The search for TV Time alternatives in 2026 got urgent fast: TV Time shut down permanently on July 15, 2026, and parent company Whip Media deleted all account data after the shutdown. Millions of trackers lost their home. If you're one of them, here are the real replacement options, and one different kind of app, TVGO, worth knowing about. One honest note up front: the trackers below log what you watch, but none of them control your actual TV.
The Tracking-Only Alternatives
- Trakt — around since 2010, it syncs with Plex and Kodi and has a TV Time importer that's roughly 95% accurate, useful if you exported your data before the shutdown.
- Simkl — a newer tracker with auto-tracking and strong anime support. It accepts TV Time's export ZIP directly.
- Serializd — web-first, with Letterboxd-style season reviews. No one-click TV Time import, so migration is manual.
- Moviebase — an Android-only tracker that syncs with Trakt.
- Sofa Time — an iOS/iPad-only tracker that syncs with Trakt and Simkl.
- Hobi — offers direct TV Time import from the GDPR export ZIP, if you saved yours in time.
All six are solid for watch history, ratings, and watchlists. But that's where every one of them stops: none of them touch your TV.
TVGO: A Different Kind of App Entirely
TVGO isn't a tracker, and it doesn't import data from TV Time or anywhere else, so it's not a head-to-head replacement for your watch history. What it does is connect your “what to watch next” list to the actual watching. TVGO's live TV guide shows upcoming and currently-airing movies and shows, and you can save any title with a reminder timeline to get notified before it airs or releases. Then, the part no tracker offers, TVGO is a universal remote that controls 50+ TV brands over Wi-Fi, from Samsung and LG webOS to Fire TV, Sony Bravia, and TCL Roku, with voice search and one-tap shortcuts to Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, and more. It's available on both iPhone and Android.
Which Should You Pick?
If your priority is preserving a watch-history habit, pick a tracker above. But if TV Time's shutdown made you rethink what you actually need — knowing what's on, getting reminded, and reaching the screen fast — TVGO handles that whole forward-looking side in one app. Plenty of people will end up happiest with a tracker for the diary and TVGO for the remote and the guide.
FAQ
What happened to TV Time?
TV Time, owned by Whip Media, shut down permanently on July 15, 2026. All account data was deleted after the shutdown date.
Which TV Time alternatives can import old data?
Trakt has a ~95%-accurate TV Time importer, Simkl accepts TV Time's export ZIP directly, and Hobi imports from the GDPR export ZIP — all assuming you exported before the shutdown.
Do any TV Time alternatives control your TV?
The trackers don't. TVGO is a different category: a live TV guide with save-with-timeline reminders plus a universal Wi-Fi remote for 50+ TV brands, on iPhone and Android.