Show Tracker for Trakt is a mobile-first TV and movie tracking app for Android and iOS that syncs with Trakt.tv.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Entertainment
Sentiment
4.3
115 reviews
Nemesis
TV Forecast: Shows & Movies
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire the app to maintain a centralized record of their viewing history and watchlists, so they can discover new content without manually updating multiple platforms.
For TV and movie enthusiasts who use Trakt.tv to track their viewing habits and want a mobile-first interface for managing watchlists.
What does it look like?
Key features
Support for signing into multiple Trakt accounts and managing them independently
Toggle between Classic View for granular control and Compact View for high-density content browsing
Bidirectional synchronization of watched history, watchlists, and collections with Trakt.tv
How much does it cost?
Ad-supported model utilizing in-app advertising to monetize free-tier engagement.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentperformanceinternationalizationShow more...
The app has released only 5 updates over the last 32 months, averaging approximately 0.03 releases per week. This cadence falls well below the threshold for active development, indicating a maintenance-only lifecycle. All recent releases contain identical, generic notes focusing on performance, bug fixes, and internationalization, with no evidence of new features or live operations. The development trend is stable at a maintenance level, with significant gaps between releases.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Fresh user feedback skews mixed. Users appreciate ui customization, but report lack of notifications.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- UI customization
- Lack of notifications
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Competitive landscape for Show Tracker for Trakt
How's the Entertainment market?
The app maintains a steady presence in the entertainment utility space, though its 4.3 average rating trails the feature-rich alternatives that dominate the category.
The rivals identified
By Matt Comi
Both apps serve as dedicated hubs for tracking TV show progress and discovery, directly competing for the attention of power users who manage their watchlists via Trakt.tv.
- Offers robust native sync and collaboration features that this app currently lacks entirely
- Provides sophisticated notification systems for upcoming episodes, surpassing this app's basic calendar-only approach
- Maintains a significantly higher review volume, indicating stronger brand trust and established user loyalty
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Key takeaways for Show Tracker for Trakt
Where is it heading?
Users report: The entertainment tracking market is consolidating around apps that provide proactive, notification-driven updates. Show Tracker for Trakt remains exposed due to its reliance on passive calendar data, so the PM must pivot to a proactive alert model to remain relevant against notification-heavy rivals.
- Passive calendar utility fails to meet user expectations for show tracking, which drives churn toward notification-heavy competitors.
- Multi-account support provides a unique utility for shared households, creating a distinct segment that competitors currently ignore.
The SWOT
- Multi-account support enables shared-household management
- Dual UI modes allow for high-density content browsing
- Implement push-based notification engine to match nemesis feature parity
- Introduce ad-free subscription tier to capture power-user revenue
Next best moves
Ship push notification engine because users cite lack of alerts as primary churn driver → increase retention
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's multi-account support is a stronger retention…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Proactive episode notifications (available in TV Forecast but missing here) +1
Since the last report: The app has stabilized following the resolution of critical authentication issues, though it now faces increased user pressure to implement proactive notification features.
Bottom line
The app provides a solid UI for Trakt power users, but the lack of proactive notifications limits its utility as a primary tracker, so the PM should prioritize building an alert system to prevent churn to more feature-complete rivals.
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