Cinevell vs Letterboxd
Letterboxd is the best-known social diary for films. It is built for movies; TV tracking is in development.
CinevellLetterboxd
What it tracksTV shows (episode by episode), movies and animeMovies (TV tracking is in development)
Where it runsAny web browser; installs on iPhone and Android from the browser (Home Screen) and works offline. No App Store or Play Store app yet.Web, iPhone, Android and Apple TV
PriceFree. An optional membership with extras is planned.Free tier; Pro and Patron paid yearly
AdsNo adsFree tier shows ads; paid tiers remove them
ImportingTV Time, Trakt, Letterboxd, IMDb, Netflix, Simkl, MyAnimeList, AniList, Kitsu, Crunchyroll and CSV, with watch dates kept where the file has themLetterboxd’s own CSV format, IMDb CSV and a few other formats
ExportingFree: complete backup (JSON), a spreadsheet of every watch (CSV) and movies in Letterboxd’s import format (CSV)A ZIP of CSV files (diary, ratings, watched, watchlist, lists)
FriendsFollow friends, friends’ progress on a show, activity, messages between friends, reviews and episode commentsFollowing, activity feed, reviews, comments and lists
Many people use both: Letterboxd for films and a tracker for TV. Cinevell can import your Letterboxd history and export your movies back in Letterboxd’s import format.
Moving to Cinevell
Cinevell can import your history (see Questions for exactly what comes over from each service), and you can export everything again whenever you like.
Sources
Facts about Letterboxd were checked on 3 November 2026 and can change. Spotted something out of date? Email hello@cinevell.com.