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WatchTrail — the free alternative to track shows and movies.·BlogAboutFAQPrivacyTerms·The Movie Database (TMDB)This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

TV Time shut down on July 15, 2026

Is the Netflix list enough to follow your shows?

'My List' does very well what it is built for: bringing you back to what you were watching, on Netflix. Two limits follow from its very nature, and neither is a design flaw — they are the consequences of belonging to one platform.

Checked on August 15, 2026

Netflix and WatchTrail, point by point

CriterionNetflixWatchTrail
The scope—Every platform, and what you watched elsewhere — in cinemas, on DVD, ten years ago
What leaves the catalogue—A show pulled from a platform stays in your history
What you watched before—Import rebuilds years of history, dates included
Total time—Across all platforms, in hours

What Netflix does better than us

  • **It is built into the player**: resume is second-accurate, with nothing to tick. No external tool can match that.
  • **Zero effort**: nothing to maintain, nothing to enter, it just works.
  • If Netflix is your only subscription, the question honestly does not arise.

Where Netflix falls short

  • It only knows Netflix: shows watched elsewhere do not exist, and neither does the total.
  • A show leaving the catalogue takes your progress with it — the most frustrating case, and a frequent one.

Netflix is the right pick if…

One subscription, no desire to maintain anything: keep 'My List', it is the right tool. Adding a tracker on top would be work for nothing.

So where does WatchTrail fit?

The day you have three subscriptions, the question changes: no single place knows what you watched **in total** any more. That is WatchTrail's only argument here, and it holds in that case alone — a history depending on no platform, outliving their catalogues.

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to tick everything by hand?

Going forward, yes — two seconds an episode. For the past, an import avoids the typing.

What if I only watch on Netflix?

Then 'My List' is enough, and we would rather say so.

Does WatchTrail read my Netflix history?

No. No platform gives access to that — which is why history is ticked or imported.

The real criterion: your history

Whatever tool you pick, check that it takes your TV Time export — and how. On WatchTrail, every show is matched by its ID, not by its title.

See how to move my history

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