Trakt Alternatives, and Why You Might Not Need to Leave

The best Trakt alternatives depend on why you’re leaving. Simkl is the closest all-round tracker, with Android and iPhone apps and automatic tracking; Serializd is the best free one for TV; Letterboxd is for films; Yamtrack and Ryot are self-hosted. On iPhone, iPad and Mac, Omniphile can replace Trakt’s apps or sync both ways with a free Trakt account.

We make Omniphile, and it is one of the options below, so weigh what we say about it accordingly. Everything about Trakt and the other apps comes from their App Store and Google Play listings, official sites, help pages, changelogs and published source code, checked on November 3, 2026.

Why people are looking for Trakt alternatives

Trakt is still running, and tracking what you watch is still free. What changed is how much a free account allows, and what VIP costs.

• February 2025: Trakt raised VIP from $30 to $60 a year and cut the free tier’s limits to 100 watchlist items and two personal lists of 100 items each, saying the company relies entirely on VIP memberships, as AlternativeTo reported.¹ Legacy and promotional renewals, some at $15 a year, moved to the same $60 rate from May 20, 2025.²
• November 2025: “The New Trakt,” a redesign for the web, iOS, Android, Apple TV and Android TV, replaced the old interface. AlternativeTo described the early feedback as “mostly negative,” with users calling it less functional than Trakt Classic.³ As of November 2026, trakt.tv addresses open the new version at app.trakt.tv.
• 2026: Trakt raised the free limits again, to a 250-item watchlist and five personal lists of up to 250 items each,⁴ and Trakt’s importer tells free members when an import “exceeds the free tier limit.”⁵
• July 2026: Trakt began limiting how many third-party apps a free account can connect. TROYPOINT reported on July 22 that free accounts can keep one “connected community application” at a time, such as a Kodi add-on, Stremio, Infuse or Sofa Time, while Trakt’s own apps and website don’t count.⁶ A Trakt developer confirmed the community app limit on GitHub,⁷ and Trakt’s settings tell free members who reach it to “upgrade to VIP to connect more.”⁵

Developers felt it too. In August, Trakt said that “creating API apps is now a VIP feature,”⁸ until its October 15 update replaced that requirement with a one-time GitHub verification.⁹ The VIP price is hard to read from outside: the US App Store lists VIP at $59.99 and at $5.99 without naming the billing periods,¹⁰ and $59.99 matches the $60 yearly price reported since 2025.

Do you need to leave Trakt?

Not always. A free account still logs every film and episode with its date, and Trakt’s own apps and website don’t count toward the reported one-app limit. Which reason you have decides the answer:

• You use one app and the website. The free tier probably covers you. Keep the watchlist under 250 titles and your lists under the caps.
• You connect several apps or players, such as a Kodi add-on, Stremio and a phone app. On a free account, you would have to choose one. VIP raises that limit; Simkl is the main alternative with its own player integrations.
• You dislike the new Trakt apps. Keep the account and use a different app as the front end. Each third-party app counts toward the reported free limit, so pick one and use it everywhere.
• You want out of the Trakt ecosystem entirely. Export your data first, then choose one of the apps below.

Is Trakt VIP worth it?

VIP is worth paying for if you need what it adds. Its App Store listing names month and year in review, all-time stats, improved rewatching and “unlimited personal lists and items on those lists,” and says VIP status applies to all official Trakt apps and the website.¹⁰ Trakt’s settings also reserve some streaming services’ automatic sync for VIP and offer VIP members “more apps connected.”⁵ If you track in one app and keep a modest watchlist, the free account does the job.

What to look for in a Trakt alternative

• A dated history of every film and episode, with rewatches as separate plays, not just a list of titles watched.
• A Trakt import that reads your export, so years of history come with you. Check what it brings: history, ratings, the watchlist and lists are often handled differently.
• Automatic tracking, if you watch through Plex, Kodi, Jellyfin or Stremio. Trakt does this through its own syncs and connected apps.
• Limits stated up front. Know what the free tier allows before you move years of history into it.
• An export of its own, so the next move is as easy as this one.
• The devices you use. Trakt runs on the web, iPhone, Android and Apple TV; most alternatives cover fewer.

Trakt vs Simkl, Serializd and the other alternatives

As of November 2026, with Trakt first for reference:

The Trakt alternatives, one by one

Two names come up beside Trakt that are not really alternatives. JustWatch is a streaming guide: its watchlist syncs across devices with a free account and alerts you when a title reaches your services, but its App Store listing describes no watch history,²⁴ and Trakt itself uses JustWatch for its streaming links.¹⁰ Showly, a tracking app for Android and iPhone, is now published by Trakt, Inc. and syncs with a Trakt account, so it is a different app for the same account rather than a way out.²⁵

Trakt alternatives for Plex, Kodi, Jellyfin and Stremio

Some people use Trakt mostly as a scrobbler: their media player reports what they watched, and Trakt keeps the history. The connected-app limit reported in July hits this setup hardest, because player add-ons count as connected apps.

• Plex and Kodi: Simkl logs plays from both, and Ryot integrates with both. Trakt’s own Plex Sync was rebuilt in its October 2026 update.⁹
• Jellyfin and Emby: Simkl’s Jellyfin plugin scrobbles in real time and can mark your Simkl history as played on your server.¹² Yamtrack and Ryot integrate with Jellyfin and Emby too.
• Stremio: Simkl’s site lists unofficial, community-made Stremio add-ons that sync your Simkl watchlists and mark titles watched as you play.²⁶
• Omniphile doesn’t log plays from players itself. If your player reports to Trakt, keep Trakt for that, and Omniphile picks up those plays when it syncs.

How to export your Trakt data and move it

Do this before anything else, even if you plan to keep your account. The export is your copy of years of history, and it is the file most importers read.

1. Export from Trakt

   Open Settings on the Trakt website, go to the Data tab and choose Export now. Trakt builds one ZIP file of your data, which “may take a while” for a large account.⁵

2. Keep the ZIP as it is

   Don’t unzip it. Simkl’s importer, for one, reads the ZIP directly, and the file stays useful as a backup. Since September 2026, Trakt also offers to export your data before you clear it or delete your account.⁹

3. Import it

   Upload the ZIP in Simkl’s import page, or use the Trakt importers in Serializd, Yamtrack or Ryot. In Omniphile, connect Trakt in the sync settings to bring in your history, ratings, watchlist and favorites, or open Settings, then Import Library, and choose Trakt to import by username; on a Mac, choose File, then Import Library.

4. Decide what happens to the account

   Exporting doesn’t change your Trakt account. You can keep a free account as a second copy of your history even after you move.

If you are coming from TV Time rather than Trakt, our TV Time migration guide covers that export instead.