Is there a good app for keep a watchlist?
Poorly Executed: 12 apps already serve this, and 32 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to keep a watchlist, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| watchlist capacity limit | reliability | 1 | There must be a set amount of titles you can have in your watchlist |
| watchlist buried below suggestions | ux | 1 | my watchlist shouldn’t be hidden at the bottom after all yall suggested watches |
| no watchlist section | missing-feature | 1 | there is no section for watchlist |
| can't set default watchlist | missing-feature | 1 | Now I have to always go to the menu to pick it... Nowhere can I find where to set defaults |
| free-text watchlist entries | missing-feature | 1 | add a free text option in watchlist |
| watchlist buried, must scroll all the way down | ux | 1 | you have to scroll ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM to get to it |
| watchlist hidden in navigation hierarchy | ux | 1 | hiding it 17 ROWS down on the homepage |
| watchlist missing in app vs desktop/web | missing-feature | 1 | Desktop watchlists…Fine Safari Watchlist….Fine App Watchlist…Never Existed |
| watchlist manual reordering | missing-feature | 1 | Wished you can rearrange the watchlist to suit the order you want to see your saved content |
| watchlist add not persisting | bug | 1 | some of the titles you tried to add are not added |
| cannot expand watchlist to full list | ux | 1 | you can't choose Watchlist to expand to show the full list of saves |
| clunky watchlist UI | ux | 1 | the watchlist is too clunky |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watchlist Internet | 4.5 | 100 | Free |
| Watchlist Pro TV | 3.0 | 398 | Free |
| Watchlist Pro- Movie & TV Show | 4.2 | 236 | Free |
| ICO Watchlist | 2.6 | 64 | Free |
| OTT Watchlist: Movie, TV Guide | 4.5 | 658 | Free |
| Watchlist+Shopping | 5.0 | 4 | $0.99 |
| Watch Keeper - Collectors Box | 0.0 | 0 | $2.99 |
| WatcheePro | 4.9 | 22 | $9.99 |
Should you build it?
The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it. Opportunity here scores 67 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
6 attempts, 4 stale; a 141-star app leads but stalled, and the rest are tiny—faded interest.
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| ronak-lm/android-watchlist | stale | 141 | Java |
| dxmxnlord/animenow | stale | 8 | Python |
| Maazleo/CineBook---A-movie-TVseries-Catalogue-App | active | 2 | Dart |
| romiojoseph/imdb-watchlist-export-visualizer | active | 2 | JavaScript |
| theiconik/movieslib | stale | 2 | JavaScript |
| vasudevsoni/use-popcorn | active | 2 | JavaScript |
Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.
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