Archive Watch
Archive.org, but for your TV!
Free
Over 1,000 documentaries just arrived, and every title on the home screen is now verified to play. A cleaner, more reliable cinematheque in your pocket.
Archive Watch turns the Internet Archive's vast public-domain moving-image collection into a cinematheque you can wander from your couch — feature films, classic television, silent cinema, animation, newsreels, and the strange, wonderful world of vintage commercials and ephemeral film.
Every title is presented with the care of a great repertory house: real posters, cast, synopses, and genres, so a 1920s silent and a 1950s sci-fi B-movie look as considered as anything on a modern streaming service.
LIVE CHANNELS — A REAL TV GUIDE
- A programmed, scrolling channel guide: see what's on now and next
- Tune in and it plays straight through, one title rolling into the next
- Vintage public-domain commercials play between programs — the 1990s-TV feel
- Build your own channel from any mix of genre, type, and era
A REPERTORY HOUSE, NOT A FEED
- Hand-curated shelves alongside the most-watched titles from the Archive
- Browse by decade, genre, and collection
- Classic TV with real series, seasons, and episodes
- Surprise Me — for when you'd rather be delighted than decide
BUILT FOR THE LIVING ROOM
- Native Apple TV experience, full-screen and focus-driven
- Resume right where you left off
- Search with the Siri Remote or your voice
- Favorites and playlists in your Library
- Cartoon Mode, Party Play, and a cover-art screensaver
FREE, AND RESPECTFUL OF YOU
- No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads
- No account required to watch
- No tracking, no analytics — nothing about you is collected
- Optional Sign in with Apple syncs your favorites and progress across your
household's Apple TVs using your own iCloud
All content is sourced from the public domain via the Internet Archive. Metadata and artwork come from TMDb, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and the Library of Congress. This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
If you'd rather wander a well-stocked repository of curated cinema than doomscroll a recommendation feed, Archive Watch is for you.
Ratings & Reviews
- Verified playback: every film and show on your home screen and shelves is checked to play correctly — no more dead links front and center.
- 1,000+ documentaries: the Documentary category was nearly empty; it now holds over a thousand real documentaries, from newsreels to feature-length films.
- Accurate details: corrected runtimes and categories across the catalog, so a short is a short and a feature is a feature.
- Fresh on return: the app now updates its catalog when you come back after a while away, instead of showing a stale library.
- Steadier sync and playback across all your devices.
The developer, Learning is Change, Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Learning is Change, Inc.
- Size
- 27.6 MB
- Category
- Entertainment
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later. - Apple TV
Requires tvOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Realistic Violence
Profanity or Crude Humor
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Horror/Fear Themes
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Guns or Other Weapons
- Copyright
- © 2026 Learning is Change, Inc.