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SensCritique vs WatchTrail: rating, or tracking

These two look alike from a distance and diverge up close. One is for saying what you thought of what you watched; the other for knowing what you have left to watch. Both are useful, and not at the same moment.

Checked on August 15, 2026

SensCritique and WatchTrail, point by point

Criterion	SensCritique	WatchTrail
The main job	A catalogue of ratings, reviews and lists	Following what is airing: the next episode, the date, the alert
Episode-by-episode tracking	Less developed than in dedicated apps, calendar and notifications included	It is the starting point for everything else
Extended universes	—	MCU, Star Wars, DC checklists, with dual order
TV Time import	—	Episodes, films and original watch dates

What SensCritique does better than us

**A long-standing, solid French writing community**, with real weight on film and TV.
**Lists and rankings** of a richness few tools reach — that is where the platform is strongest.
It covers far more than screens: books, music, games. If you want one place to rate everything, that is an argument we do not have.

Where SensCritique falls short

Day-to-day tracking is not its ground: to know which episode to play tonight, you need something else.
Our sources describe that tracking as 'less developed', not as absent — we stick to what is established.

SensCritique is the right pick if…

If your use is rating and writing after the fact, across everything you consume and not just screens, SensCritique is better placed than we are, by a wide margin.

So where does WatchTrail fit?

WatchTrail is a tracking tool before it is a judging tool: what it does best is answer 'where was I' and 'what is coming'. Ratings and reviews exist here, but that is not where we claim to be better.

Frequently asked questions

Do SensCritique and WatchTrail work together?

Yes, and it is a coherent combination: track here, write there.

Does SensCritique tick episodes?

The guides we consulted describe it as less developed than in dedicated apps. We will not write that it is impossible: we have not established that.

Does WatchTrail cover books and games?

No. TV and film, nothing else — that is a choice, not a gap.

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.

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