With four or five streaming services running simultaneously, keeping track of what you're watching has become its own job. A good TV tracker should at minimum tell you what episode you're on and where to find it. The best ones go further — helping you decide what to watch next and when.
Here's a straightforward comparison of the main options in 2026.
The Apps
TV Time
Best for: History buffsTV Time is one of the oldest and most popular TV tracking apps, with a large community and a clean interface. You mark episodes as watched, see your all-time stats, and follow what friends are watching.
- Large show database
- Good watch history and stats
- Active community features
- Free tier is generous
- No scheduling or lineup
- Doesn't know your streaming services
- No "what to watch tonight" answer
- Can feel cluttered
Trakt
Best for: Power usersTrakt is the most feature-rich tracker available, with deep integrations into Plex, Kodi, Infuse, and other media players. It can automatically scrobble what you watch, sync across devices, and generate detailed stats. It's the enthusiast's choice.
- Automatic scrobbling via integrations
- Extremely detailed stats
- Excellent third-party app support
- Strong API for developers
- Steep learning curve
- Best features require VIP ($)
- UI feels dated
- Overkill for casual viewers
Serializd
Best for: Social / discoverySerializd is the Letterboxd for TV — a clean, social-first tracker focused on ratings, reviews, and discovering what others are watching. If you love talking about TV as much as watching it, Serializd fits naturally.
- Beautiful, modern interface
- Strong social and review features
- Great for discovery
- Active and growing community
- No scheduling features
- No streaming service integration
- Focused on logging, not planning
CouchTime
Best for: Actually watchingCouchTime takes a different angle than the others. Instead of focusing on history and stats, it focuses on what you should watch tonight — building a real viewing lineup around the times you're actually free, across every streaming service you have.
- Schedules around your availability
- Knows your streaming services
- Direct "watch on Netflix/Max/etc." links
- CouchTime Assistant for quick questions
- Free in early beta
- Early beta — still growing
- No social/community features yet
- Smaller show database than TV Time
How to Choose
The right app depends entirely on what problem you're actually trying to solve:
- You want to log everything you've ever watched and see detailed stats → TV Time or Trakt
- You use Plex or Kodi and want automatic tracking → Trakt
- You love rating and reviewing shows and finding what others are watching → Serializd
- You want to know what to watch tonight, on which service, without thinking about it → CouchTime
Worth noting: these apps aren't mutually exclusive. Some people use Serializd for social discovery and CouchTime for their actual viewing schedule. Use whatever combination gets you off the couch and watching something you'll enjoy.
The Bottom Line
Most TV trackers are really TV loggers — they're great at recording what you've watched after the fact. If that's what you need, TV Time and Trakt are both excellent.
But if your real problem is the nightly "what should we watch?" conversation, or forgetting which episode you were on, or having shows scattered across too many apps — that's a scheduling and organization problem, not a logging problem. That's what CouchTime is built to solve.
See what's on your lineup tonight.
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