What’s new in Filmlog

Filmlog 2026.9

• New · Filmlog for Mac — a real Mac app, with a sidebar, its own Settings window, detail panes and menus
• New · Filmlog for Apple TV — your watchlist on the TV you're about to watch on, including challenges and mark-as-seen
• New · multi-device support — your library, watchlist and challenges stay in step across your devices, through iCloudRequires Filmlog Plus
• New · challenges — film lists with a goal and a progress bar, and a whole list travels in a single link
• New · add a whole filmography or list to a challenge at once — search, sort, select all unseen, and see how big the challenge would becomeRequires Filmlog Plus, iPhone and iPad
• New · soundtracks — where a film's score was released on Apple Music, it sits on the film's page and can start playing when you open a film you've watchedRequires Apple Music
• New · star ratings — 5 stars or 10 points instead of hearts; switching keeps both, so nothing is lostRequires Filmlog Plus
• New · watched with — record who you watched a film with, and see everything you've seen togetherRequires Filmlog Plus
• New · import — bring your library over from Letterboxd, IMDb or Filmtipset; matching happens on your device and you review anything Filmlog wasn't sure about
• New · import from a Filmlog backup — your films and notes merge into the library you already have, and nothing already there is overwritten
• New · notes per viewing — a note can belong to one evening instead of to the film, and a film you haven't seen yet can carry one tooRequires Filmlog Plus
• New · the cinema you sat in is now part of the diary entryRequires Filmlog Plus
• New · widgets — one for each statistic, on the Home Screen and on the MacRequires Filmlog Plus
• New · search for characters, locations, subjects and the books films are based on — offline, on your device
• New · Spotlight and Siri find what's in your library, and on iOS 27 answer questions about it in plain language
• New · a Claude Desktop extension on the Mac that can read your diary and write to itRequires Filmlog Plus, Mac only
• New · Family Sharing — every Filmlog Plus plan can be shared with your family
• New · keyboard shortcuts on Mac and iPad
• New · people without a film-database entry now have their own pages — offline filmographies and facts for silent-era and regional crew
• New · filmography stats — a progress bar on each person shows how much of their filmography you've watched and favorited, with new sort, filter, and layout options
• New · database swap detection — when your local database is replaced, Filmlog asks whether to restore from iCloud, push to all devices, or merge
• New · cinema search — find cinemas near you, sort by distance, and pin favorites that sync across your devices
• New · showing sections for watchlist: Announced, Upcoming and Released
• Improved · Watched is now Diary and All — the diary in the order you watched, everything else as one library, with new sorting and date pills
• Improved · statistics rebuilt — tiles load on their own with their own timespan, plus a patterns heatmap and a breakdown from five perspectives
• Improved · film details — titles in your language and facts about people from Wikidata
• Improved · search and sort on the watchlist and on the people you follow
• Improved · the iPad uses the Mac's two-pane layout
• Improved · Shortcuts and Siri can log a film, add to the watchlist or mark a favorite
• Improved · empty screens now show a small animation instead of a bare line of text
• Improved · VoiceOver support throughout the app
• Improved · cinema location prompts are clearer when permission is denied or restricted, and no longer reappear on every screen
• Improved · upcoming release notifications now mention the actors and directors you follow
• Fixed · incoherent font usage
• Fixed · watch and favorite counters in person detailsThanks Frederic
• Fixed · unreadable search textThanks Ilonka