TV Time Alternative: Free Apps with TV Time Comments

Why people go looking for a TV Time alternative

For many fans, TV Time was more than an app for tracking episodes — the comments were part of the experience. You could finish an episode, open the discussion, and instantly see what other viewers thought. If you're now searching for a TV Time alternative app, you probably want more than a simple watchlist: automatic tracking, anime support, character voting, friend feeds, and, most importantly, a place where those old conversations are still around to read.

TV Time alternative comparison

We compared TV Rat with Trakt, Serializd, Simkl, Sofa Time, MovieParadise, and Bingeboxd across the features former TV Time users ask about most.

The biggest difference? TV Rat is the only option in this comparison offering archived historical TV Time comments. That means you don't just get a new place to track episodes — you can also revisit the discussions and reactions that made watching TV a social experience.

Your old TV Time comments, archived

The original TV Time experience was about more than checking an episode as watched — after it ended, you could see what everyone else was saying: episode reactions, funny comments, plot theories, character opinions, memes and inside jokes, reactions to shocking twists, discussions about favourite moments. Those conversations created a history around the shows people watched.

TV Rat has archived historical TV Time comments into its own episode discussion sections across shows, anime, and movies. Each archived comment keeps its original TV Time username and is shown greyed out, tagged TvTime Ghost, and sits alongside new comments from the TV Rat community — you can reply, react, and upvote them just like any other comment.

TV Rat features

• Episode discussions + archived comments — Comments live on the episode itself, gated behind spoilers until you've watched it, with archived TV Time discussions surfaced alongside.
• Automatic tracking — Mark one episode watched and pick up where you left off next time — no re-entering season numbers or manually checking off a whole backlog.
• Import, not a fresh start — Upload the watch history file straight from your TV Time export and your shows, seasons, and watched episodes come over in one pass.
• Anime, TV shows, and movies — Track a mixture of streaming series, traditional TV, anime, and movies in one place — no separate tracking apps.
• Character voting — Vote for your favourite character on any show or movie and see how the vote splits across the community.
• Friend feeds — Follow other rats to race them on the weekly leaderboard and see what they're watching.
• Works on Android today — No app store needed yet — open it in your phone's browser and it works like an app. A dedicated Android and iOS app is launching soon.
• Actually free — Tracking, comments, archived discussions, character voting, friend feeds, and the TV Time import are all free.

Moving your TV Time watch history over

Export your data from TV Time's settings, then head to your TV Rat Profile page and upload the seen_episode.csv file (or the JSON export from a newer TV Time version). It reads the file directly and rebuilds your library — no spreadsheet wrangling, no re-adding shows one by one.

Which alternative should you choose?

• Choose TV Rat if you want a free TV Time alternative with archived historical TV Time comments, automatic tracking, anime support, character voting, and friend feeds.
• Choose Trakt if you want detailed statistics, scrobbling, and integrations.
• Choose Serializd if you prefer reviews, ratings, and lists.
• Choose Simkl if anime and cross-genre tracking are your priorities.
• Choose Sofa Time if you care most about streaming discovery and watchlists.
• Choose MovieParadise or Bingeboxd if you prefer lightweight tracking.