Letterboxd Alternatives: Where Else to Keep a Film Diary

The best Letterboxd alternatives are Trakt, for one film and TV history across the web, iPhone and Android, and Omniphile on iPhone, iPad and Mac, which imports your Letterboxd diary and adds TV, books and games. IMDb suits rating without the social side, and Serializd brings Letterboxd-style logging to TV. Whatever you choose, export your Letterboxd data first.

We make Omniphile, so weigh what we say about it accordingly. Everything about the other apps comes from their App Store listings, official sites, help pages and changelogs, checked on November 2, 2026. One thing to say first: Letterboxd itself is doing well. It passed 30.7 million members in mid-2026, up 43% in a year,¹ and if its community is why you are there, no app below replaces it.

Why people are looking for Letterboxd alternatives now

The reason is ownership, not a failing service. In 2023, Letterboxd accepted an offer from the holding company Tiny to buy a 60 percent stake, with co-founders Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow still running the team.² In April 2026, Semafor reported that Tiny is looking to sell that stake, and that Buchanan “retains veto rights over any potential buyer.”³

Since then, the reported list of suitors has grown. Variety named Netflix, Sony Pictures, Paramount, TPG and others in July,⁴ TheWrap reported in September that A24 and The New York Times were potential buyers at more than $300 million,⁵ and on October 8 it added an investor group led by Gigi Pritzker, with The New York Times “seen as a favorite.”⁶ None of this is confirmed. TheWrap says it is unclear when a deal could close, and Letterboxd has declined to comment. As of November 2, 2026, we found no announced deal.

Two older reasons also send people looking. Letterboxd still doesn’t track returning TV series; when Tiny bought in, Buchanan wrote that the future would include returning series “only once we know we can do it right.”² And its stats pages and ad-free browsing are part of Letterboxd Pro, which costs $18.99 a year on the US App Store, while Patron costs $48.99.⁷

What to look for in a Letterboxd alternative

• A dated diary. Every viewing logged with the day you watched it, not just a list of films seen.
• Rewatches. Letterboxd marks them with an “I’ve watched this before” box,⁸ so a replacement should keep each viewing as its own entry.
• Ratings that fit yours. Letterboxd rates from half a star to five. An app with half stars, or a 10-point scale, keeps those ratings intact.
• Privacy. Letterboxd lets you share an entry with anyone, close friends or only yourself, though the diary date and watched status stay public.⁸ Check who can see your history in the new app.
• A Letterboxd import, and an export of its own, so this move and the next one are easy.
• TV, if you want it. Letterboxd is for films; some alternatives track series episode by episode.

Letterboxd alternatives compared

As of November 2026, with Letterboxd first for reference:

The Letterboxd alternatives, one by one

Two services with film communities attached are also worth knowing. MUBI, the streaming service, lets anyone with a free account rate and review films, keep a watchlist, make lists and follow other members.¹⁶ Plex lets you share reviews, ratings and lists with friends, and since September 2025 its follow feature shows followers your public reviews, ratings and watch history, with privacy settings for each kind of activity.¹⁷ We found no Letterboxd import for either.

How to export your Letterboxd data

Do this before anything else. The export is the fullest copy of your diary you can get, and it is the file importers such as Omniphile’s read.

1. Open the export page

   Sign in on the Letterboxd website, open Settings, go to Data and choose Export your data.

2. Download the ZIP

   Click Export Data. Letterboxd generates “a zip file containing CSVs of your profile, films, reviews, lists and more,” and it includes your deleted content and reviews of deleted titles.¹⁸

3. Keep a copy

   Store the ZIP somewhere safe. It is the one copy of your reviews outside Letterboxd, and Omniphile’s importer doesn’t bring them over.

4. Import it

   In Omniphile, open Settings, then Import Library, choose Letterboxd and pick the ZIP; on a Mac, choose File, then Import Library. In other apps, look for Letterboxd in their import screens.

Exporting doesn’t change your Letterboxd account, so you can keep using it while you try another app, or keep logging in both.

Letterboxd alternatives for TV shows, books and games

Searches for a Letterboxd alternative often mean “Letterboxd, but for something else”:

• TV shows: Serializd is the Letterboxd-style choice; Omniphile and Trakt keep series and films in one history. Our page on Letterboxd for TV shows goes into detail.
• Books: StoryGraph and Hardcover come closest, and our guide to Goodreads alternatives compares them.
• Games: Backloggd is the usual answer, and our look at Letterboxd for games covers it and the apps that work on a phone.