Alternatives / TV Time
Looking for an open source TV Time alternative? We compared 3 open source TV show and movie trackers by license, platforms, data sources, sync, and pricing. They range from Android and iOS tracking apps to a local collection manager for many media types.
Written by Maxime DERAME
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| Alternative | Best for | License |
|---|---|---|
| SeriesGuide | Android show and movie tracking | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Showly | Cross-device tracking with Trakt | GPL-3.0 |
| Tonkatsu Box | Local collections of many media types | MIT |
We looked for open-source apps that cover TV Time's core: tracking watched episodes, managing watchlists, and following release schedules. We verified each project's license, recent activity, stars, and platforms in its repository. TV Time also has a large social community and show discussions, which none of these replicate, so they suit people who mainly want to track what they watch. See our methodology for the full criteria.
SeriesGuide, Showly, and Tonkatsu Box track what you watch, manage watchlists, and show upcoming episodes. They do not offer TV Time's community features such as episode reactions and comments. Showly syncs your history through Trakt.tv, which is a third-party service with its own account.
SeriesGuide runs on Android only. Showly has Android and iOS apps and uses Trakt.tv to keep devices in sync. Tonkatsu Box is a Flutter app for Windows, Linux, and Android that stores data locally in SQLite with no account, and it also tracks games, anime, manga, visual novels, and books.
SeriesGuide uses TMDb for show and movie data. Showly uses Trakt.tv, and Tonkatsu Box integrates IGDB, TMDB, AniList, and MyAnimeList and can import from Trakt.tv and Steam.
SeriesGuide is GPL-3.0-or-later, with some parts under Apache-2.0. Showly is GPL-3.0 and Tonkatsu Box is MIT.
SeriesGuide, Showly, and Tonkatsu Box were all updated within days of this update. Tonkatsu Box is a young, small project.
TV Time is a proprietary tracking app with ads and a large community whose viewing history lives on its servers. Open-source alternatives let you track shows without ads or a proprietary backend, sync through Trakt or keep everything on your device, and export your data, at the cost of the social features and polish of a large community.
| Alternative | Type | License | Platforms | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SeriesGuide | TV and movie tracker | GPL-3.0-or-later | Android | Heavy TV watchers |
| Showly | TV and movie tracker | GPL-3.0 | iOS, Android | Trakt users |
| Tonkatsu Box | Collection manager | MIT | Windows, Linux, Android | Local multi-media collections |
Want a mature open-source tracker on Android
SeriesGuide tracks watched episodes, release schedules, and watchlists using TMDb data, without a proprietary backend.
Want to sync across iPhone and Android
Showly syncs your history through Trakt.tv and offers episode progress, recommendations, and home screen widgets.
Want to keep everything local across media types
Tonkatsu Box tracks shows, movies, anime, games, manga, and books in a local SQLite database, with imports from Trakt.tv, MyAnimeList, and AniList.