Keeping tabs on my viewing is something I very much need help with, and while I've had a Letterboxd account for a while, I don't log into it or update my viewing history very often. Because it offers one spot to track both movies and TV, I decided to give Binge a try—and despite the aforementioned issues with its standout feature, I mostly liked what I found.
Use Binge to track both movies and TV shows
The tracking is really simple: You can mark movies or TV shows as watched or that you'd like to watch in the future; for shows, you can also log how many episodes you've got through. This is all then sifted into a timeline on your Library page. (One non-Letterboxd feature I enjoy is the I do like the option to pick a selection at random from your want-to-watch list—a good bet for those times when you just can't decide what to wathc.)
Binge offers a clean and simple layout. Credit: LifehackerThe same goes for the built-in search: It's much more comprehensive on Letterboxd, where you can really dig down into search categories like genre, year of release, and cast and crew members. Binge offers a more straightforward keyword search for matching titles or people associated with a title.
Still, Binge is impressive in terms of how much information it presents for each movie or TV show. As well as cast and crew lists, you've got trailers, ratings from across the web, awards and nominations, information on which streaming app you need to watch something, and a parents guide that flags up anything that's frightening, violent, or otherwise adult in nature.
You get plenty of information about each title. Credit: LifehackerYou can customize a lot of the interface inside Binge, so if there are features you're not really interested in—like reviews of a movie or lists of how many awards it's picked up—you can disable them with a tap. It's also possible to tone down some of the effects, like parallax and shimmer, that are applied by default.
THe jump scare tracker is a great idea, but it didn't quite work for me
Binge provides a solution for this in the form of jump scare warnings: Many title pages offer a timeline showing when the jumps are coming, and details of what happens (so beware spoilers). There's a timer you can start when you begin watching that will ostensibly deliver a jump scare alert to your phone as a "Live Activity" before the scary scene hits. However, while the timeline screen was straightforward enough, I couldn't get the Live Activity notifications to pop up consistently—the app seemed to lose track of what it was tracking and when, and there's no way to manually adjust the time elapsed once you've already started a movie or TV show. Still, the jump scare timeline on its own is useful. The scares are sorted into minor and major categories, and if you don't mind getting advance warnings about a plot point or two, then they're handy to have if you want to know when to cover your eyes.
A jump scare timeline. Credit: LifehackerThe other downside: Jump scares are a paid extra in Binge. You'll need to sign up for a monthly ($1.99), yearly ($17.99), or lifetime ($49.99) package to get them. The subscription also unlocks several other features, like episode ratings graphs, the ability to set custom movie posters (also a paid feature on Letterboxd), and reminders for upcoming movies and shows.
The app includes recommendations too. Credit: LifehackerBinge is a worthy Letterboxd alternative
While hardened film nerds are still going to prefer Letterboxd—not least for the baked-in community and sharing features—Binge is a worthy alternative for the rest of us. You can get up and running in just a few minutes, everything is neatly laid out and easy to parse, and there are numerous cool touches spread throughout. It might finally get me to more faithfully track my media consumption.
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