Press kit

The app for film and cinema lovers — since 2013.
For iPhone, iPad, Mac and as a watchlist companion on Apple TV.

For the love of movies.
Search 315,000 films, 464,000 people and 58,000 cinemas offline, follow new theatrical releases, plan with your watchlist and challenges, listen to soundtracks from Apple Music, and keep a personal diary of what you watched, with whom and where.

Latest release: Filmlog 2026.10 for Mac, October 27, 2026 · what’s new and the press release

Updated October 27, 2026
  • October 27, 2026 · Filmlog 2026.10 for Mac is in the releases: the Mac’s first App Store version, with the full list of what is new, press releases in English and German and the Mac launch graphic.
  • October 27, 2026 · Filmlog for Mac is released: the “Coming soon” marks are gone, and the descriptions, the platform line and the release line name the Mac.
  • October 23, 2026 · Filmlog 2026.10 for iPhone and iPad is in the releases: ready for iPhone Duo, with the full list of what is new and the iPhone Duo graphic.
  • October 23, 2026 · The feature table matches the app’s own feature list: platforms corrected for cinema search, cinema pages, deep links, Filmlog Plus, appearance, the update nudge and telemetry; finer tiers for following people and filmographies.
  • October 23, 2026 · A new opening: the app for film and cinema lovers since 2013, its platforms, and what it searches, plans, plays and keeps.
Earlier changes
  • October 23, 2026 · The app in short: the bundled catalogue names the 58,000 cinemas; the privacy line says that no account is needed beyond the Apple Account.
  • October 23, 2026 · Corrected: soundtracks are free, not part of Filmlog Plus (price section, feature table, 2026.9 press releases); filmographies load online, they are not part of the offline catalogue (2026.9 release).
  • October 23, 2026 · The three copy-ready descriptions are rewritten: personal, offline and ad-free, with the 58,000 cinemas, and without a version number.
  • October 23, 2026 · The press kit now serves every release: the general material comes first, and each release follows below with what is new in it and its press releases. The screenshot and icon ZIPs are renamed without a version; the old links still work.
  • September 30, 2026 · All screenshots replaced with the September 29 capture of the release build, on all four platforms; the ZIP is rebuilt.
  • September 30, 2026 · Filmlog for Mac is not part of today’s release and is marked “Coming soon”. The press releases are the versions of September 29. The update is named 2026.9/2026.9.1.
  • September 30, 2026 · Filmlog 2026.9 is released: the embargo is lifted and this is now the public press kit.
  • September 26, 2026 · Filmlog Plus Family removed: there is no separate Family product, every Plus plan includes Family Sharing at the regular price.
  • September 12, 2026 · Press releases in English and German; the complete list of what is new; screenshots for iPhone, iPad, Mac (light and dark) and Apple TV, with a ZIP of all of them.
  • September 11, 2026 · Setup guide for the Claude Desktop extension.
  • September 9, 2026 · Descriptions, fact sheet, beta access, developer, recognition.
  • September 8, 2026 · Minimum OS versions.
  • September 7, 2026 · US dollar prices; materials date.

Releases

Every release with what is new in it and its press releases, newest first.

Filmlog 2026.10 for Mac

October 27, 2026 · A native Mac app, with a Claude Desktop extension

Filmlog arrives on the Mac: a native Mac app with a sidebar, menu commands and keyboard shortcuts — and with it the Claude Desktop extension.

Everything new in 2026.10 for Mac


Filmlog for Mac

  • A native Mac app, not a phone app in a window: a sidebar for your sections, menu commands for what you do most and keyboard shortcuts for the rest.
  • Soundtracks — the film's album on Apple Music, where one was released, played right inside Filmlog.
  • Statistics and widgets — your watching habits, on your desktop too. (Plus)
  • Multi-device support — one library across iPhone, iPad and Mac. (Plus)
  • Claude Desktop extension — Claude reads your diary and writes to it when you ask (setup guide). (Plus)

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Press releases

Press release, English

Filmlog arrives on the Mac: a native app for film and cinema lovers, with a Claude Desktop extension

The independent film diary, developed by one person since 2013, is now a native Mac app: a sidebar, menu commands and keyboard shortcuts. Soundtracks from Apple Music play inside the app, statistics come to the desktop as widgets, and a Claude Desktop extension answers questions about one's own viewing history. On iPhone and iPad, Filmlog 2026.10 is ready for iPhone Duo.

OFFENBURG, GERMANY — October 27, 2026 — Filmlog, the personal, offline and ad-free app for film and cinema lovers, is available on the Mac App Store from today. The Mac app is part of the update that brought Filmlog to Apple TV and rebuilt it on iPad in September, and it completes the set: Filmlog now runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and as a watchlist companion on Apple TV. The app is free; Filmlog Plus is an optional subscription or one-time purchase.

A Mac app, not a phone app in a window

Filmlog for Mac is written for the Mac: a sidebar for the app's sections, its own Settings window, menu commands for what is done most and keyboard shortcuts for the rest. Where a film's score was released as an album on Apple Music, the soundtrack plays right inside Filmlog. Statistics come to the desktop as widgets, and with multi-device support, a Filmlog Plus feature, one library spans iPhone, iPad and Mac through the user's own iCloud.

Ask Claude about thirteen years of watching

With the Mac app comes a Filmlog extension for Claude Desktop. It lets a user ask about their own viewing history in plain language — what they watched last winter, which films by a director they have not seen yet, how a challenge is coming along — and rate, favourite or add films by asking. The extension reads the library on the Mac itself; it is an interface to a person's own data, not a chatbot inside the app. A setup guide with questions to try is at filmlog.cc/app/mac-mcp.php.

Everything that shipped in September, on one more screen

Underneath is the catalogue Filmlog carries inside the app: around 315,000 films, 464,000 people and 58,000 cinemas, searchable with the internet switched off. Search finds films by their characters, by where a story is set, by what it deals with and by the book it was adapted from. A watchlist and challenges — lists with a goal and a progress bar that travel in a single link — plan what comes next, and the diary keeps what was watched, with whom, in which cinema and what one thought of it.

iPhone Duo

Since October 22, Filmlog 2026.10 for iPhone and iPad is ready for iPhone Duo, together with a round of improvements and fixes.

Quote

"Filmlog started because I wanted to remember what I'd seen, and every service that offered to help wanted an account, an audience and my data in exchange," said Simon Braun, the app's developer. "Thirteen years later it is still just a diary that belongs to you. This release is mostly about the app finally being where people are — on the Mac, on the iPad, on the television — and about making room for the cinema, the person beside you and the soundtracks. That is what you still remember years later, long after the plot has gone."

Pricing and availability

Filmlog for Mac is available today on the Mac App Store and requires macOS 26; Filmlog for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV is on the App Store, in 32 languages. The app is free, and so are the catalogue, the soundtracks and the export. Filmlog Plus adds multi-device support, star ratings, notes per viewing, statistics and widgets, unlimited challenges and the Claude Desktop extension, at €2.99 a month, €17.99 a year or €54.99 once (US: $2.99 / $14.99 / $49.99), with a free trial. Every Plus plan includes Family Sharing.

About Filmlog

Filmlog is the app for film and cinema lovers — personal, offline and ad-free — developed since 2013 by Simon Braun in Germany. It is funded entirely by the people who use it, and a user's library stays on their own devices and in their own iCloud. Film data comes from TMDB; biographical facts and the offline catalogue come from Wikidata. Filmlog was featured by the App Store in 2021.

Press contact: Simon Braun — mail@simonbraun.studio

This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Pressemitteilung, Deutsch

Filmlog erscheint für den Mac: eine native App für Film- und Kinoliebhaber, mit einer Erweiterung für Claude Desktop

Das unabhängige Filmtagebuch, seit 2013 von einer einzigen Person entwickelt, ist jetzt eine native Mac-App: eine Seitenleiste, Menübefehle und Tastaturkurzbefehle. Soundtracks von Apple Music spielen direkt in der App, die Statistiken kommen als Widgets auf den Schreibtisch, und eine Erweiterung für Claude Desktop beantwortet Fragen zum eigenen Filmtagebuch. Auf iPhone und iPad ist Filmlog 2026.10 bereit für das iPhone Duo.

OFFENBURG — 27. Oktober 2026 — Filmlog, die persönliche App für Film- und Kinoliebhaber, offline und ohne Werbung, ist ab heute im Mac App Store erhältlich. Die Mac-App gehört zu dem Update, das Filmlog im September auf das Apple TV gebracht und auf dem iPad neu gebaut hat, und sie macht es vollständig: Filmlog läuft jetzt auf iPhone, iPad und Mac und als Watchlist-Begleiter auf dem Apple TV. Die App ist kostenlos; Filmlog Plus gibt es als optionales Abonnement oder als Einmalkauf.

Eine Mac-App, keine iPhone-App im Fenster

Filmlog für Mac ist für den Mac gebaut: eine Seitenleiste für die Bereiche der App, ein eigenes Einstellungsfenster, Menübefehle für das, was man am häufigsten tut, und Tastaturkurzbefehle für den Rest. Wo die Filmmusik als Album auf Apple Music erschienen ist, spielt der Soundtrack direkt in Filmlog. Die Statistiken kommen als Widgets auf den Schreibtisch, und mit „Synchron auf allen Geräten“, einer Funktion von Filmlog Plus, ist es eine Bibliothek über iPhone, iPad und Mac, über die eigene iCloud.

Claude nach dreizehn Jahren Filmen fragen

Mit der Mac-App kommt eine Filmlog-Erweiterung für Claude Desktop. Mit ihr lässt sich das eigene Filmtagebuch in normaler Sprache befragen — was man im letzten Winter gesehen hat, welche Filme eines Regisseurs noch fehlen, wie weit eine Challenge ist —, und Filme lassen sich bewerten, als Favoriten markieren oder hinzufügen, indem man darum bittet. Die Erweiterung liest die Bibliothek auf dem Mac selbst; sie ist eine Schnittstelle zu den eigenen Daten, kein Chatbot in der App. Eine Anleitung mit Fragen zum Ausprobieren steht unter filmlog.cc/app/mac-mcp.php.

Alles, was im September erschienen ist, auf einem Bildschirm mehr

Darunter steckt der Katalog, den Filmlog in der App mitbringt: rund 315.000 Filme, 464.000 Personen und 58.000 Kinos, durchsuchbar auch mit abgeschaltetem Internet. Die Suche findet Filme nach ihren Figuren, nach dem Schauplatz der Handlung, nach ihrem Thema und nach der Buchvorlage. Watchlist und Challenges — Listen mit einem Ziel und einem Fortschrittsbalken, die in einem einzigen Link reisen — planen, was als Nächstes kommt, und das Tagebuch hält fest, was man gesehen hat, mit wem, in welchem Kino und wie es einem gefallen hat.

iPhone Duo

Seit dem 22. Oktober ist Filmlog 2026.10 für iPhone und iPad bereit für das iPhone Duo, zusammen mit einer Runde Verbesserungen und Fehlerbehebungen.

Zitat

„Filmlog ist entstanden, weil ich mich erinnern wollte, was ich gesehen hatte, und jeder Dienst, der dabei helfen wollte, verlangte im Gegenzug ein Konto, ein Publikum und meine Daten", sagt Simon Braun, der Entwickler der App. „Dreizehn Jahre später ist es immer noch einfach ein Tagebuch, das einem gehört. Bei dieser Version geht es vor allem darum, dass die App endlich dort ist, wo die Menschen sind — auf dem Mac, auf dem iPad, auf dem Fernseher — und darum, Platz zu machen für das Kino, die Person neben einem und die Soundtracks. Das ist es, woran man sich Jahre später noch erinnert, lange nachdem die Handlung verblasst ist."

Preise und Verfügbarkeit

Filmlog für Mac ist ab heute im Mac App Store erhältlich und setzt macOS 26 voraus; Filmlog für iPhone, iPad und Apple TV gibt es im App Store, in 32 Sprachen. Die App ist kostenlos, ebenso der Katalog, die Soundtracks und der Export. Filmlog Plus schaltet „Synchron auf allen Geräten“, Sternebewertungen, Notizen je Sichtung, Statistiken und Widgets, unbegrenzte Challenges und die Claude-Desktop-Erweiterung frei — für 2,99 € im Monat, 17,99 € im Jahr oder 54,99 € einmalig, mit kostenloser Probezeit. Jedes Plus-Angebot schließt die Familienfreigabe ein.

Über Filmlog

Filmlog ist die App für Film- und Kinoliebhaber — persönlich, offline und ohne Werbung —, seit 2013 von Simon Braun in Deutschland entwickelt. Sie wird vollständig von den Menschen finanziert, die sie benutzen, und die Bibliothek bleibt auf den eigenen Geräten und in der eigenen iCloud. Die Filmdaten stammen von TMDB, biografische Angaben und der Offline-Katalog von Wikidata. Filmlog wurde 2021 vom App Store vorgestellt.

Pressekontakt: Simon Braun — mail@simonbraun.studio

Dieses Produkt verwendet die TMDB-API, wird aber von TMDB weder unterstützt noch zertifiziert.

Filmlog 2026.10 for iPhone and iPad

October 22, 2026 · Ready for iPhone Duo

Filmlog 2026.10 for iPhone and iPad is ready for iPhone Duo, with a round of improvements and fixes.

Everything new in 2026.10 for iPhone and iPad

Ready for iPhone Duo — plus a round of improvements and fixes.


New

  • Filmlog is ready for iPhone Duo.

Improved

  • Search — a film found only through its titles in other languages now says in how many languages it matched, and a title in another language shows a small tag with its language.
  • iPad — the poster page's actions sit on the page itself, centered next to the poster.
  • Apple TV — a poster you picked for a film now shows there too.

Fixed

  • A poster you picked while adding a film only showed up everywhere after restarting the app. // Thanks Steffen
  • A poster picked on another device could stay blank on the film's page.
  • Releases sometimes showed a film's poster in another language than the rest of the app.
  • Someone you followed from Search only showed up in Releases after restarting the app.
  • A film added to the watchlist or marked as seen from its page, the Inbox included, only showed up in the list after restarting the app.
  • Switching to the Releases tab stalled the app for a moment.
  • The System appearance stayed dark instead of following your device's light or dark mode.
  • The search field floated far above the emoji keyboard.
  • On iPad, a long To Watch note pushed its last lines and the cursor under the keyboard.
  • Searching for people could show an error for people who exist only in the offline catalog.
  • Half-star ratings ignored how your language writes decimal numbers.
  • The screen title was unreadable on a film's age ratings and on its titles in other languages.
  • A crash at launch with the Saudi Arabia, Egypt or Iran region format.
  • On iPad in Arabic, the film poster sat under the action panel.

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Filmlog 2026.9/2026.9.1

September 30, 2026 · Two panes on the iPad, Apple TV, challenges, the personal layer and an offline catalogue

The biggest update in thirteen years. Nineteen new features and seven rebuilt ones; the four headlines are these.

Three more screens, one library

Filmlog becomes a real native Mac app Coming soon with a sidebar, its own Settings window, detail panes and menu commands, and arrives on Apple TV as a watchlist companion. The iPad takes the Mac's two-pane layout. Multi-device support keeps your library, watchlist and challenges in step across all of them, through iCloud. There is no Filmlog account and no Filmlog server holding your diary.

Lists with a finish line

Challenges are film lists with a goal and a progress bar: the fifty you mean to get through this year, a director's complete work, a friend's recommendations. A whole challenge travels in a single link, and a whole filmography or list can be added to one in a single pass rather than film by film.

The personal layer

Star ratings in five stars or ten points, alongside the hearts that were there before, with nothing lost when you switch. Notes that belong to one viewing rather than to the film. The people you watched with, and the cinema you sat in, both part of the diary entry. Statistics rebuilt around tiles with their own timespans, a patterns heatmap and a breakdown from five perspectives, with a widget for each.

A catalogue that works offline

Around 315,000 films and 464,000 people ship inside the app, so search works on a plane and in a cinema basement. New this version: characters, narrative locations, subjects and the books films were based on are all searchable, and roughly 110,000 cast and crew members that the film databases have no entry for now have pages of their own.

Filmlog is built on open data. Film data comes from TMDB and biographical and production facts from Wikidata, both maintained by their communities. Anything wrong or missing can be corrected at the source, on wikidata.org or themoviedb.org, and the correction reaches everyone, not only Filmlog. Nothing is locked inside the app.


Also new: import from Letterboxd, IMDb and Filmtipset with matching done on your device; soundtracks where a film's score was released on Apple Music; Spotlight and Siri finding what is in your library; a Claude Desktop extension on the Mac Coming soon that can read your diary and write to it (setup guide and questions to try); and keyboard shortcuts on Mac and iPad.

Everything new in 2026.9/2026.9.1

The largest update in Filmlog's history. The App Store description lists it like this; the feature table below carries every feature with its tier and platforms.

On every screen

  • Filmlog for Mac Coming soon — a real Mac app with a sidebar, its own Settings window, menus and keyboard shortcuts.
  • Filmlog for Apple TV — your watchlist and challenges on the TV you're about to watch on.
  • The iPad uses the Mac's two-pane layout, with keyboard shortcuts.
  • Multi-device support — one diary across all your devices, through your own iCloud. (Plus)

Your diary

  • Star ratings — 5 stars or 10 points instead of hearts; switching keeps everything. (Plus)
  • Watched with — record who you saw a film with. (Plus)
  • A note per viewing, and the cinema you sat in, right on the diary entry. (Plus)
  • Watched is now Diary and All, with new sorting and date pills.
  • Statistics rebuilt with a patterns heatmap, and widgets for the Home Screen and the Mac Coming soon. (Plus)

Find more

  • Search characters, locations, subjects and the books films are based on — offline, on your device.
  • People without a film-database entry get their own pages.
  • Titles in your language, a spoiler-free overview from Wikipedia, and facts about people from Wikidata.
  • Spotlight and Siri find what's in your library; on iOS 27 they answer questions about it in plain language.
  • On the Mac, a Claude Desktop extension can read your diary and write to it. (Plus) Coming soon

Lists, music, import

  • Challenges — film lists with a goal and a progress bar; a whole list travels in a single link.
  • Add a whole filmography to a challenge at once. (Plus, iPhone and iPad)
  • Soundtracks — where a film's score is on Apple Music, it plays from the film's page.
  • Import from Letterboxd, IMDb, Filmtipset or a Filmlog backup — matched on your device, nothing overwritten. (Plus)

Family Sharing — every Filmlog Plus plan can be shared with the family, at the regular price.

The complete list of changes and fixes is in the app's changelog.

Press releases

Press release, English

Filmlog 2026.9: a film diary that carries its own film library — 315,000 films, offline

A catalogue of 315,000 films and 464,000 people that works with the internet switched off. A rebuilt iPad layout and an Apple TV watchlist companion. Film challenges that travel in a single link. Soundtracks on the film's own page, powered by Apple Music. Ratings, notes and the cinema, recorded per viewing.

OFFENBURG, GERMANY — September 30, 2026 — Filmlog, the independent film diary developed by one person since 2013, today released version 2026.9, the largest update in its history. Filmlog is available on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, in 32 languages. The app is free; Filmlog Plus is an optional subscription or one-time purchase. A native Mac app is part of 2026.9 and follows as soon as App Store review clears it.

Filmlog records what you watched, when, where and what you thought of it. It is paid for by the people who use it, and the library stays on their devices or in iCloud. There is no Filmlog account and no Filmlog server.

On every screen you watch on

Every platform gets a layout built for it. The iPad layout has been rebuilt around two panes, with keyboard shortcuts for navigation and list actions. An Apple TV app brings the watchlist to the screen you are about to watch on, so the film you meant to see is where you are about to watch it. Eight widgets bring statistics to the home screen.

Holding it together is multi-device support, a Filmlog Plus feature: one diary on every device a person owns, through iCloud. On the free tier Filmlog remains a complete film diary on a single device, and export is free permanently.

A catalogue no one else ships — and it answers back

Filmlog carries its catalogue inside the app: roughly 315,000 films and 464,000 people, searchable anywhere the signal gives out, with titles in the user's own language. It includes around 110,000 cast and crew members with no entry in the standard film database, each with a page of their own (filmographies load when the device is online). Search looks past titles and names: films can be found by where a story is set, what it deals with and which book it was adapted from; people alongside 4,500 fictional characters.

New in 2026.9, the user's own library answers back. Spotlight finds a person's entry for a film with its watch date, rating and company; only the personal library is indexed, never the catalogue. On iOS 27, Siri and Apple Intelligence answer such questions in plain language, except on iPhone and iPad in the European Union, where Apple has delayed that capability.

Still to come: the Mac app

2026.9 also contains a native Mac application, written in SwiftUI rather than Catalyst, with a sidebar, a Settings window, menu commands and keyboard shortcuts — and with it a Filmlog extension for Claude Desktop, which lets a user ask about thirteen years of viewing history in plain language and rate, favourite or add films by asking. The extension reads the library on the Mac itself; it is an interface to a person's own data, not a chatbot inside the app.

Both are finished and in App Store review, which has not cleared them in time for this release and has given no date. They ship as soon as it does, and the press list hears about it the same day.

Lists with a purpose, shared in a single link

Challenges are lists with an end to them: a hundred films to get through, a director to complete, a year to cover, with progress tracked as the films are watched. Sharing one packs the entire list into the link itself, so nothing is stored on any server: the link opens as a web page for anyone without the app and lands in the Inbox for anyone who has it. What travels is the list, never the sender's progress.

The soundtrack, on the film's own page

Where a film's score was released as an album on Apple Music, the soundtrack sits on the film's own page, next to the record of having watched it: the full album with a subscription, previews without one. Where no album exists, the soundtrack does not appear.

A diary of the evening, not just the film

2026.9 adds ratings and notes attached to each individual viewing, so a rewatch twenty years later is its own entry. It records who a film was seen with and the cinema it was seen in, so a cinema becomes a place with a page and a history. A rebuilt statistics section shows a viewing year in detail, including a heatmap of when the watching happens. Shortcuts and Siri actions log a film or add one to the watchlist without the app being opened.

For anyone arriving from another service, Filmlog imports from Letterboxd, IMDb, Filmtipset or a Filmlog backup, matched on the device against its own catalogue. An import only ever adds what is missing; nothing is overwritten, and running the same one twice changes nothing.

Quote

"Filmlog started because I wanted to remember what I'd seen, and every service that offered to help wanted an account, an audience and my data in exchange," said Simon Braun, the app's developer. "Thirteen years later it is still just a diary that belongs to you. This release is mostly about the app finally being where people are — on the Mac, on the iPad, on the television — and about making room for the cinema, the person beside you and the soundtracks. That is what you still remember years later, long after the plot has gone."

Pricing and availability

Filmlog 2026.9 is available today on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, in 32 languages; the Mac app follows. The app is free. Filmlog Plus unlocks multi-device support and the personal layer — ratings, notes, statistics, widgets, cinemas, unlimited lists, and the Claude Desktop extension once the Mac app ships — at €2.99 a month, €17.99 a year or €54.99 once (US: $2.99 / $14.99 / $49.99), with a free trial. Every Plus plan includes Family Sharing, so one purchase covers the household. The catalogue and the export are free forever. The price table on this page has the euro and US dollar figures.

About Filmlog

Filmlog is an independent film diary for Apple platforms, developed since 2013 by Simon Braun in Germany. It is funded entirely by the people who use it, and a user's library stays on their devices or in iCloud. Film metadata comes from TMDB; biographical facts and the offline catalogue come from Wikidata. Filmlog was featured by the App Store in 2021.

Press contact: Simon Braun — mail@simonbraun.studio

This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Pressemitteilung, Deutsch

Filmlog 2026.9: ein Filmtagebuch, das seine eigene Filmdatenbank mitbringt — 315.000 Filme, offline

Ein Katalog mit 315.000 Filmen und 464.000 Personen, der auch mit abgeschaltetem Internet funktioniert. Ein neu gebautes iPad-Layout und ein Watchlist-Begleiter für Apple TV. Film-Challenges, die in einem einzigen Link reisen. Soundtracks auf der Seite des Films, über Apple Music. Bewertungen, Notizen und das Kino, festgehalten je Sichtung.

OFFENBURG — 30. September 2026 — Filmlog, das unabhängige Filmtagebuch, das seit 2013 von einer einzigen Person entwickelt wird, hat heute Version 2026.9 veröffentlicht, das größte Update seiner Geschichte. Filmlog ist im App Store für iPhone, iPad und Apple TV in 32 Sprachen erhältlich. Die App ist kostenlos; Filmlog Plus gibt es als optionales Abonnement oder als Einmalkauf. Eine native Mac-App gehört zu 2026.9 und folgt, sobald die App-Store-Prüfung sie freigibt.

Filmlog hält fest, was man gesehen hat, wann, wo und wie es einem gefallen hat. Die App wird von den Menschen finanziert, die sie benutzen, und die Bibliothek bleibt auf deren eigenen Geräten oder in deren eigener iCloud. Es gibt weder ein Filmlog-Konto noch einen Filmlog-Server.

Auf jedem Bildschirm, auf dem man schaut

Jede Plattform bekommt ein eigens dafür gebautes Layout. Das iPad-Layout wurde um zwei Spalten herum neu gebaut, mit Tastaturkürzeln für Navigation und Listenaktionen. Eine Apple-TV-App bringt die Watchlist auf den Bildschirm, vor dem man gleich sitzen wird. Acht Widgets bringen Statistiken auf den Home-Bildschirm.

Zusammengehalten wird das von der Mehrgeräte-Unterstützung, einer Funktion von Filmlog Plus: ein Tagebuch auf jedem Gerät, das man besitzt, über iCloud. In der kostenlosen Version bleibt Filmlog ein vollständiges Filmtagebuch auf einem Gerät, und der Export ist dauerhaft kostenlos.

Ein Katalog, den sonst niemand mitliefert — und der antwortet

Filmlog trägt seinen Katalog in der App: rund 315.000 Filme und 464.000 Personen, durchsuchbar auch dort, wo kein Empfang ist, mit Titeln in der eigenen Sprache. Darunter sind rund 110.000 Darsteller und Crew-Mitglieder, die in der Standard-Filmdatenbank keinen Eintrag haben, jeder mit einer eigenen Seite (die Filmografien werden online geladen). Die Suche geht über Titel und Namen hinaus: Filme lassen sich nach dem Schauplatz der Handlung, nach ihrem Thema und nach der Buchvorlage finden; Personen neben 4.500 fiktiven Figuren.

Neu in 2026.9: Die eigene Bibliothek antwortet. Spotlight findet den persönlichen Eintrag zu einem Film mit Sehdatum, Bewertung und Begleitung; indexiert wird nur die persönliche Bibliothek, niemals der Katalog.

Kommt noch: die Mac-App

Zu 2026.9 gehört außerdem eine native Mac-App, in SwiftUI geschrieben statt in Catalyst, mit Seitenleiste, Einstellungsfenster, Menübefehlen und Tastaturkürzeln — und mit ihr eine Filmlog-Erweiterung für Claude Desktop. Damit lässt sich das eigene Filmtagebuch in normaler Sprache befragen, und Filme lassen sich bewerten, als Favoriten markieren oder auf die Watchlist setzen, indem man es sagt. Die Erweiterung liest die Bibliothek auf dem Mac selbst; sie ist eine Schnittstelle zu den eigenen Daten, kein Chatbot in der App.

Beides ist fertig und liegt in der App-Store-Prüfung, die es nicht rechtzeitig freigegeben und keinen Termin genannt hat. Beides erscheint, sobald die Freigabe da ist; die Pressekontakte erfahren es am selben Tag.

Listen mit einem Ziel, geteilt in einem einzigen Link

Challenges sind Listen mit einem Ende: hundert Filme, die man durchsehen will, ein Regisseur, den man vollständig sehen will, ein Jahr, das man abdecken will, mit Fortschritt, der beim Sehen mitgezählt wird. Beim Teilen wird die ganze Liste in den Link selbst gepackt, sodass nichts auf einem Server liegt: Der Link öffnet sich als Webseite für alle ohne die App und landet im Eingang bei allen, die sie haben. Was reist, ist die Liste, niemals der Fortschritt des Absenders.

Der Soundtrack auf der Seite des Films

Wo die Filmmusik als Album auf Apple Music erschienen ist, liegt der Soundtrack auf der Seite des Films, direkt neben dem Eintrag, ihn gesehen zu haben: das ganze Album mit Abonnement, Hörproben ohne. Wo kein Album existiert, erscheint auch kein Soundtrack.

Ein Tagebuch des Abends, nicht nur des Films

2026.9 bringt Bewertungen und Notizen, die an der einzelnen Sichtung hängen, sodass ein Wiedersehen zwanzig Jahre später ein eigener Eintrag ist. Festgehalten wird, mit wem man einen Film gesehen hat und in welchem Kino, sodass ein Kino zu einem Ort mit eigener Seite und eigener Geschichte wird. Ein neu gebauter Statistikbereich zeigt ein Filmjahr im Detail, einschließlich einer Heatmap, wann tatsächlich geschaut wird. Kurzbefehle und Siri-Aktionen tragen einen Film ein oder setzen ihn auf die Watchlist, ohne dass die App geöffnet wird.

Wer von einem anderen Dienst kommt, importiert aus Letterboxd, IMDb, Filmtipset oder einem Filmlog-Backup; Filmlog gleicht die Daten auf dem Gerät mit dem eigenen Katalog ab. Ein Import ergänzt immer nur, was fehlt; nichts wird überschrieben, und derselbe Import zweimal ausgeführt ändert nichts.

Zitat

„Filmlog ist entstanden, weil ich mich erinnern wollte, was ich gesehen hatte, und jeder Dienst, der dabei helfen wollte, verlangte im Gegenzug ein Konto, ein Publikum und meine Daten", sagt Simon Braun, der Entwickler der App. „Dreizehn Jahre später ist es immer noch einfach ein Tagebuch, das einem gehört. Bei dieser Version geht es vor allem darum, dass die App endlich dort ist, wo die Menschen sind — auf dem Mac, auf dem iPad, auf dem Fernseher — und darum, Platz zu machen für das Kino, die Person neben einem und die Soundtracks. Das ist es, woran man sich Jahre später noch erinnert, lange nachdem die Handlung verblasst ist."

Preise und Verfügbarkeit

Filmlog 2026.9 ist ab heute im App Store für iPhone, iPad und Apple TV in 32 Sprachen erhältlich; die Mac-App folgt. Die App ist kostenlos. Filmlog Plus schaltet die Mehrgeräte-Unterstützung und die persönliche Ebene frei — Bewertungen, Notizen, Statistiken, Widgets, Kinos, unbegrenzte Listen und, sobald die Mac-App erscheint, die Claude-Desktop-Erweiterung — für 2,99 € im Monat, 17,99 € im Jahr oder 54,99 € einmalig, mit kostenloser Probezeit. Jedes Plus-Angebot schließt die Familienfreigabe ein, ein einziger Kauf deckt also den ganzen Haushalt ab. Der Katalog und der Export bleiben dauerhaft kostenlos. Die Preise in Euro und US-Dollar stehen in der Preistabelle auf dieser Seite.

Über Filmlog

Filmlog ist ein unabhängiges Filmtagebuch für Apple-Plattformen, das seit 2013 von Simon Braun in Deutschland entwickelt wird. Es wird vollständig von den Menschen finanziert, die es benutzen, und die Bibliothek bleibt auf deren eigenen Geräten oder in deren eigener iCloud. Die Filmdaten stammen von TMDB, biografische Angaben und der Offline-Katalog von Wikidata. Filmlog wurde 2021 vom App Store vorgestellt.

Pressekontakt: Simon Braun — mail@simonbraun.studio

Dieses Produkt verwendet die TMDB-API, wird aber von TMDB weder unterstützt noch zertifiziert.

Filmlog in your words, or in ours

Three descriptions in the third person, free to quote as they are or to cut.

One sentence 30 words

Filmlog is a personal, offline and ad-free app for film and cinema lovers on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with a watchlist companion on Apple TV, built by one developer since 2013.

One paragraph 117 words

Filmlog is a personal, offline and ad-free app for film and cinema lovers. It searches 315,000 films, 464,000 people and 58,000 cinemas without a connection, follows new theatrical releases, plans with a watchlist and challenges, plays soundtracks from Apple Music where a film’s album was released, and keeps a personal diary of what was watched, with whom and where. The library stays on the user’s own devices and in their own iCloud, and the app is paid for by the people who use it. Developed since 2013 by Simon Braun in Germany, Filmlog runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with a watchlist companion on Apple TV. The app is free; Filmlog Plus adds the personal layer and multi-device support.

Long 336 words

Filmlog is a personal, offline and ad-free app for film and cinema lovers, developed since 2013 by Simon Braun in Germany. It is personal: it keeps one person’s history — what they watched, when, with whom, in which cinema and what they thought of it — on their own devices and in their own iCloud. It is offline: the catalogue ships inside the app. And it is ad-free: it is paid for by the people who use it.

The catalogue holds around 315,000 films, 464,000 people and 58,000 cinemas, searchable with the internet switched off, with titles in the user’s own language. It includes roughly 110,000 cast and crew members that the standard film databases have no entry for, each with a page of their own. Search looks past titles and names: films can be found by their characters, by where a story is set, by what it deals with and by the book it was adapted from. Film data comes from TMDB and biographical and production facts from Wikidata, both maintained by their communities, so anything wrong or missing can be corrected at the source.

Around the catalogue, Filmlog follows new theatrical releases and the people a user follows, plans with a watchlist and with challenges — lists with a goal and a progress bar that travel in a single link — and plays a film’s soundtrack from Apple Music where one was released. Star ratings, a note per viewing, the people one watched with and the cinema one sat in become part of the diary entry; statistics and widgets show the habits behind it, and an import from Letterboxd, IMDb, Filmtipset or any CSV brings an existing history along. Filmlog runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with a watchlist companion on Apple TV, and on the Mac a Claude Desktop extension answers questions about one’s own viewing history. The app is free; Filmlog Plus adds the personal layer and multi-device support for 2.99 € a month, 17.99 € a year or 54.99 € once, and every plan includes Family Sharing for up to six people.

What it costs

The app is free. Filmlog Plus unlocks the personal layer built on top of the catalogue: ratings, notes, statistics, widgets, cinemas, companions, unlimited challenges, the Claude Desktop extension on the Mac, and having the same library on more than one device. The catalogue itself, the soundtracks, and getting your data back out of it, are free and stay free.

 MonthlyYearlyLifetime
Filmlog Plus2.99 € / $2.9917.99 € / $14.9954.99 € / $49.99

One-month free trial. Every plan includes Family Sharing for up to six people at the same price. Prices differ by App Store storefront; the figures above are the euro and US dollar tiers.

The app in short

Developer: Simon Braun, solo since 2013, Offenburg, Germany.
Category: Entertainment.
Platforms: iPhone and iPad (iOS 26), Apple TV (tvOS 18.6), Mac (macOS 26).
Languages: 32.
Bundled catalogue: around 315,000 films, 464,000 people and 58,000 cinemas, searchable offline.
Multi-device support: a Filmlog Plus feature, off until turned on, through the user's own iCloud.
Apple TV: a watchlist companion that shows the library synced from an iPhone, iPad or Mac.
Privacy: no account needed beyond the user's Apple Account; anonymous usage statistics without personal data.
Release: September 30, 2026, for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV; October 27, 2026, for Mac.
Claude Desktop extension: setup guide for AI assistants on the Mac
Support:filmlog.cc/en/app/help.php
Legal: Privacy policy · Terms of service · Imprint
App Store: apps.apple.com/app/id635642879

Download on the App Store

Screenshots

Raw screenshots as the app renders them, one folder per platform, without device frames or marketing text. Every file is the full resolution of the device it was taken on.

Illustrations and Animations by Kati Szilágyi

iPhone

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iPad

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Mac

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Apple TV

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App icon

Filmlog app icon
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Vector: SVG file (3 KB). The PNGs are square; the system applies the corner mask.

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The developer

Simon Braun is an independent developer in Offenburg, Germany. He has built and published Filmlog on his own since 2013, funded only by the people who use it, and works on it alongside other apps under the Simon Braun Studio name.

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In his words

“Filmlog started because I wanted to remember what I’d seen, and every service that offered to help wanted an account, an audience and my data in exchange. Thirteen years later it is still just a diary that belongs to you. This release is mostly about the app finally being where people are — on the Mac, on the iPad, on the television — and about making room for the cinema, the person beside you and the soundtracks. That is what you still remember years later, long after the plot has gone.”

Simon Braun, developer of Filmlog

Recognition

Developed and published continuously since 2013 by one person.
Featured by the App Store in January 2021 in “Apps We Love Right Now”.
Reviewed by iMore in January 2021: Track your watched and unwatched movies with Filmlog for iPhone.
Rated 4.4 to 4.5 out of 5 on the German and US App Store, read on September 9, 2026.

Every feature, once

Every user-facing feature, with its tier and the platforms it runs on. NEW marks what is new or substantially rebuilt in 2026.10.

Logging and diary

IDFeatureTierPlatforms
F-001 Watched list and Diary Free iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV
F-002 Watchlist Free iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV
F-003 Favourites (hearts) Free iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-004 Star ratings, 5 stars or 10 points Plus iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-005 Notes, per viewing Plus iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-006 Edit an entry Free iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-007 Inbox Free iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-008 Watch companions Plus iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-009 Appreciation mode Hearts free, star scales Plus iPhone, iPad, Mac

Search and discovery

IDFeatureTierPlatforms
F-010 Film search, offline first Free iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV
F-011 Person search Free, every second row Plus iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-012 Character search Free iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-013 Locations, subjects, source works Rows free, opening one Plus iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-014 Cinema search Plus, browsable free iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-015 Releases and Discover Free, every second Discover row Plus iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-016 Following people Free, every second row Plus; unlimited with Plus iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-017 Filmographies Free; in the list layout every second row Plus iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-018 Person facts from Wikidata Free iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-019 Trailers Free iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-020 Film metadata and spoiler-free overview Free iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV
F-021 Outgoing links First link free, full menu Plus iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-022 Posters and alternative posters Viewing free, choosing Plus iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-023 Soundtracks through Apple Music Free iPhone, iPad, Mac

Lists, import and export

IDFeatureTierPlatforms
F-030 Challenges One free, unlimited Plus iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV
F-080 Add a whole list to a challenge Plus iPhone, iPad
F-031 Import from Letterboxd, IMDb, Filmtipset Review free, commit Plus iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-032 Export, backup and restore Free, permanently iPhone, iPad, Mac

Cinemas

IDFeatureTierPlatforms
F-035 Cinema pins and cinema pages Plus iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-036 A cinema on a diary entry Plus iPhone, iPad, Mac

Insights

IDFeatureTierPlatforms
F-040 Statistics, Patterns and Breakdown Plus, blurred preview free iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-041 Widgets, one per statistic Plus iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-042 Database-swap detection Free iPhone, iPad, Mac

Data and devices

IDFeatureTierPlatforms
F-050 Multi-device support Plus iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV
F-051 Release notifications Free iPhone, iPad
F-052 Sharing films and challenges Free iPhone, iPad, Mac

Platforms

IDFeatureTierPlatforms
F-060 iPad, two panes Free iPad
F-061 Native Mac app Free, Plus features gated as elsewhere Mac
F-062 Apple TV watchlist companion Free Apple TV
F-063 Keyboard shortcuts Free Mac, iPad
F-064 Shortcuts and Siri actions Free iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-081 Spotlight and Siri library index Free iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-065 Claude Desktop extension Plus Mac
F-066 Deep links and filmlog.cc links Free iPhone, iPad, Mac

Plus and personalisation

IDFeatureTierPlatforms
F-070 Filmlog Plus — iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-071 Alternative app icons Plus iPhone, iPad
F-072 Start tab Plus iPhone
F-073 Display preferences Plus iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-074 32 languages Free iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV
F-075 In-app changelog Free iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-076 Design system and appearance Free iPhone, iPad, Mac
F-077 Update nudge Free iPhone, iPad
F-078 VoiceOver and Dynamic Type Free iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV
F-079 Anonymous telemetry — iPhone, iPad, Apple TV

Press enquiries and the newsletter

For press enquiries, beta invitations and promotion codes, write to mail@simonbraun.studio.

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