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Curate

Curate is a web app for tracking movies, books, and TV shows in one place. It also offers curated lists, friend-based discovery, and imports from several existing tracking services.

Curate

Track movies, books, and TV shows in one place

Curate is a web-based media tracking and discovery app for movies, books, and TV shows. It brings those formats into a single place so users can record what they are watching or reading, organize it into collections, and browse lists assembled from critics, awards, and other human-led sources.

The product is designed around a low-friction, ad-free tracking flow. The home page emphasizes simple status updates such as queue, start, finish, or stop, along with optional notes, ratings, and reactions. Curate also supports importing from other services, so people who already track elsewhere can bring their history into the app.

Beyond personal tracking, Curate includes curated explore pages such as critics’ favourites, award winners, and essential reference lists. These collections are presented as concrete browse-and-track workflows, letting users discover titles they trust and mark progress as they go. The site frames the product as early-stage and self-funded, with development shaped by feedback from users.

Core features

Unified media tracking

Track movies, books, and TV shows together rather than splitting them across separate apps. The home page describes a simple queue/start/finish/stop workflow for keeping status current.

Personal notes and reactions

Add notes, ratings, and reactions to items, with the option to keep notes private or share them with friends.

Import from other services

Import existing tracking history from Letterboxd, Goodreads, StoryGraph, Trakt, and TV Time so you do not have to rebuild your lists by hand.

Curated collections

Create your own collections or save collections from friends and the broader community, with progress shown at a glance for each collection.

Explore hand-picked lists

Browse featured collections such as critics’ top 10s, award winners, and canon lists that are assembled from published sources and preserved as browseable collections.

Friend-based discovery

Follow friends to see what they are watching, reading, and curating, with the site explicitly positioning recommendations around human taste rather than algorithmic feeds.

Common ways to use Curate

  • Personal media tracking

    Keep a single running record of what you are watching and reading, then move each title through queue, start, finish, or stop as your status changes.

  • Migrating from another tracker

    Bring in an existing watchlist or reading history from another service instead of rebuilding everything manually.

  • Working through curated lists

    Browse critics’ favourites, award winners, and canonical lists, then track progress as you work through them.

  • Sharing taste with friends

    Follow friends and compare what they are curating, while using notes and reactions to remember why a title mattered to you.

  • Private taste journal

    Use the app as a quiet reference space for your own taste, with an ad-free interface and optional private notes that do not need to be public.

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Tracks movies, books, and TV shows in one workspace.
  • Supports importing from several established tracking services.
  • Lets users add notes, ratings, and reactions, with privacy control over notes.
  • Offers curated lists built from critics, awards, and other published sources.
  • Ad-free design keeps the interface focused on tracking and browsing.

Cons

  • The pricing page was unavailable, so current pricing and plan structure could not be confirmed from the source.
  • Platform coverage is not clearly documented beyond the web app shown on curateapp.io.
  • Some explore areas are labeled as beta or coming soon, so parts of the discovery experience may still be evolving.

FAQ

What is Curate for?

Curate is built for tracking movies, books, and TV shows in one place. It also includes curated explore collections, social following, and the ability to import from several existing tracking services.

Is Curate free to use?

The site says you can continue with Google, and one of the calls to action is “Sign up (it’s free!)”. The pricing page itself was not available, so no paid-plan details could be confirmed from the source.

Can I move existing lists into Curate?

Yes. The home page says you can import from Letterboxd, Goodreads, StoryGraph, Trakt, and TV Time, with more import options coming soon.

How does discovery work in Curate?

Curate offers hand-picked collections such as critics’ favourites, award winners, and essential reference lists. The site also says you can follow friends and see what they are watching, reading, and curating without an algorithm deciding for you.

What platforms does Curate support?

The sources show a web app at curateapp.io. They do not provide explicit mobile app, desktop app, or offline support details.

Quick Facts

Category
Media tracking and discovery
Primary formats
Movies, books, and TV shows
Access
Web app on curateapp.io
Account entry
Continue with Google
Pricing evidence
A free signup call to action is shown; the pricing page returned 404
Import sources
Letterboxd, Goodreads, StoryGraph, Trakt, TV Time