A TV Time alternative that keeps your history
Last updated 13 November 2026
Showpile is a TV tracker for iPhone and Android, coming soon. If you saved your TV Time export, it brings in your shows, every episode you marked watched with the date TV Time recorded, and your watchlist. Moved to Trakt, Simkl or Serializd in July? It imports from those too. There are no ads, and you can export everything again, free, whenever you like. It's £3.99 a month or £19.99 a year, each after a free week, or £49.99 once for lifetime.
Coming soon to iPhone and Android. Free for a week, then £3.99 a month. No ads, ever.
Import completeExample
14 TV Time episode ratings found — we've never found a published scale for them, so we've kept them with your import record rather than guess at stars.
What happened to TV Time
The short version, with a source for every fact.
- 1 July 2026
TV Time announced it was closing, in a notice on its support site and in messages inside the app.
Sources: TV Time Support, TechCrunch, Wikipedia
- 2 July 2026
MacRumors and TechCrunch reported the news.
Sources: MacRumors, TechCrunch
- The reason
TV Time said it was “no longer sustainable” to run as a free app, and that there wasn't enough demand for a paid one.
Sources: TV Time Support, MacRumors
- The reporting
TechCrunch reported that TV Time's owner, Whip Media, was turning its focus to AI. That's TechCrunch's reporting, not a reason TV Time gave.
Source: TechCrunch
- 15 July 2026
The service ended after this date. TV Time said the app would be removed from the App Store and Google Play, and tvtime.com would no longer be available.
Sources: TV Time Support, MacRumors
- After 15 July
TV Time said all personal account data would be deleted. Its export tool needed a TV Time sign-in, so a new export can't be made now. When we checked on 13 November 2026, the export site didn't respond.
Sources: TV Time Support, MacRumors
- How many people
TV Time had more than 26.4 million lifetime installs, according to Appfigures data reported by TechCrunch.
Source: TechCrunch
Sources
- TV Time is Shutting Down, TV Time Support (archived copy), 1 July 2026
- TV Time, Wikipedia, read 13 November 2026
- Popular Show Tracking App TV Time Shutting Down on July 15, MacRumors, 2 July 2026
- Popular TV-tracking app TV Time is shutting down as company focuses on AI, TechCrunch, 2 July 2026
What comes across, and what can't
You pick your TV Time ZIP in Profile → Import. Showpile reads only the files it needs, and the ZIP is deleted as soon as Showpile has read it.
Comes across
- Your shows, each with a status worked out from what you've watched.
- Every episode you marked watched, with the date and time TV Time recorded, however long ago.
- Rewatches, counted, with the earliest watch date kept.
- Shows you saved for later, as your watchlist.
Doesn't come across
- TV Time ratings, as ratings. Showpile counts them and keeps them with your import record, but it doesn't show them as ratings in the app: we've never found a published scale for them, so it won't guess. Ratings from Trakt, Simkl and Serializd do come in as ratings for shows in your export.
- Reactions and custom lists. They're in the export, but Showpile has nowhere to put them.
- Films. Showpile tracks TV only.
- Comments and anything social. Showpile has no social features.
No export? TV Time said it would delete everyone's personal data after 15 July 2026, so it can't be recovered now. If you moved to Trakt, Simkl or Serializd in July, that history can come across instead.
Your history is yours
When an app closes, your history shouldn't close with it.
Export everything, free
Profile → Export gives you your library, watch history, ratings and notes as JSON and CSV, any time. It isn't a paid feature, and it never will be.
Delete it when you like
Settings → Delete my account removes your library, watch history and ratings. Export first if you'd like a copy.
Made by a fellow TV addict.
Showpile is small and independent. Email support and a real person reads it.
How Showpile differs
Just Showpile's own facts, so you can compare for yourself.
- No ads, and no data selling. You pay for the app, so it doesn't need to sell your attention or your data.
- Free, complete export. Profile → Export gives you everything as JSON and CSV, whenever you like.
- Renewal Radar. Renewal and cancellation news comes only from named outlets, such as Deadline, Variety and TVLine. A cancellation needs a second outlet, or TVmaze, to agree, and every alert names its source. How Renewal Radar works.
- Launch prices. £3.99 a month or £19.99 a year (£1.67 a month), each after a free week, or £49.99 once for lifetime.
- Imports from TV Time, Trakt, Simkl and Serializd, plus files saved by the TV Time Out extension.
Want to know when it's out?
Coming soon to iPhone and Android. Free for a week, then £3.99 a month. No ads, ever.