Discover, track, and enjoy the best movies and shows. See where everything's streaming, compare ratings, and add it to your watchlist. No ads, privacy first.
Never wonder what to watch again. Limelight helps you discover you what to watch, where to stream it, and helps you keep track with ease. Fully native for iPhone and iPad, redesigned for iOS 26 and Liquid Glass. No ads, no clutter, just "What should I watch tonight?" answered in seconds.
DISCOVERY & RECOMMENDATIONS
‣ Search and Discover: Find any movie or show or get personalized recommendations.
‣ Just for You: Personalized recommendations with genre/mood quick filters, tuned to skip anything already on your lists.
‣ Streaming Top 10s: Trending titles across major platforms, based on your selected region.
‣ QuickSort: Swipe to build your watchlist and seen list, with undo.
‣ Book Adaptations: Discover which books became movies or TV shows.
WHERE TO WATCH
‣ Find Where to Stream: Compare availability across Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Max, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Peacock, Paramount+, and more.
‣ Notifications: Get alerted when a movie opens in theaters, when a new episode airs, or when something arrives on a service you pay for.
‣ Region Support: Select your country to see streaming availability and Top 10 rankings tailored to where you live.
AI-POWERED
‣ Instant Scene Recognition: SceneSnap uses AI to identify what you're watching and who's in it from a photo, screenshot, or video. Launch it straight from Control Center.
DETAILS & RATINGS
‣ Multi-Source Ratings: Rotten Tomatoes, IMDB, Metacritic, and TMDB in one place.
‣ Trailers & Promos: Trailers, teasers, behind-the-scenes content, and more.
‣ Cast & Crew Details: Explore cast and crew for any title, including episode counts for TV roles.
‣ Latest Episodes: See what's newest for any TV show you're following.
ORGANIZATION & TRACKING
‣ Watchlist: Save titles you want to watch for easy access.
‣ Seen List: Track everything you've watched.
‣ Pinned Items: Keep must-watch titles at the top of your watchlist.
‣ Custom Lists: Create your own lists, with a grid view and bulk editing to manage titles quickly.
‣ Hide Titles: Not interested in something? Hide it and keep your feed relevant.
‣ Share: Send suggestions to family or share what you're watching with friends.
EVERYWHERE YOU ARE
‣ Widgets: Your watchlist, what to watch next, and trending titles at a glance, in small, medium, and large sizes.
‣ Siri: Ask Siri to open your watchlist, see what's trending, start QuickSort, or jump into SceneSnap.
‣ Spotlight: Your library is indexed right into iPhone search, so you can find any title and open straight to it.
‣ Quick Actions: Long-press the app icon to search, view your watchlist, or start QuickSort.
‣ iPad: A dedicated iPad layout with keyboard shortcuts, arrow-key navigation, and multi-window support.
A LIMELIGHT+ SUBSCRIPTION UNLOCKS THE FULL EXPERIENCE:
‣ SceneSnap AI scene recognition
‣ Streaming Top 10 charts
‣ Multi-source ratings comparison
‣ Unlimited custom lists
‣ Pinned watchlist items
‣ Hide any title
PRIVACY FIRST
Limelight doesn't track, sell, or share your personal information. Anonymous analytics are optional and can be turned off anytime in Settings. Limelight is supported entirely by subscriptions, not ads or data harvesting.
BUILT BY AN INDIE DEVELOPER
Limelight is built by an independent developer. No big company behind this app, just someone who wanted a better app for finding something to watch.
Privacy: https://www.thelimelight.app/privacy
Terms: https://www.thelimelight.app/terms
Limelight has it all. I love that I can find everything out about a movie or show I’m curious about. I can see all the reviews and scores from different sites and where to watch them, which is super convenient. I also love that you can see if the movie or show was based off a book! Another cool feature is the movie/tv scan, which I’ve never seen. It allows you to take a picture of whatever you’re watching and it tells you what you’re watching! Very neat feature…like Shazam for visual media. Can’t recommend this app enough!
Developer Response
Thank you for the kind words!
IMDB… but better
I'm despicable
Only download this app if you are willing to say goodbye to spending long amounts of time trying to decide which movie to watch. I will not watch a movie without checking IMDb first… that is until this came out. Having the IMDb ratings listed on each title, is super helpful.This is 1000% better than anything else on the App Store. The features and AI capability of the scene snap is next level. Finally a way for me to who an actor is, without me having to spend 10 minutes, looking it up.I really love “book link” feature, and the algorithm for helping me select a movie to watch is the next level!
Developer Response
We appreciate your review. Thanks!
So helpful
Mochibb44
This App is so incredibly helpful and has made watching movies / shows that much more enjoyable
Developer Response
Thank you for the kind words!
Hard to track
Domanick
It’s hard to track anything with this app. There is no continue watching feed to see what’s next on your list. You can’t even mark tv show episodes as seen individually so how can you tell where in the series you are? This seems like a new app that needs a lot of work and most of the cool features are behind a paywall. Stick to TVTime it’s free and does tracking the right way.
New Features
‣ Ratings: Rate anything you've watched with a star rating.
‣ Rated List: A new list of everything you've rated, alongside Watchlist and Seen.
‣ Notifications: Get alerted when a movie opens in theaters, when a new episode airs, or when something arrives on a service you pay for.
‣ Coming Soon: A new Home section for titles that aren't out yet, using your region's release calendar.
‣ More Details: Every title's page now ends with the full record: budget, revenue, languages, country, studio or network, and more.
‣ Show Less Like This: Tell 'Just For You' you want fewer titles of a kind, right from the poster menu.
‣ Only show titles you can stream on the services you pay for.
‣ Mute Alerts: Press and hold any tracked title to silence its notifications.
Enhancements
‣ Just For You has been updated with a smarter recommendation engine, including taking your ratings into consideration.
‣ Horror appears in Just For You only when you pick the Scary mood.
‣ Pull to refresh keeps Home populated while new content loads.
Bug Fixes
‣ Fixed: Read It First and Trending Now could vanish from Home after a failed refresh.
‣ Unreleased titles showed a TMDB score of 0.0 instead of N/A.
‣ TMDB scores now use regional number format (example 7,4 vs 7.4).
‣ A ton of small fixes and optimizations throughout the app.
Version 2.4
The developer, Jordan Kennedy, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
User Content
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
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