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Since 2013iPhoneiPadMacComing soonApple TV
Filmlog is a personal movie diary, a research tool, a soundtrack player and a cinema finder. It records what you watched, when, where, with whom and what you thought of it.
Wherever you are
A native app for iPhone, iPad and Mac, and a watchlist companion on Apple TV. With Filmlog Plus, multi-device support keeps one diary in step across all of them with iCloud.
iPhone
The full app
What's special on iPhone
- Follow actors and directors and get notified when their next movie is released.
- Siri and Shortcuts log a movie, add it to the watchlist or mark a favorite.
- Siri AI answers questions about your library, not yet in the EU.
iPad
The Mac's two-pane layout
What's special on iPad
- The Mac's two-pane layout, with keyboard shortcuts.
- Add a whole filmography to a challenge at once. Plus
- Siri AI answers questions about your library, not yet in the EU.
Mac
A native app, not a phone app in a window
What's special on Mac
- A sidebar, a detail pane beside the list, menu commands and keyboard shortcuts.
- Soundtracks play inside Filmlog.
- Siri AI answers questions about your library.
- A Claude Desktop extension reads and writes your diary when you ask. Plus
Coming soon: Filmlog for Mac is on its way to the App Store.
Apple TV
Watchlist companion
What's special on Apple TV
- Your watchlist, in the order things arrive: announced, upcoming, then released.
- Where a movie can be streamed or bought, open it straight from Filmlog in the Apple TV app.
- Challenges with their progress, movies ticked off from inside one.
What you need: your movies arrive from Filmlog on your iPhone, iPad or Mac through multi-device support (Filmlog Plus), and that device needs Filmlog 2026.9 or newer.
Get Filmlog
Filmlog for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. Free to download, with Filmlog Plus if you want more.
Filmlog for Mac is coming soon.
What you can do with it
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Your diary
- Log every viewing, with or without a date; a rewatch is its own entry.
- Rate with favorites, five stars or ten points; switching loses nothing. Plus
- Search, sort and show your movies as a list or tiles.
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Subjects19
Based on14
New York-Miami
It Happened One Night
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A catalog that works offline
- Find movies by character, setting, subject or the book they were based on.
- Find a cinema by name or near your current location.
PTA since 2007
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One Battle After Another
Unwatched · on your watchlistWatchlist and challenges
- A watchlist with sections for announced and upcoming movies; add movies straight from the Inbox.
- Filmographies with your watched progress, and facts about people.
- Follow actors and directors and get notified of their next movie. iPhone · iPad
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Your numbers
- Statistics about your watching habits, and widgets. Plus
♫ Music
Aftersun
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Oliver Coates · 2023 · 14 songs
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Memory Opening
Oliver Coates
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One Without
Oliver Coates
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Bus
Oliver Coates
Soundtracks
- Where a movie's score was released on Apple Music, it sits on the movie's page.
- The full album, and autoplay when you open a movie you've watched.
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Aftersun
Seen August 30, 2026 · ♥ favorite
Which Paul Thomas Anderson movie haven't I seen yet?
Claude · FilmlogOne Battle After Another, the last one missing from “PTA since 2007”.
Your library answers back
- Spotlight finds the movies in your library.
- Siri and Shortcuts log a movie, add it to the watchlist or mark a favorite.
- A Claude Desktop extension reads and writes your diary. Mac Plus
Your diary, on your devices
On your devices
The library stays on your devices and in iCloud – if you wish.
Works offline
315,000 movies, 464,000 people and 58,000 cinemas inside the app, with titles in your language.
In and out
Import from Letterboxd, IMDb, Filmtipset and most other CSV exports. Export and backup are free, always.
Since 2013
Built by one person since 2013 and paid for by the people who use and love it.
Shared in a link
Share a challenge and the whole list travels inside the link, with no record on any server.
Built on open data
Movie data from TMDB, facts from Wikidata. A correction made at the source reaches everyone, not only Filmlog.
In 32 languages
The app, and the titles of your movies, in your language.
There is much more to Filmlog
For the complete picture, take the walkthrough: it follows the app screen by screen, the way a new user meets it, on the platform you pick.
Take the walkthroughWhat others said
App Store feature
Apps We Love Right Now
2021
Review · 2021
“Keeping track of the movies you want to watch, […], can be a full-time job in itself. Filmlog hopes to make it easier and, dare I say, fun.”
App Store rating
You have the choice:
Unlock all Filmlog Plus features with a subscription or one-time payment.
Free to use on one device. Export and backup are free, always.
Multi-device support
One diary in step on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, through iCloud.
Star ratings
Five stars or ten points instead of hearts; switching loses nothing.
A note per viewing
What you thought the first time, and what changed on the rewatch.
Watch companions
The people you watched with, right on the entry.
The cinema you sat in
Pick it on the entry, and find cinemas near your current location.
Statistics and widgets
Your watching habits as tiles and a patterns heatmap, on your Home Screen and desktop.
Unlimited challenges
As many lists with a goal as you like, and whole filmographies added at once.
Unlimited following
Follow every actor and director you care about and hear when their next movie is released.
All filmographies
Show the filmographies of all actors and crew.
Tiles, lists and your facts
Show movies as tiles or a list, and choose which facts appear, in your order.
Import your library
From Letterboxd, IMDb, Filmtipset and most CSV exports, matched on your device.
Your favorite poster
Pick the poster you remember for each movie you watched.
Extra app icons
Alternative icons, each in light, dark and tinted.
Claude Desktop extension (Mac)
Ask about your diary in plain language, or have it log a movie for you.
Available in 32 languages
English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Ukrainian.
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