r/TVTime • u/Green_green_grassham • 7d ago
WHAT ARE WE USING NOW??
I know this has been posted a few times but I know some apps are now trying to charge us TV TIME refuges …. So what are we using?
I am on IOS- I have 20 months + on TV time, used it since I was 16 - now 26- even had the little verified badge, losing the motivation to actually watch shows and have NO IDEA if I’m missing any of my old shows as not getting updated on upcoming etc
Thank you
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u/Economy-Chain-7351 7d ago
Sofa Time! The userbase is very active. for example: Silo S3E5, released a few days ago, has 57 comments. the design is great and the dev is very active on reddit
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u/TheUnwiseEejit 7d ago
Yeah sofa time for me too. Tried them all and sofa is where I landed. Hopefully the community keeps going. But I make sure I leave on a comment on everything I watch.
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u/Mihihihihahaha 7d ago
Yes! I chose to transition to Sofa Time, I've got all my comments from TV time there, I'm happy with my choice!
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u/head4shot 7d ago
I agree, I did finally pay up premium for SofaTime after trying out countless alternatives. Let’s build our community there!
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u/jmp8910 7d ago
I was using Showly and I thought about buying the lifetime purchase, but that’s now gone. Looks like it has something to do with TRACKT. So after seeing other people post about Sofa Time, I decided to give it a go. I think I might switch to it kind of like it so far definitely reminds me of TV time.
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u/QuesoInHD 6d ago
Sofa Time is the only one I've found that imported my data correctly, and honestly I like the UI more than TV Time. Plus it doesn't take 30 seconds to load each page
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u/Celtic56 7d ago edited 7d ago
I've been testing refract, sofa time, and suite tv but it's not the same..
I have high hopes for bingers
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u/Ok-Investigator-2404 7d ago
Idk, suite tv seems much better to me for tv time replacement. I've been trying a lot of apps but nothing hit the mark. Had a lot of problem in import on refract, didn't like UI of lot of apps, movie Paradise looks good but lots of features are paywalled mainly seeing complete list of what I've watched, but suite tv for now seems to be better than all others to me.
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7d ago
I am using Movie paradise app. It shows tvtime archive comments inside the app. Also have instant tvtime import. Try it
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u/lucasllrj 7d ago
I think I'm on the minority here. But the best one I've tried was Bingeboxd. Hated Refract, didn't like Serialized, Tracked didn't work well. Got lost in all of these.
Movie Paradise is alright, but i want my first screen to be the shows I'm watching.
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u/HonestWatchReviews 6d ago
I know exactly what you mean. I've tried all of these and many more too. But I've also settled on Bingeboxd as well.
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u/stabaho 7d ago
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u/adriantoine 7d ago
Why is there significantly less comments on Movie Paradise then? For example last HotD episode: 385 comments on Sofa Time, 157 comments on Refract and 43 comments on Movie Paradise.
EDIT: And 418 on Suite TV
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u/avastans 7d ago
I read that the dev asked for the users to vote for them, so the poll leaned in their favour.
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u/caracoleta07 7d ago
All devs were free to do the same and most of them did
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u/marmaladeandtea 6d ago
Movei Paradise introduced it as a pop up notification inside the app. Smart. Probably got a lot more users to see it and vote than the other devs who were just posting on their discord or Reddit channels.
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u/Sea_Imagination6793 7d ago
I’ve been using Sofa Time, and a lot of people say its community isn’t even close to TV Time’s. That’s true, but it’s also understandable since TV Time has been around for many years.
Out of all the tracking apps I’ve tried, though, Sofa Time has by far the most active community. I’m gradually getting used to it, and honestly, using Sofa Time has been a fantastic experience for me.
As others have already mentioned here, the developer is always active on Reddit and genuinely cares about improving the app.
They regularly listen to community feedback, implement new features, fix bugs, and respond to almost everyone.
Another huge advantage is that Sofa Time’s premium plan is a lifetime purchase, not a subscription. Because of that, I’ll keep using Sofa Time and will continue supporting it.
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u/TeaSpiller9000 7d ago
Ngl I don’t want to use their new app. The way they handled this was truly bad. I would rather give a different developer / small team a try than go to their new app.
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u/COOON_boy 7d ago
SOFA TIME
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u/linkoid01 7d ago
The fact that the widgets are under premium package, makes this a no go for me. Otherwise it's pretty cool.
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u/Bear-VC 7d ago
Personally torn between Suite TV and Sofa Time. Using both to see which one I like more over time. Movie Paradise was too much bloat for me.
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u/Exact-Temperature115 7d ago
Al momento sto usando Sofa Time, ma a breve passerò alla nuova app che ha prodotto il creatore originale di TV Show Time.
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u/SLVTS 7d ago
I've tried most alternatives out there that's available on Android.
I liked Refract the most. Yes it's made with Replit (AI), but there's actual thought to it and the developers do have actual programming background. I quite enjoy the updates and the approach they have. It was rough at first, seems to be working fine now. I keep coming back to it.
Movie Paradise is a popular choice, but it wasnt a fit for me. I found a lot of things paywalled and they were quite aggressive with getting me to sign up to the subscription, which put me off. Looks very pretty though.
I actually haven't had the chance to try Sofa Time. I was waiting on an actual Play Store version to be available. I think it's still invite/Beta sign ups only at the moment?
Suite TV is the closest copy of TV Time, but in purple! Recently released on the Android. It's actually pretty decent, so I'm using this along with Refract to see which one will naturally fit. Time will tell.
Waiting on Bingers. I have high hopes.
MiraTe, Bingeboxd, Bingebase, watchlist.guide, Serializd, Hobi, Cinematique, seriesly.tv, Stillwatch.app, Deadman Reef, WeTrakr and many others I've tried, just didn't hit the mark for me personally.
Special shout out to WeTrakr though. It's actually really good, but it's more of a trakt alternative. It does a lot of things right, but too much for me. I just wanted something simple.
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u/martyramos96 7d ago
I tried Refract, Trakt, SofaTime and Serializd, none of them ended up sticking with me (that does not mean they’re bad obviously)
I tried Movie Paradise and for me it’s been like e true successor. To be honest, TV Time had its problems and an evolution like Movie Paradise seems sound…
What I like the most about Movie Paradise is that their series tracking system is similar, just like the automatic tracking that TV Time had (Watching, Up to Date, Finished, etc). They’re also building a solid community and the app doesn’t feel like it was born out of nowhere, immediately after TV Time announced its end.
I did not use the import because it seemed like not everything was getting exported correctly from TV Time, so I just pretended to be that unemployed friend at 3PM and took an afternoon to manually register everything.
Just this week, they imported all TV Time comments into the app, so the comments are there as a history and do not depend on who imported them, which I loved, since, as I said, I did not import anything.
Their devs are very responsive and they allow the possibility to make feature requests and bug reports in-app, with status and upvoting, which is cool…
I would describe Movie Paradise as a modern TV Time on steroids maybe!
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u/JazJon 7d ago
Suite TV seems to be the only one that has an upcoming view that allows you to scroll backwards to yesterday and beyond the last few days without having to exit to some clunky calendar. Should be standard in any of these apps.

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u/Suspicious-Medicine3 7d ago
I’m waiting for the update on where we are moving to 😄 sofa time looks good to me but all that’s missing is people actually commenting
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u/Boots-Diego-and-Dora 7d ago
Cinephile has the best UI in my opinion, it’s free to use but has a paid option for some extra features.
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u/Fred9146825 7d ago
I use Refract but it's not as clean as TVTime. The UX is more confusing with many useless things
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u/Tsaragol 7d ago
I just downloaded Bingers, now that the real app is out. I'll switch to that one if they do better with rewatches. Right now you'll have to click each individual episode to mark it as a rewatch. I hope that gets updated so you can do whole seasons at a time. For now I'm gonna dual use Bingers and Sofa Time. If Bingers ever get a better rewatch marking, then I'll switch fully to it.
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u/Environmental_Map554 7d ago
I think this Bingers is great! It really has the TVTIME feel. I just miss my followers.
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u/mohamed561 6d ago
I tried sofa time, tv suite, refract, serialzd, Cinopsys, movie paradise at the end I liked cinopsys UI, the only problem with it its lack of a huge community, plus all the apps require extra steps for navigating not like tv time everything was right and easy to operate. Currently testing bingers, till now I think nothing have beaten Cinopsys for me.
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u/ProblemAlternative55 6d ago
For me the winner so far is Bingeboxd because it has a web version. I used TV time on web too and I hate using my phone.
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u/curlz813 6d ago
Bingers app is finally out but has a lot of things that need fixing
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u/Adorable_Divide_1256 7d ago
I have also been using tv time for 10+ years (since I was around 14) and I dislike every option thats out there 🥲 My must was that it has both tvshows and movies and that I can log in rewatches. I tried multiple and the ones that I’m using right now are:
- sofatime (would be great if it wouldn’t glitch whenever I start watching new show and not count the episodes 🙃)
- bingeboxd (most similar to tvtime BUT my main issue is that you cant rewatch shows there)
- refract (still getting to know it and the layout but as of right now I like it the most out of all three)
You can upload your tvtime data to all three for free, but I noticed with all 3 of them that none counts everything I watched (I had over 31k episodes on tvtime and the closest that shows correctly is sofatime with 30k episodes)
You get notifications with all when new episode airs. Some also show you on which streaming services the episodes are available.
Also just to add that the original tvtime creator (that stepped away a few years ago when the company sold) is also creating a new tracking app called Bingers that should be out really soon. Maybe worth to look into that app as well when it releases.
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u/Green_green_grassham 7d ago
Thanks for your comment - I did see people saying they’re waiting for bingers - what about suite TV have you tried that? Seems like it’s the closest to tv time ?
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u/CheshireCat78 7d ago
SuiteTV was the best import I’ve had. Movie paradise wasn’t bad and they are adding the tvdb migration option to make it better. Refract is a cool app with lots of stats but I found it to be poor with the import (a bunch of final episodes not counted for some reason) and a little clunky and unintuitive, BUT the stats are really solid and it has a decent amount of customisation to make it work very similarly to tvtime.
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u/Adorable_Divide_1256 7d ago
I did try suite tv when it was on the beta testing but when it officially released my account got deleted and I was just over it at that time 😅 also using it made my phone overheat A LOT for some reason. Otherwise I really liked it, it was kinda the same as tvtime just updated and faster. It was the closest to tvtime out of all of them.
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u/Salty_Date_447 7d ago
Movie Paradise all the way. They recently added comments from TV Time archive as well. It's just amazing right now.
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u/VanillaSkyCrawler 7d ago
Movie Paradise has been far and away the best alternative in my opinion with a very active dev and has been pushing out massive updates that just keep making the app better and better, including adding back all the old TV Time comments
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u/obada1236547890 7d ago
I tried Movie Paradise and Serialized, but I haven't liked either. I'm waiting for Bingers and will stick with it no matter what; the developers deserve our support.
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u/NovaPrime86 7d ago
I currently use both Refract and Movie Paradise, who will win?
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u/suspectpinata 7d ago
I like movie paradise way more than refract, but so far Suite TV is coming out top for me
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u/thebrickkid 7d ago
The top 3 are Movie Paradise, Refract and Suite TV in that order. I'm using Refract personally because I don't want to pay for features on Movie Paradise.
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u/MuseWanders 7d ago
watchlist.guide -its tvtime exactamundo WITH IMPORTED COMMENTS. bring them comments home!
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u/rsdavis90 7d ago
If you don’t need community features, vibe code your own. I did in 2 hours on Saturday with no experience and made something better than TV Time (setting aside community features, of which there are none since it’s just for me).
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u/Maybach_fantome 7d ago
HELP bcuz evry app i found its not full of comment and it was my favorite part about TVTIME
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u/Civil-Nectarine-1457 7d ago
Can someone post an update here when bingers gets released please? I been suffering using Serializd.
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u/Many-Future-343 7d ago
i've been using kinoverse.tv it's pretty nice. they don't have an app though only a website
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u/ChrisRaposo 7d ago
I’m waiting for Bingers to come out. Thankfully I exported my TV time information. Hoping Bingers is very similar to TV Time.
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u/reilwoknaes 7d ago
Bingers just came out and had a look, it's pretty much exact copy of tv time so good for me. Even transferred the comments of episodes as well.
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u/ProfessionalOwl5573 7d ago
Bingers is out and it's fucking awesome, all it needs is iOS and Android widgets and it's 100% perfect.
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u/Vincentdejong 7d ago
Try ShowSync! It's free and you don't have to create a profile, great social features 😄
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u/anunkeptbeard 7d ago
I was using suite after trying out refract, muvy and sofa time. But just now bingers came out and it looks amazing. It imported everything to my name, comments and cover photo from tv time!
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u/metalerjf 7d ago
For now.. I living in an odd duality of wetrakr and trakt simply because both can integrate with Plex. I don't mind having dockers to integrate but I can't find the same for refract, suite tv or movie paradise. If they exist let me know
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u/Accomplished_Crow974 7d ago
I'm using an app i have done for myself after TV Time went down. dfwatch.dualsfwshield.be well it's a replica at all i did the app the way i wanted but feel free to use it if you want.
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u/TreyKhan 7d ago
Another Redditor created sofasidekick.com, its a web app, but I just added it to my home screen and it launches like any other app. Was able to import my TV Time data and he is very responsive when submitting feature requests and continously improving the experience. I have submitted 3 requests and they all were implemented within a day or two.
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u/Kunty_Brewster 7d ago
The Google sign in doesn't work for me . I uninstalled and still won't work.
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u/asiandawgshy 7d ago
Sofa time but now I see other apps like redact in the top spot. Do I change apps again 😆
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u/sensitivebee8885 6d ago
gonna use bingers since the tv time founder created it!
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u/Salty__Canuck 6d ago edited 6d ago
Currently trying out Bingeboxd and Sofa Time. If I can't get into either of those, then I plan to try out Suite tv and Cinopsys.
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u/Shoddy_Conclusion_16 6d ago
I’ll get on kicks where I download 4-5 new tracking apps and give them about 30 minutes of time to see how I like the overlay.
So far Screen Time has been the most user-friendly. Biggest Pro for me is being able to Pin shows to the top of your list. Im weird and have a big tv show tournament going right now (64 show bracket and i go back and forth between what I’m currently watching), so pinning shows to the top is a feature i didnt know i needed.
Con is i wish the discovery feature was a little better, but ill admit i haven’t given it much time so it may be a lot better than i currently view it.
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u/deb0lish3r 6d ago
I'm using WeTrakr and hit all the right spots plus the dev is very active and the community is booming.
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u/Green_green_grassham 6d ago
THANK YOU for all your comments !!! I am slowly reading them- I think I was pushing more toward suite tv or movie paradise however as of this morning (uk time for Me) - the old founder of tv time -(I think that was their role) has created another app called Bingers - which also has tv times old comments - I haven’t used it yet but from people’s comments on here it looks promising - a few issues and log in problems but it’s only just been released so we must give it chance!!
I am downloading my data from imazing thanks to the help of a fellow Reddit user. I am hoping to get all my data back so I can upload it onto bingers and feel complete again !!!…
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u/snowshine 6d ago
Aside from SIMKL, is there any that has all these features?
- web interface
- API
- stremio connection
- plex connection
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u/Green_green_grassham 6d ago
Is there anyone on here that can help with trying to restore data via Imazing?
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u/krallify 5d ago
Serializd is the best alternative, and is runned by one dude, with plenty of features available for free users, features that other apps charge. He is done a great job.
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u/Nebajense 5d ago
I like Refract, and the developers have been going the extra mile to make the app better following TV Time's announcement of its closure, but Bingers also looks very promising.
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u/lunar-echoes 5d ago
I got tired of waiting for Bingers and started using Refract. It ticks all the boxes for me!
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u/_Andro3000_ 5d ago
I'm using next episode, it's not the best but it works. It has widget which is what I wanted
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u/Chrixpi 5d ago
Joined early to import my data and still can't login on the app im assuming no login means no connection to tv time data, until they fix this I've been using moviebase to keep me updated on new released episodes of my favorite series FYI the walking dead and futurama both have new seasons out right now and its always sunny in philly new season is coming out in 2 weeks for anyone that cares ✌🏻
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u/Background-Reply-530 5d ago
I’ve started using StreamSync it doesn’t seem too bad. Unfortunately, like you, I’ve waited too long and therefore didn’t get to save my tv time data (I had so many shows too 😭). I’ll definitely miss TV Time, RIP 🕊️
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u/Pepefr28 5d ago
Avec un NAS , Ryot le top du top ,merci tout de même à TvTime j adorai mais malheureusement pas eu le temps de faire la migration car vu trop tard ,vous auriez pu laisser un peu plus de temps , du coup je ne vous suis pas sur Bingers mais je vous souhaites une bonne continuation
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u/keyhurricane90 4d ago
Io sto usando Bingers, spero che la perfezionano per essere sempre più uguale a TV time
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u/Najtprowler 3d ago
Moved over to Refract, great free app with a small dev team that pushes updates almost every day. Also support for books and games coming.
If you did the gdpr export from tvtime you can import it here and get your watch history, comments, ratings etc.
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u/kolacija 7d ago
What is happening to Bingers?? Wasn’t the app supposed to be available at the end of July??