What FlickPicker Actually Does
FlickPicker is a movie and TV tracker for iPhone and iPad that is built around one question: what should I watch next. It keeps the library and the episode progress you expect from a tracker, then uses that history — plus the streaming services you actually pay for — to answer that question, alone or with other people. This page lists what is live today, in plain terms, including the limitations.
Core tracking and imports are free. US Premium subscriptions are $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year, with a lifetime option in the app. Check the App Store for current local prices and compatibility.
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Tracking and library
- One cross-service watchlist covering films and TV shows together.
- Watching and watched states, a personal viewing log, and your own ratings.
- Episode-by-episode TV progress with season-level progress.
- Custom lists, with a title able to sit in several at once — Date Night, Comfort Rewatches, Oscar Catch-up, Weekend Picks.
- Release calendar, new-episode alerts and upcoming-title alerts.
- Warnings before a saved title leaves one of your selected streaming services.
- Long-press actions for fast library edits.
Getting your data in
Switching trackers usually fails at the import step, so this gets real attention:
- TV Time GDPR exports — watched episodes with per-episode progress, watched films, followed shows and watchlist items, and ratings.
- Letterboxd, IMDb, Trakt, generic CSV exports, and pasted watchlists.
- A preview step before anything commits. You see the matched titles and can exclude incorrect matches first — which matters for older films and shows with ambiguous names.
If you are coming from TV Time specifically, the practical constraint is whether you still have the export file at all — we cover that in detail on TV Time alternatives.
Discovery and recommendations
- AI Mode, grounded in the catalogue, live streaming availability, and your own taste data, watchlist and viewing history. Ask by mood, genre, tone, runtime, decade or streaming service.
- AI Taste Match gives a verdict on a specific film or show using your ratings, favourite genres and actors, runtime preferences and concrete titles you liked or disliked — and explains its reasoning.
- Taste Profile turns your history into readable signals: favourite genres, recurring actors, preferred pacing and tone, and how you rate.
- Taste Compare privately compares your taste with a friend by code, link or QR, producing a match score, shared favourites, agreements and clashes, and recommendations for each other. Both people approve exactly what is shared before anything is compared.
- Streaming availability for your region and the services you actually subscribe to.
- Filtering by IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes score.
- Personalised Home sections, Top 10, Added Today, This Week, trending, hidden gems and curated collections.
Pick Together: deciding with other people
Choosing alone and choosing as a group are different problems. Pick Together handles the second one: create a room, invite people with a code or QR code, everyone votes on a shortlist tailored to the group, and the room reveals the match. Rooms keep a history so you can see what the group settled on before. Free rooms support up to three people; Premium expands that to ten.
Film Buff: canon progress
- Tracks progress through curated film and TV lists — the IMDb Top 250, award winners, individual filmographies.
- Levels and milestones from Popcorn Rookie to Canon Legend, with completion celebrations and shareable progress cards.
- An opt-in Hall of Film Buffs leaderboard.
- Progress updates automatically whenever you mark a title watched elsewhere in the app.
Title, cast and video detail
- Film and show pages with ratings, release information, streaming providers, episode ratings and related recommendations.
- Cast and actor pages with fast, rich filmographies; people search can surface several actors and creators at once.
- Video Hub with trailers, clips and behind-the-scenes footage.
- Parents Guide, trivia and goofs where available.
- Artwork preferences per title, and a Premium option to hide watched titles across Home and Discover.
Platform features
- iPhone and iPad with iOS or iPadOS 26 or later; Apple silicon Mac compatibility with macOS 26 or later.
- A web companion for search, streaming availability, Watchlist, FlickLog and AI picks, synced through the same FlickPicker account.
- Home Screen widget for upcoming episodes and releases.
- Siri and voice search.
- Shareable film, show, actor and Taste Profile links.
- Available in English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish, as listed on the App Store.
What FlickPicker does not do
Stated plainly, because finding out after you have imported a decade of history is worse:
- No native Android app. The native app runs on iPhone, iPad and Apple silicon Mac.
- The web companion covers the essentials. You can manage Watchlist and FlickLog in a browser; imports, group hosting and deeper customization are in the native app.
- No self-service data export yet. You can ask support for your data; there is no one-tap CSV. If never being locked in is your top priority, Trakt exports CSV, iCal and RSS on its paid tier.
- No large public review community. If you want to read and write episode reviews with a big audience, Serializd is built for that and FlickPicker is not.
- A newer service. See the App Store for current reviews and release history when deciding where to keep your library.
TV Time alternatives — eight apps compared, including us.
Best TV show tracker apps in 2026 — the field ranked on price and platform.
FlickPicker vs Trakt — head to head with the default choice.
FlickPicker FAQ — pricing, privacy, imports and account questions.
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Frequently asked questions
What is FlickPicker?
FlickPicker is a movie and TV tracking and discovery app for iPhone and iPad. It keeps one library of the films and shows you have watched, are watching and want to watch, with per-episode progress for TV — and it uses that history to recommend what to watch next from the streaming services you actually subscribe to. A web companion keeps search, Watchlist, FlickLog and AI picks accessible in a browser.
How much does FlickPicker cost?
Core tracking, imports and basic discovery are free. Free accounts include three AI picks a day, two custom lists and Pick Together rooms for up to three people. Premium adds unlimited AI and lists, larger rooms, worldwide availability, automatic Trakt sync and more. US subscriptions are $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year; the app also offers lifetime Premium. Check the app for local prices.
What platforms does FlickPicker run on?
The native app runs on iPhone and iPad with iOS or iPadOS 26 or later, and on Apple silicon Macs with macOS 26 or later. The web companion supports search, local streaming availability, Watchlist, FlickLog and AI picks. There is no native Android app.
Can FlickPicker import my data from another app?
Yes — from TV Time GDPR exports (including per-episode progress, watched films, follows and ratings), Letterboxd, IMDb, Trakt, generic CSV files and pasted watchlists. For TV Time, unzip the export and choose its folder or CSV files. The importer shows you matched titles first so you can exclude wrong matches before anything enters your library.
Is FlickPicker's AI just ChatGPT bolted onto a movie app?
No. It is grounded in three things a general chatbot does not have: the film and TV catalogue, live streaming availability for your region and services, and your own taste data — ratings, watch history, genres, actors, runtime and pacing preferences. That means it can tell you whether a specific title suits you and explain why, referencing titles you personally liked or disliked, rather than describing films in general.
Does FlickPicker track individual episodes?
Yes. Shows track episode by episode with season progress, and there is a release calendar plus alerts for new episodes, upcoming titles, and before a saved title leaves one of your streaming services.
What is Pick Together?
A group decision feature. One person creates a room and invites others with a code or QR code; everyone votes on a shortlist tailored to the group; the room reveals the match everyone agrees on. It exists because choosing what to watch with other people is a different problem from choosing alone. Free rooms support three people; Premium rooms support up to ten.
What is Film Buff?
A canon tracker. It measures your progress through curated lists — the IMDb Top 250, award winners, specific directors' and actors' filmographies — with levels from Popcorn Rookie to Canon Legend, milestone celebrations, shareable progress cards and an opt-in leaderboard. Progress updates automatically as you mark titles watched elsewhere in the app.
What languages does FlickPicker support?
English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish, as listed on the App Store.