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Watchtower

TV & Movie Tracker

Keep every show and movie you're watching in one place — then see what your friends are watching, react to it, and talk about it. Watchtower tells you what airs tonight, what's coming back, and where to stream it.

Watchtower library screen. A 'Tonight's Shows' panel lists American Ninja Warrior season 18 episode 11 on Peacock and NBC, followed by 'Coming Back' with a new season of Scrubs and a 'Coming Soon' row of upcoming titles.
The social layer

Watching is better with other people

Most trackers stop at a checklist. Watchtower adds the part that actually makes watching fun — knowing what your friends are into, and having somewhere to say so.

Core tracking

Never lose track of where you left off

Your whole library in one list — filtered down to exactly what you want to see, next to a calendar that tells you when the next episode lands.

Watchtower library with the filter panel open: type filters for all, TV, and movies; status filters for all, watching, wish list, on hold, and watched; and airing filters for all statuses, currently airing, and season finished. Below, Avatar the Last Airbender, BEEF, Bloodhounds, and Citadel each show the weekday they air, a between-seasons or ended tag, the episode reached such as S2E5, a star rating, and the streaming service.
Your library, filtered
Watchtower calendar screen on the Upcoming tab, listing episodes by day: The Apartment Job on Netflix on Saturday, Lioness season 3 episode 3 on Amazon Prime yesterday, and American Ninja Warrior on fuboTV highlighted under today.
What airs, and when

Tonight's shows, up front

Open the app and the first thing you see is what airs today — episode number, network, and streaming service included.

Filter down to what you're after

Narrow to TV or movies, then to what you're watching, wish-listing, holding, or have finished — then again by whether a show is currently airing, between seasons, or wrapped up for good.

Every row says where you are

The episode you're up to, the day of the week it airs, and the service it's on — without opening anything.

Status at a glance

Tags call out the shows that are between seasons, have finished a season, or have ended for good, so you know what's actually worth waiting on.

Countdowns and comebacks

"Coming Soon" counts down the next episode of everything you follow. "Coming Back" tells you when a show you've been waiting on returns.

The week ahead

Switch the calendar between a running upcoming list and a weekly schedule laid out day by day.

Rate without leaving the list

Star a title straight from its row — no extra screens. Those ratings help sharpen what Discover suggests next.

Discovery & streaming

Find the next one — and where to watch it

Suggestions built from the library you already have, and never a guess about which service it's on.

Picks that explain themselves

Every suggestion in Discover says why it's there — "because you watched" the specific shows it drew from — alongside the rating, genres, and synopsis.

Where to watch, on every screen

Streaming availability rides along with the show wherever it appears: in your library, in tonight's list, and on every calendar entry.

Tuned to the services you pay for

Tell Watchtower which services you subscribe to and it highlights the titles you can actually stream right now.

Watchtower Discover screen headed 'Personalized for you' with 20 picks. Banana Fish is recommended because you watched Alice in Borderland and Squid Game; Marvel's The Punisher, 24, and Legends each show a rating, genres, a synopsis, and the shows the suggestion came from.
The 'My streaming services' setting in Watchtower, with Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, Apple TV+, Prime Video, Peacock, Paramount+, ESPN+, AMC+, Crunchyroll, Shudder, Starz, and Showtime selected. A note reads: only shows available on your services will be highlighted.
Notifications

A heads-up when it matters

Three reminders, each one optional, each one off or on whenever you like.

Watchtower profile screen showing library stats — 117 titles total, 95 TV shows, 22 movies, 46 watching, 39 on the wish list, 2 on hold, 29 watched, 1 abandoned — above notification switches for a morning-of reminder and a returning-soon alert.

Morning-of reminder

A nudge on the day something you follow airs.

Returning soon

Seven days before a show you follow comes back.

Season premiere — two weeks out

An extra heads-up before a new season starts, so there's time to catch up.

Your watching, by the numbers

Your profile keeps a running count of everything tracked — total titles, shows versus movies, and how many sit in each status.

Start tracking tonight

Watchtower is free on iPhone, iPad, and Android.

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