TV Time closed on July 15, 2026
Millions of TV fans are looking for a new home for their tracking. WatchTrail was built exactly for that: a free, ad-free alternative that carries over your TV Time history instead of making you start over.
See how to migrate in 3 minutes
That is THE difference vs starting from scratch elsewhere: WatchTrail imports your TV Time export (watched episodes, dates, movies, to-watch list) in minutes, with reliable ID-based matching — no shows lost along the way.
Tracking, calendar, notifications, statistics and import are free. No banners, no data selling. The project will later be funded by an optional WatchTrail Plus tier (comfort extras only).
Check off episodes, get your next-episode-to-watch, follow per-season progress, rate shows and movies, keep a watchlist.
Cinematic universe checklists (MCU, Star Wars, DC — chronological or release order), where-to-watch for your country, email and push notifications per show, a Wrapped-style yearly recap, and data export anytime.
The deciding factor is not the interface, it is the export. Before shutting down, TV Time sent a 53-file archive on GDPR request; WatchTrail reads it as is and takes the watched episodes with their dates, the followed shows even never started, and the movies watched or to watch. On a real export of 4,673 episodes, 4,606 came back in 225 seconds, with 24 shows to watch and 316 movies. The other services are not at the same point: Trakt offers an importer but keeps most features behind its VIP subscription, Simkl imports depending on the file format, Serializd takes shows but not movies. Starting over after years of tracking is what makes most people give up; so the question to ask every alternative is simple: how many of my episodes come back, with their dates?
Yes, and ad-free. Everything that matters is free: episode-by-episode tracking, the TV Time import, the calendar, email and push notifications, statistics and the yearly recap, the 19 extended universes, the nine games and the social layer. A paid tier will come later for comfort options, never for the core of the service. For comparison, Trakt's VIP subscription costs 60 dollars a year at full price, 47.88 dollars the first year, and the free tier caps lists at about a hundred titles; Simkl's core is free; Serializd is free but does not cover movies. Your data stays yours: full export in one click, account deletion without writing to anyone. These figures were checked on August 20, 2026 and are dated on each comparison page.
Added: extended universes to tick off, 19 sagas and 264 titles verified one by one, in chronological or release order, with their continuities; nine free games, including a quiz built only from the episodes you have ticked, never naming an unseen title; a show status computed on episodes actually aired, not announced; and the return of a dropped show without losing its rating or progress. Missing: no native app for now, it is an installable web app; no Plex or Trakt integration; a community still young. And no tool recovers what TV Time does not export: posts, friends and TV Time badges stay lost. The rest, episodes, dates, followed shows, movies, comes back.
Free account in 30 seconds, import in 3 minutes. If it's not for you, export and leave — your data is yours.
See how to migrateAlso read: the step-by-step guide to import your TV Time history, and the service-by-service comparisons (Trakt, Simkl, Serializd).