The editorial staff of Telecharger.com has selected five of the best free apps designed to manage your favorite TV shows from your Android device, iPhone or iPad.
Original creation, adaptation of a film, remake or reboot, the television series has experienced considerable growth in recent years. In 2016, the United States saw a peak of 455 series showing a new season online or on television. This craze has largely crossed the Atlantic and many people follow more than three or four shows at a time. This is partly explained by the proliferation of video on demand offers and streaming platforms. To help serevores keep track of their lives and no longer get lost in the episode airing dates, Telecharger.com has selected five free applications to monitor and manage series on Android, iPhone and iPad.
TV Time
It’s a French app that we can be proud of. TV Time (formerly TVShow Time) has nothing to envy its competitors, and especially not in terms of functionality. Its intuitive interface allows you to navigate between the agenda of watched series, episodes to watch, news feeds and user profile information. The integrated search engine finds the most confidential content, the episodes of which are checked as they are read. Each episode release is the subject of a notification instantly warning of its availability and broadcast platform.
While TV Time has the basic features you’d expect from a series manager, it’s all of its little extra, free options that make it an app above the rest. You can personalize your profile and access those of your friends. The community plays an important role here since we can react to the episodes and exchange with other serevores by interposed comments or by private messages.
TV Time provides its users with a personalized recommendations module based on their tastes in terms of genre and scenarios. An indisputable added value that puts an end to hours of research in quest of the next series to watch. Finally, we appreciate the existence of a widget displaying the schedule of releases and episodes to see on the home page.
The +:
+ Calendar of releases and notifications indicating the availability of a new episode
+ Possibility to check the episodes seen so as not to lose track
+ Statistics on time spent in front of heats
+ Personalized recommendations module
+ Widget displaying the agenda and episodes to see on the home page
The – :
– No synchronization possible with Trakt.tv
Download TVShow Time for Android (Free)
Download TVShow Time for iPhone / iPad (Free)
TV Show Tracker
TV Show Tracker connects to an existing Trakt account to synchronize already existing user data. The operation of the application is intuitive, sharing its home page between watched series, the broadcast schedule and recently viewed episodes.
Each series listed by TV Show Tracker has a complete information sheet. The number of seasons available is listed in detail with the possibility of checking the episodes already seen, the schedule of upcoming broadcasts, news in French having a direct or indirect connection with the show, comments left by the Trakt community and information. general characteristics of the series (summary, cast, trailer, extended film crew).
The real strength of TV Show Tracker lies in its personalized suggestions module. Depending on the content followed and the user’s tastes, the application issues around twenty rather relevant recommendations. By selecting a title among those offered, it is possible to access additional information, add it to the list of series to see or automatically remove it from future viewing tips. In a more impersonal way, there is also a ranking of popular series of the moment.
TV Show Tracker finally facilitates the organization of the series to see, in progress or finished thanks to the creation of personalized lists. The user is free to group his content into different categories configured by him.
The +:
+ Connection to an existing Trakt.tv account, content synchronization
+ Possibility to check the episodes seen so as not to lose track
+ Calendar of releases and notifications indicating the availability of a new episode
+ Personalized and customizable recommendations module
+ Ability to create personalized content lists
+ Widget displaying the agenda and episodes to see on the home page
The – :
– Aesthetically perfectible
Download TV Show Tracker for Android (Free)
Download TV Show Tracker for iPhone (Free)
SeriesGuide
SeriesGuide incorporates most of the essential features found in its competitors. A precise integrated search engine offers access to a large number of titles, whether you express your queries in French or in English. You can organize the different contents according to those already viewed, and those that you reserve for later.
So as not to lose track among the fifteen or so series that you follow at the same time, you check the episodes or seasons already seen and know exactly where to resume next time. An agenda keeps you informed in real time of upcoming reruns and broadcasts. There is even a recommendation module that deserves to further refine the suggestions based on what you are watching. And for a foolproof organization, you can create as many lists as you want, grouping your favorite shows by theme, actor, showrunner, year, etc.
SeriesGuide also offers some unique options such as the ability to connect to your Trakt profile in order to import your lists and data automatically. Since Trakt is not a prerequisite for this function, the application imports your information from backup files stored on your device. There is therefore no need to re-enter everything manually when switching from a competitor to SeriesGuide. Paid account holders can even store their configuration in the app cloud and find it wherever they are. Finally, we appreciate the offline access which, thanks to the data pre-loading, allows everyone to consult their series and mark them as views despite the absence of an Internet network.
The +:
+ Works offline
+ Automatically import data from a Trakt account or a backup file
+ Organization of your content by lists
+ Intuitive navigation and handling
+ Widget
The – :
– Summary recommendations
Download SeriesGuide for Android (Free)
TV series
Unlike SeriesGuide, access to the cloud is free on Séries TV, provided you create a user profile. This formality also opens up a number of significant perspectives for those who use the application since you can associate your Trakt account with it and thus automatically import data relating to your favorite series.
TV Series offers broadly identical functionalities to those of other TV series management services. Nevertheless, the application stands out with its comprehensive and well-developed suggestions module. It is possible to be recommended new titles according to the trends of the moment, your tastes, the novelties, the most commented shows. Searching by title or genre is also possible. To stay up to date with the latest news, Séries TV gives you access to a general news feed that you can refine according to your collection.
We obviously find at Séries TV essential options such as the broadcast schedule, detailed statistics identifying your user profile, the possibility of checking the episodes and seasons already watched, the organization of your content in personalized lists, or the social dimension. which allows you to comment, rate and interact with other serivores.
The +:
+ Comprehensive and relevant personalized recommendations module
+ Offline access
+ Import backups from Trakt or other files stored on the device
+ Widgets
+ Free cloud access
The – :
– RAS
Download TV Shows for Android (Free)
JustWatch
JustWatch is a somewhat special solution since it allows its users not to index each episode viewed, but to add titles to a list of series to watch, as well as to find a streaming or purchase platform where get the show.
An integrated search engine makes it easy to add series to the WatchList, which you can get by episode or by season. All the solutions offered are legal, and include recognized platforms such as Netflix, OCS, Canal Play, Microsoft Store, iTunes or even Google Play Movie depending on the services to which you have subscribed. You can sort your search results by year of release, genre, price, and rating. An interesting tab groups together the promotional content and indicates the platform on which to find it.
JustWatch is accessible as a guest but you can also create a user account in order to synchronize all of your data on several devices.
The +:
+ Legal offer to buy or watch streaming content
+ List the current promotions
+ Possibility to establish a list of series to see
+ Synchronization on your different devices
The – :
– No possibility to mark episodes as seen
– Filter bar too loaded and not very ergonomic
Download JustWatch for Android (Free)
Download JustWatch for iPhone / iPad (Free)
Verdict
With its fully customizable display, its intuitive navigation, its complete functionalities and its advanced recommendations module, TV Series fares well. We appreciate the freedom of organization offered by the application, as well as the possibility of working with data backups, both in terms of online storage and import and export.
TV Shows is available on Android only. IPhone and iPad owners can fall back on TV Time, whose monitoring and handling options are seriously on the heels of those offered by TV Series.