Looking for a Letterboxd alternative?
Media Tracker is a free tracker that imports your whole Letterboxd diary — ratings, reviews and watch dates — and then does the thing Letterboxd never did: it tells you the day a film you’re waiting for actually comes out, alongside the TV, games and books you follow too.
Why film fans switch
Bring your Letterboxd history over
Export your data from Letterboxd, upload diary.csv or watched.csv, and your films come across with their star ratings, your diary reviews and the dates you watched them. Anything you had already logged keeps its rating.
Release alerts Letterboxd never sends
Follow a film that hasn’t come out yet and get an email or push notification the day before it lands. Release dates are re-checked every day, so when a long-delayed film finally gets a date, you’re the first to know.
One tracker for more than films
Movies share a follow list and a release calendar with TV shows, games, books and music. If you keep Letterboxd for film, a separate app for TV and another for games, this replaces the whole stack.
Free, no ads, independent
Media Tracker is free, carries no advertising, and is built by an independent developer — not a venture-backed network monetising your watch history.
Moving from Letterboxd takes two minutes
- 1
Go to letterboxd.com/settings/data and click "Export your data", then unzip the file Letterboxd emails you.
- 2
Create a free Media Tracker account and choose "Import your library" from the profile menu.
- 3
Upload diary.csv (or watched.csv). Your films are logged with their ratings, reviews and watch dates — rewatches are merged automatically.
What Letterboxd still does better
An honest note: Letterboxd has a huge, passionate film community, a deep culture of reviews and curated lists, and some of the best stats and year-in-review features anywhere — Media Tracker doesn’t try to be a social network. If sharing reviews and following other cinephiles is the main thing you want, keep Letterboxd. Media Tracker is for people who mainly want a clean place to log what they’ve watched and never miss a release — across films, TV, games, books and music.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Can I import my Letterboxd diary and ratings?
- Yes. Export your data from Letterboxd, then upload diary.csv or watched.csv. Each film is matched and logged with its star rating, your review text and the date you watched it, and rewatch entries are merged into one. Films you had already logged keep their existing rating.
- Is Media Tracker free?
- Yes — Media Tracker is free to use, with no ads. Creating an account takes under a minute.
- Does it tell me when a film is released?
- Yes. Follow any upcoming film, or a director you like, and Media Tracker emails or push-notifies you the day before release. Release dates are re-synced daily, so date changes reach you automatically.
- What does Letterboxd still do better?
- Letterboxd has a large, active film community, a deep culture of reviews and lists, and rich stats and year-in-review features. Media Tracker is not a social network — it focuses on tracking what you’ve seen and alerting you to releases across films, TV, games, books and music.
Bring your diary over
Your Letterboxd ratings and reviews import in a couple of clicks, and the next film you’re waiting for will never slip past you again.