Showtime: TV Show Tracker for Trakt

Showtime is a native iOS app to track the TV shows you watch, powered by your Trakt account.

Four tabs and no social feed. It syncs your watch history, shows what airs next, and marks episodes watched in a tap.

Download on the App Store Free · iOS 26.5 or later · iPhone

A hand holding an iPhone running Showtime, showing the app name over a wall of TV show posters.
Showtime To watch tab, with shows sorted into In progress and Waiting sections. Showtime Upcoming tab, listing episodes grouped by air date. Showtime Movies tab, showing the watchlist as a grid of posters. Showtime search tab, showing trending shows and movies.

Four tabs, and no feed

Every tracker calls itself simple. Here is what it means here.

The whole app is four tabs

Shows, Movies, Search, Account. No nested navigation and no hidden drawer. The whole download weighs 20.5 MB.

No social layer

No friends, no following, no activity feed, no notifications from other people. Trakt has those features. Showtime does not display them.

Nothing waits on the network

Showtime opens on locally cached data and refreshes behind it. Sorting and filtering run on what is already loaded, so they apply the moment you tap.

Built after TV Time shut down

I used TV Time for years. It closed on 15 July 2026, and its servers deleted everyone's watch history with it.

I went looking for a replacement and kept finding the same thing. Capable apps, dense screens, a lot of information I never needed. What I actually did in TV Time was two things: find out which episode was next, and keep a list of what I wanted to watch.

Showtime does those two things, on Trakt, in as few taps as I could manage. Everything else was left out on purpose.

@MichelB
Michel Buonomo

If you came from TV Time, there is more on what happened and what your options are: TV Time alternatives on iPhone.

What Showtime does

The Showtime app icon and the Trakt icon, linked by a dashed circle.

Sync with Trakt

Your shows, your watchlist and your ratings live in your Trakt account. Showtime reads from it and writes back to it, so your history stays yours even if you stop using the app.

The In progress section, showing six series posters each with a progress bar.

See what to watch next

Open the app and the right episode is already there. Showtime separates what you are mid-season on, what has a new season waiting, and what you saved but never started. Shows you dropped stay out of the way.

Upcoming episodes grouped under their air date, each with a button to mark it watched.

Know what is coming

A calendar of the episodes ahead, day by day. Anything you have already watched drops off it. Premium adds Home Screen widgets and a daily summary.

A show page with a next episode row and a check button to mark it watched.

Mark episodes watched

One tap and you are up to date. Skipped ahead by a few? Showtime offers to tick off the earlier ones in that season too. Tap again on something you have seen to log a rewatch or undo it.

The Movies tab with its Watchlist and History segments, showing a grid of film posters.

Keep movies alongside

Films live in the same app, with a watchlist on one side and everything you have seen on the other. Sort it, filter it, rate a film, or read what other people made of it.

A show page for a series that has not started yet, with a heart button to save it.

Start without an account

Have a look before signing up for anything. Guest mode lets you browse, search and keep three shows and three films on your phone. Connect Trakt later and Showtime offers to bring them with you.

Who it is for

Showtime is built for people who already use Trakt and want a fast, native way to manage their watch history on iPhone. You can also try it in guest mode first, without creating any account.

Requirements

Operating system iOS 26.5 or later
Devices iPhone. Runs on Apple silicon Macs and Apple Vision Pro as an iPhone app.
Price Free. Contains ads.
Showtime Premium $1.00 or 1 € per month, 7-day free trial. Removes ads, adds widgets and the daily summary.
Trakt account Optional. Guest mode saves up to 3 shows and 3 movies on your device.
Languages English, French
Size 20.5 MB

Showtime targets the current iOS release and uses the native SwiftUI components it ships with. If your iPhone cannot run iOS 26.5, Showtime will not install, and the comparison page lists the Trakt clients that go back further. Showtime does not stream or play anything either. It is a tracker.