Key Takeaways
- Stop endlessly searching for movies and shows across multiple streaming platforms. Just download one of these apps to simplify your content consumption.
- Watchworthy, Reelgood, PlayOn & more aggregate all popular streaming services into one platform for easy browsing and personalized recommendations.
- Apps like JustWatch & Qewd let you track what you’ve seen, create watchlists, discover new content, and even get recommendations from friends.
Having so many streaming services at your fingertips is a gift. Consuming content is so easy—whatever title you come up with, you’ll likely discover it on one of the various platforms available. But therein lies a problem.
In our modern-day age of convenience, having to go through every streaming platform and manually input a search seems rather inconvenient. After all, wouldn’t it be much better to combine all your streaming services into one? Lucky for all streaming service lovers, you absolutely can.
JustWatch is another platform that fits the bill. You can find out where you can watch a movie or TV show you’re interested in by browsing a catalog of over 200,000 titles. The streaming platforms JustWatch holds include Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, Hulu, HBO Max, and many more. You’ll find well-known platforms and niche streaming services you’ve probably never heard of.
JustWatch is a free app that you can download for Android and iOS devices. Also, following a few simple steps, you can connect your JustWatch account to your smart TV. The service lets you mark episodes or seasons of shows to indicate you’ve seen them. You can also create “One Watchlist to rule them all” and have everything you want to consume in one neat place.
Reelgood is an aggregate platform that acts as a TV guide for streaming services. It’s intuitive and easy to navigate.
You can browse tiles by category, genres, tags, or popularity, like newest or trending. You can also track movies and shows to know when new releases are available to watch. Then, you can add them to your watch next and queue them up for viewing. It’s streaming simplified to the fullest.
Reelgood also has a feature called Swipe With Friends that helps you make an easier decision on what to watch as a group. It’s a great app, and you can download it for free for iOS and Android.
Watchworthy combines all your streaming services in one place, allowing you to browse features, search for specific titles, and create watchlists. With Watchworthy, you can also receive TV recommendations matched to your personal preferences.
Watchworthy aggregates over 50 of the most popular streaming platforms, including Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, etc. Once you get the app, you should go through popular flicks and rate them. That way, the service will gather enough information from you to base its recommendations on and know what to suggest to you.
If you don’t want to rely on the platform’s recommendations and find the perfect movie to stream yourself, you can browse by category, genre, streaming service, or even mood. Watchworthy is a free app, and you can get it for iOS and Android.
Qewd links access to every streaming service you have under one platform, making it easier to explore the various content available. The app even has a social aspect because it allows you to get recommendations from friends. So you can check out what your friends, family, and strangers are watching and enjoying and base your next view on that.
Qewd lets you access pretty much every streaming platform, including streaming services with access to local channels. You can even discover videos on YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch and watch live TV. It erases the need to hop between different apps, channels, and platforms—why would you when everything’s in one place?
Qewd also lets you create multiple watchlists and offers personalized recommendations based on every streaming service you use, filtered by genre preferences. You can download the free app for Android and iOS devices.
FreeCast, formerly known as SelectTV, aims to help you “Search Less, Watch More.” The service adds all your streaming platform subscriptions under one easy-to-use platform. The mobile app is free and available for Android and iOS.
FreeCast combines over 500,000 TV shows and movie features and over 500 TV Channels. It lets you explore and organize various titles and add paid and free subscriptions alike. FreeCast is your personal streaming TV guide, letting you see what’s on with a single combined search. So no more endless browsing.
PlayPilot combines various streaming services in one place. It helps you explore titles, get personalized recommendations, and there’s even a social aspect to it, too. You can follow your friends and let their likes help you find your next watch.
You can create a watchlist by saving every flick you wish to view, follow familiars and critics using the platform to track their opinions, share your own by rating what you’ve seen, and receive recommendations based on your likes. There’s also a feature called Taste Match that lets you compare your taste to others, and if you wish to find your people, look for the section of similar users next to popular users.
The app is free, and you can download it for Android and iOS. Once you get PlayPilot, it has you select all the free and paid streaming services you use (from a list of over 50), and then the fun begins.
PlayOn is another app worth checking out. The streaming aggregation service combines all the popular platforms under one umbrella—Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, and more.
It also allows you to record and download movies and shows, which you can then watch offline. Plus, it promises to automatically skip ads for you.
The app is available for iOS and Android, and if you’re only interested in streaming, it’s free. However, if you want the option to “Record, Download and Cast,” there are two plans to consider. You can pay $39.99/year or $14.97 for three months.
SeriesGuide is a handy Android app for tracking and discovering new movies and shows on multiple streaming services.
SeriesGuide is useful because it lets you build lists of the bits you want to watch and the bits you already have watched, with sources from all of the major streaming services—and then some. You can be really specific with SeriesGuide, too, as it covers geo-specific streaming content for loads of countries, where you can select from the services available. For example, the UK list has local options such as BBC iPlayer, ITVX, and Channel 4, which you won’t find on the US list.
There is a home screen widget you can use to ensure you don’t miss the launch of a new show or film, and you can also set notifications. I also like the Statistics section that tracks your total watch time, number of shows and films, etc., across your watch list. However, depending on how much time you spend binging, you might want to give it a miss.
Finally, the SeriesGuide developer, Uwe Trottman, frequently updates the app, fixing bugs and adding new features. SeriesGuide is available for free on Android devices, but there are subscription options available that unlock extra features and support the app’s development.
With so many streaming services available and more seeming to spring up every week, it’s no surprise that finding what to watch is so hard. It’s already a struggle to come up with a flick you want to watch in the first place. But once you go through that, discovering where you can watch it—that’s a challenge on its own.
The apps listed in the article also make browsing much simpler. They let you see the most popular flicks on every streaming service you subscribe to and pick the one you’re drawn to by using a single app—no more hopping from platform to platform.
