Up Next
Is there a Letterboxd for TV shows?
Short answer: not from Letterboxd. It tracks films, and TV support has been "in the works" for a while without shipping. Here's what people actually use instead — and what each one is genuinely good at.
If what you love about Letterboxd is the diary — logging what you watched, when you watched it, and how you rated it — that's what Up Next does, for TV and films in one library. It even imports your existing Letterboxd ratings.
If what you love is the social side — reviews, followers, a feed of what everyone's watching — Up Next isn't that, and won't pretend to be. Serializd is closer.
Why Letterboxd doesn't do TV
Letterboxd was built around the film as a unit: one release, one rating, one review. Television breaks that model. A show is seasons, seasons are episodes, and most of what a tracker has to do — remembering you're seven episodes into season three, knowing the next one airs Thursday — has no equivalent in a film diary.
Letterboxd has publicly said TV tracking is in development, most recently around the shutdown of TV Time. It has not shipped, and there's no announced date. If you want a Letterboxd for shows today, you need something else.
Apps like Letterboxd, but for TV
There's no single Letterboxd alternative that covers television the way Letterboxd covers film — the apps below split the job differently, and which one fits depends on what you actually want out of it.
| App | Best for | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| Up Next | A private diary of TV and films, with episode-level tracking and air-date reminders | iPhone only. No social feed. Free, no account required |
| Serializd | The closest thing to Letterboxd's culture for TV — reviews, followers, a public profile | Web-first, TV-focused |
| Trakt | Automatic tracking — it can scrobble from Plex and other players without you tapping anything | Deep and powerful; some features sit behind VIP |
| Simkl | Anime alongside TV and film, with sync across a lot of services | Free, broad catalogue |
These aren't mutually exclusive. Plenty of people keep Letterboxd for films and run something else for television.
What Up Next does
- One library for both. Shows and films live together, not in two apps that don't know about each other.
- Episode-level, not show-level. It knows exactly where you stopped, and what's ready to watch right now.
- Air dates that are actually right. Including the streaming services that publish theirs strangely.
- Ratings you already wrote. Import from Letterboxd, Trakt, IMDb and TV Time — ratings and original watch dates come across, not just titles.
- Private by default. No account, no feed, no follower count. Your history is yours and stays on your phone.
Free for iPhone · iOS 18+
Questions people ask
Will Letterboxd ever add TV shows?
Letterboxd has said TV tracking is in development and, as of this writing, that it's still being worked on. No release date has been announced. Treat it as coming eventually rather than something to wait on.
Can I bring my Letterboxd history somewhere else?
Yes. Letterboxd lets you export your data as a CSV from your account settings. Up Next imports that file directly, including your star ratings and the dates you logged — so your film diary arrives intact rather than as a bare list of titles.
What happened to TV Time?
TV Time shut down on 15 July 2026. If you exported your data before it closed, Up Next can import that archive with your original watch dates preserved — see the import guide.
Is there a Letterboxd for TV that has reviews and followers?
Serializd is the closest in spirit — public profiles, reviews, and a social feed built around television. Up Next is deliberately the opposite: a private log with no social layer at all. Which one fits depends on whether you want an audience or a diary.
Does Up Next track films too?
Yes. Films and shows sit in the same library, with the same logging and rating, so you don't need a separate app for each.
What's the best Letterboxd alternative for shows?
It depends which half you're replacing. For a private log of what you've watched and how you rated it — Letterboxd but for TV, essentially — Up Next covers shows and films together. For public reviews and a following, Serializd. For automatic tracking that scrobbles from your media server, Trakt. None of them replaces Letterboxd for film; they sit alongside it.
Up Next is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Letterboxd, Serializd, Trakt, Simkl or TV Time. Product names are used here only to describe what each service does. Details about other apps were accurate when written and may have changed.