Entertainment, music and news consumption
TV, movie and anime trackers
Apps that track TV shows, movies and anime watch progress, upcoming episodes and streaming availability, alongside free streaming sites and IPTV players, for people who watch a lot of shows across services.
Built for: Binge-watchers and anime fans
Projects since May 04
180
Different builders
170
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
+10%
AI is the core
3.3%
Projects per week
Mostly web app (42%), mobile app (32%), browser extension (12%) · from r/SideProject, r/vibecoding, r/IMadeThis, r/chrome_extensions
Latest
- Streams a real-time 90s-style TV schedule to a CRT-style screen, with timed shows, movies and ad breaks.“Reliving my youth on a CRT screen”
- tsuzuki — Shows which legal streaming platforms carry a given anime in a chosen region, with a release calendar and filler episode lists.“I built a free site to find where to legally watch any anime in your country (no ads, no account)”
- KlevaTV — Plays live TV, movies and series from Xtream and M3U sources in one Android TV app.“KlevaTV (Xtream, M3U) Media Player - OPEN BETA!”
- RetroArr — Turns YouTube playlists and Internet Archive shows into scheduled live TV channels that play on a shared clock and appear as an HDHomeRun tuner with an EPG.“I built RetroArr, a self-hosted retro TV station that turns YouTube & Archive playlists into live channels (works as an HDHomeRun tuner in Plex/Jellyfin/Emby)”
- Tracks TV shows you are waiting for and sends reminders when new episodes or season release dates are announced.“Tv shows app idea”
- 100 Best TV Shows — Lists The New York Times' 100 best TV shows of the 21st century with filters by genre and streaming service.“I made a simple web page to help me choose what to watch from The New York Times’ 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century.”
- Screen Night — Tracks TV shows a user watches, shows when the next episodes air, and lets invited friends see each other's viewing.“Screen Night - A private TV tracker I've built since August, having never written Swift”
- Theia — Plays live TV from M3U playlists and Xtream logins, with fuzzy search across large channel lists and a multiview screen.“Theia - Every live TV player on Windows felt dated, so I built a better one”
- Lets visitors watch movies and series that are hosted on other free sites.“Página de películas gratis”
- NevoPlay — Plays IPTV streams and channel lists on a user's device.“Meet NevoPlay 2.0.5: the IPTV player, reimagined. Eight months in the making”
- JamDB — Catalogs a physical movie collection of DVDs, Blu-rays and 4K UHDs, tracking owned editions and their locations.“I built an app to keep track of my physical movie collection (JamDB)”
- Crivid — Streams movies and TV shows on Amazon Firestick devices via a sideloaded app.“Crivid 2.0 is out! And yes it is on Firestick now! Downloader code 1186147”
- TellyGrid — Provides an Android TV launcher that shows a UK TV guide.“Android TV Launcher with UK TV Guide - TellyGrid”
- Identifies products shown in video streams so viewers can find and buy them.“I built “Shazam for products” you see in streams”
- ZAWARUDO — Hosts a discussion forum for each anime and for each episode.“I gave my website the greatest dark mode toggle of all time”
- Watch Later Tidy for Netflix — Adds a browser dashboard to Netflix that sorts, filters, groups into playlists, and bulk-manages the My List titles.“I made a free extension that lets you sort and filter Netflix's My List (IMDb rating, runtime, genre)”
- Better Crunchyroll — Adds episode list, player, picture-in-picture, spoiler protection, and auto-skip features to the Crunchyroll website.“I made a browser extension to make Crunchyroll a little better: Better Crunchyroll”
- watchit — Streams movies and shows through a web interface built with Django.“Can I add this in my CV or would it be illegal or something....”
- Edits IPTV playlists without needing a PC left running 24/7.“Reddit is unbelievable”
- StreamX — Plays playlist-based live TV and on-demand media with a programme guide, favourites, and continue watching.“StreamX — a year into building a native media player for Apple devices”
Most discussed
- Edits IPTV playlists without needing a PC left running 24/7.“Reddit is unbelievable”
- WeTrakr — Tracks movie and TV watch history by importing past records and automatically logging views from Kodi, Jellyfin, Stremio and streaming services.“I've been working solo on this for 2 years. The movie & TV tracker I always wished existed!”
- ordertowatch — Displays a chronological viewing order for film and TV franchises like the MCU, DC and Star Wars.“I made my first ever website that displays the timeline of different sagas, (MCU, DC, Star Wars, Etc.) I need feedback since I have never done this before.”
- NoBoxTV — Streams free-to-air live TV channels in the browser with no app or sign-up required.“I built a small project called NoBoxTV”
- Plays live TV, catch-up, and video content from user-supplied IPTV, Jellyfin, Emby, local, and HDHomeRun sources on Android with an EPG guide.“[Beta] A pure bring-your-own-source TV player for Android. Point it at your own IPTV/Jellyfin/Emby/local/HDHomeRun. Looking for testers!”
- KoalaSync — Syncs movie and show playback across viewers on an Emby server.“Is anyone here still building extensions for fun, or did I accidentally join a SaaS hustle bootcamp?”
- Krato.store — Streams movies and TV shows in a fast, mobile-responsive website with no ads or paywalls.“From zero web-dev knowledge to launching my own media platform in 4 months. AMA”
- OpenIPTV — Plays IPTV streams on multiple devices with favorites, VOD downloads, live TV recording and synced user profiles.“I just released my first App - OpenIPTV”
- AniCult — Streams the latest airing anime episodes on a free website with no ads or login.“I made my own anime website – AniCult”
- tonightsarc — Recommends anime based on mood, character-versus-story preference, completion preference, and available time.“I built an anime recommendation site that starts with your mood instead of genres”