# Best Letterboxd Alternatives in 2026 (By What You Actually Need) **Published:** June 27, 2026 **Author:** Achriom **URL:** https://www.achriom.com/blog/best-letterboxd-alternatives > The best Letterboxd alternatives in 2026: Trakt for scrobbling, iCheckMovies for lists, Criticker for rating prediction, and Achriom for cross-media AI. **Tags:** comparison, guide, movies --- **Letterboxd is the best film tracker on the internet.** The diary, the lists, the community of people who take cinema seriously: for pure film logging, nothing competes. If you're looking for an alternative, you're probably not dissatisfied with film tracking. You want something Letterboxd doesn't do. The most common reasons people look beyond Letterboxd: they want TV shows tracked in the same place, they want books and music alongside their films, they want AI recommendations that reason from their actual taste, or they prefer a private library to Letterboxd's public-by-default social model. Each of those problems has a different solution. _Last reviewed: June 2026._ **Quick verdict:** - **Best for TV + movies in one place:** Trakt or Simkl - **Best for serious film list-building:** iCheckMovies - **Best for rating prediction and discovery:** Criticker - **Best for cross-media AI across films, books, TV, and music:** Achriom --- ## What makes Letterboxd hard to leave Letterboxd has three things no alternative fully replaces: **The film community.** Letterboxd reviews are better than most critical publications. The lists culture (every possible "films that feel like a Sunday morning in autumn" permutation) is genuinely useful for discovery. People there care about cinema in a way that Trakt users, TV Time users, and most tracker communities don't. **The diary.** Timestamped viewing history with a log entry format that encourages short reviews. The habit-forming loop of logging a film immediately after watching it is well-designed. **The design.** Letterboxd is beautiful. The poster grid, the dark UI, the way lists look. It's thought through. If one of those three is the thing keeping you on Letterboxd, you probably shouldn't leave. The alternatives below are for the problems Letterboxd genuinely doesn't solve. --- ## Trakt **Best for:** TV shows + movies in one tracker with automatic scrobbling Trakt tracks both movies and TV shows, which Letterboxd doesn't. If you track a show's entire run with the same care you give films, running two separate apps is friction. Trakt solves this, and it adds scrobbling: connect it to Plex, Kodi, or Infuse and your history updates automatically without any logging. **What it does well:** - Combined movies and TV in one library - Scrobbling from Plex, Kodi, Emby, Jellyfin, and Infuse - Lists and community ratings - Free (Trakt VIP is $3/month for extras) **The limitation:** Trakt's UI is sparse by design. The experience lives in third-party apps (Infuse, Kodi skins, etc.) rather than the Trakt website itself. Social features are thinner than Letterboxd's. For the direct comparison: [Letterboxd vs Trakt](/blog/letterboxd-vs-trakt/). --- ## Simkl **Best for:** Scrobbling + broader media coverage without Trakt's API-first complexity Simkl is similar to Trakt in function but simpler to set up and less focused on being infrastructure. It scrobbles from Netflix, Crunchyroll, Plex, and other services, tracks movies, TV, and anime together, and has a cleaner interface than Trakt. Good option if you want Trakt's scrobbling but prefer something more self-contained. **What it does well:** - Scrobbling from Netflix, Crunchyroll, Plex, and more - Movies, TV, and anime tracked together - Simpler to set up than Trakt without needing media server configuration - Free **The limitation:** Smaller community than Letterboxd or Trakt. The social and discovery layer is lighter. --- ## iCheckMovies **Best for:** Completionist film lists and official rankings iCheckMovies is built around lists. The interface centers on which films you've seen from curated collections: the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, the AFI Top 100, the Sight and Sound Greatest Films poll. If you're the kind of person who wants to systematically work through canonical lists, iCheckMovies is designed for that purpose in a way Letterboxd isn't. **What it does well:** - Over 2,000 official curated lists built in - Progress tracking through canonical film lists - Quick-check interface for logging films you've seen - Active community that discusses list completion - Free (Pro tier adds extras) **The limitation:** Not a general media tracker. The social layer is focused around list completion rather than reviews and discovery. If you want to write about films, the review culture is thinner than Letterboxd's. --- ## Criticker **Best for:** Film rating prediction and matching your taste to others Criticker uses your film ratings to predict how you'll rate films you haven't seen. Its TCI (Taste Compatibility Index) matches you with other users whose ratings correlate with yours, then surfaces films they've loved that you haven't seen yet. The discovery mechanism is genuinely different from Letterboxd's "people also liked" approach. **What it does well:** - Predictive ratings based on your scoring history - Taste compatibility matching with other users - Discovery recommendations derived from people whose taste aligns with yours - Free **The limitation:** The UI is older and the community is smaller. It is a niche tool for people who want rating prediction, not a general film community. The social layer is minimal. --- ## Achriom **Best for:** Films as part of a cross-media library with an AI librarian Achriom tracks films alongside books, TV shows, albums, and anime in one private library. The AI librarian can reason across all of it: "what connects my five-star films and five-star books," "what should I watch based on the albums I loved this year," "I finished Dune and want something to read before starting the next book." Those questions require a cross-media view that Letterboxd never attempts. **What it does well:** - Films tracked alongside books, TV, albums, and anime - AI librarian that reasons across formats and finds connections - Private by default: no public profile, no social pressure - Cross-media discovery that no film-only tracker can do - Free with 50 AI messages; Pro $9.99/month for unlimited AI

Films are part of a bigger picture. Achriom tracks them alongside your books, albums, and TV with an AI librarian that finds the threads between everything you love. That is what Letterboxd was never built to do.

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**The limitation:** Achriom is not a Letterboxd replacement for people who want the film community. The review culture, the lists, the shared discovery with cinephile strangers: none of that exists in Achriom. It is a private library with an AI, not a social film tracker. If community is the core need, Letterboxd stays unmatched. For the direct Letterboxd comparison, see [Letterboxd vs Trakt](/blog/letterboxd-vs-trakt/). --- ## Quick comparison | App | TV | Books + Music | AI | Scrobbling | Community | Price | |-----|----|--------------|----|------------|-----------|-------| | Trakt | Yes | No | No | Yes | Medium | Free / $3 mo | | Simkl | Yes | No | No | Yes | Light | Free | | iCheckMovies | No | No | No | No | Medium | Free / Pro | | Criticker | No | No | Predictive | No | Small | Free | | Achriom | Yes | Yes | AI librarian | No | Private | Free / $9.99 mo | --- ## Which should you use? **Use Trakt if:** TV shows are the missing piece and you want combined movie + TV tracking with scrobbling from your media server. **Use Simkl if:** You want Trakt's scrobbling without the API-first complexity. Good if you want anime tracked alongside movies and TV. **Use iCheckMovies if:** You are working through canonical film lists and want to track your progress against the 1001 Movies, AFI, Sight and Sound, and similar rankings. **Use Criticker if:** Rating prediction and taste-matching are what you want. You care less about reviews and community, more about "what will I probably like." **Use Achriom if:** Your films are part of a bigger media diet and you want AI that connects them to your books, albums, and TV. You prefer private tracking over public social profiles. --- ## The honest read on Letterboxd Letterboxd is worth keeping alongside any of these. It's not fragile software that'll disappear. Running Letterboxd for film-community purposes while using Achriom for cross-media AI, or Trakt for TV scrobbling, is a workable setup many people land on. The question is whether you need everything in one place or whether you can tolerate two apps that each do their job well. **Related reading:** [Best Movie Tracking Apps in 2026](/blog/best-movie-tracking-apps/) compares all the major film and TV trackers including Letterboxd. **Related guides:** - [Letterboxd vs Trakt: Which Should You Use?](/blog/letterboxd-vs-trakt/) - [Best TV Show Tracking Apps in 2026](/blog/best-tv-tracking-apps/) --- ## Common questions ### What is the best Letterboxd alternative? It depends on what you want that Letterboxd doesn't have. Trakt or Simkl for TV shows + movies + scrobbling. iCheckMovies for canonical list completion. Criticker for rating prediction. Achriom for cross-media AI that connects your films to your books, music, and TV. ### Does Letterboxd track TV shows? No. Letterboxd tracks films only. For TV show tracking alongside films, Trakt and Simkl are the most direct alternatives. ### Is there a Letterboxd for books? Goodreads is the closest equivalent: a social reading tracker with community reviews and shelves. For books tracked alongside films, albums, and TV in one place with AI, Achriom covers all of those formats. ### Is there a Letterboxd alternative with AI? Achriom is the only tracker with a built-in AI librarian that reasons across films, books, TV, albums, and anime. It can connect your film taste to your reading history and music preferences in ways a film-only tracker cannot. ### Is Letterboxd free? Yes. Letterboxd's free tier covers diary logging, lists, and social features. Letterboxd Pro ($35/year) adds statistics, filters, and import tools. The free tier is comprehensive for most users. ### Can I import my Letterboxd diary to another app? Yes. Letterboxd exports your diary as a CSV from Settings > Import and Export. Most alternative apps (including Trakt and Simkl) have import tools. The export includes your rating, watched date, and review text.