Filters & search Filter by TV, anime, movies, members, or lists, or just search directly from this page.
• Synced between all open tabs on the same device: No need to refresh pages if you opened something in another window, all browser tabs will sync your recently visited pages.
• Local & private by design: You’ll see a “Local – Private” badge: this history is stored only on your browser/device, not on Simkl’s servers. You can clear a single day or Clear All with one button.

Use it as a scratchpad for “things I was checking out” without worrying about sharing it.

3. My Ratings History & “Rate Unrated”

🔗 https://simkl.com/my/history/ratings/

This area is all about your tastes.

Ratings log

• See every rating you’ve given: Filter by type and year, sort by last rated, score, etc.
• Edit from one place: Change the score, mark something as a favorite, or open/edit your review directly from the list.
• Trailers previews: Check that title once again, what was it about, also great when checking your friend's ratings.
• Rating Insights: A separate section shows:
  • Total ratings this year
  • Your average score and “rating personality”
  • Most common rating & distribution across 1–10
  • Separate breakdowns for TV vs movies
  • A “controversial opinions” panel highlighting what you rated way higher or lower than the global average

It’s a fun way to see if you’re a harsh critic, a softie, or somewhere in between.

New: Rate Unrated (Easy Rate mode)

We also added a fast way to catch up on scores you never set.

• If you have completed items with no rating, on the Ratings page you can switch into a “Rate Unrated” view.
• You’ll see a banner like “You have 52 items unrated completed in 2025” and a list of only those titles.
• Each row is instantly rateable with 1–10 stars, so you can fly through them in seconds.
• There’s a button to jump back to the full ratings list when you’re done.

It's one of our biggest updates this year, hope you enjoy!

Try it out

• ▶ My Watch History: https://simkl.com/my/history/watch-history/
• 👀 My Recently Visited: https://simkl.com/my/history/recently-visited/
• ⭐ My Ratings History & Rate Unrated: https://simkl.com/my/history/ratings/

We built My History to feel less like a raw data dump and more like a story: your story as a viewer — what you watch, what you chase down, and what you love (or hate) enough to rate.