Rate every movie, show and episode, see the Top 10 on Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video and HBO Max, and count down to every release, now on Apple TV too.
Kernel is the movie and TV show tracker that counts down to every release and tells you where to watch it.
Add what you want to see to your watchlist, get a countdown and a reminder on release day, find out where it's streaming in your country, and rate it once you've seen it. Can't remember the title? Describe it and Kernel AI finds it.
RELEASE COUNTDOWNS
Add upcoming movies and shows and Kernel counts down the days on your Home Screen, Lock Screen and Apple Watch, then reminds you when they're out.
WHERE TO WATCH
See whether a movie or show is streaming, for rent or to buy on Netflix, Apple TV, Prime Video, Disney+, HBO Max and more, for the country you're in.
TOP 10 ON EVERY SERVICE
What's most popular right now on Netflix, Apple TV, Disney+, Prime Video and HBO Max.
KERNEL AI MOVIE FINDER
Forgot the name? Describe the plot, a scene or an actor and Kernel AI finds the movie or show.
RATE IT
Half-star ratings for movies, shows and every episode, plus the Kernel Rating from everyone else.
WATCHLIST AND PLAYLISTS
Seen, Upcoming and a playlist for every mood, synced with iCloud.
SHARE WITH FRIENDS
Send a movie, show or episode. The link opens straight in Kernel and shows a rich preview in Messages.
WIDGETS AND APPLE WATCH
Countdown, Up Next and Kernel AI widgets, a Control Center button, and an Apple Watch app with complications.
ON EVERY SCREEN
iPhone, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro, and made for iPhone Duo.
Kernel is a tracker and a guide. It doesn't play movies itself; it shows you where you can watch them.
Available in English and Spanish.
KERNEL PREMIUM
Kernel AI includes free searches every month. Kernel Premium unlocks unlimited Kernel AI searches and opens any title in its streaming app with one tap.
Kernel Premium is a weekly, monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://kernelmovieapp.com/privacy-policy.html
Movie and show information, posters and artwork belong to their respective owners. Studio logos and other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Hey Nikias, I live using this app. There are a few things that keep bugging me. Number 1, when a movie is released it will not give me an option to remove it from the upcoming playlist. Now my playlist is full of release movies, so I had to stop using that playlist all together. Number 2, can you add a “seen” or “watched” badge on the movie that we have in the seen playlist? Sometimes I would forget that it’s already watched and I would keep clicking it over and over. Number 3, make it possible to delete the default playlist. I’ll be awaiting your updates.
Some Suggestions
Donnysk
Great app I like the design but I tried creating a Christmas movie list and wish there were similar genres and categories of movies listed in the search menu so I can see popular horror movies or holiday movies and such. The banners at the top of the pages feel a bit small. The font overlay on them sometimes makes it hard to read or feels uncomfortable to read. Making the banner bigger and the font below or a gradient to the text instead of text on top of image, a little bit more separation would be nice. Also in the movies I would scroll down almost by habit to see reviews and director info and the trailer and was disappointed when nothing appeared as I scrolled. Saw the buttons which were nice but I saw the description and it told me to “read more” and I clicked on it and nothing more was shown. I already use letterbox as a similar app for this. If this app could have the features and reviews of letter box but with this UI, it would be an amazing app that I would switch to. But for now it’s a good app with great design but missing features and UX. Hopefully these changes can be added in future updates!
An app I never knew I needed + one fix I’d suggest
thatonepaulguy
This is a genuinely amazing app. I had been looking for an app/movie tracker like this for so long, and this is probably the best thing I’ve ever used. Playlists are such a great idea, and the user interface is pretty OK. There’s a bit of choppiness, and the buttons sometimes don’t make all the best of sense. Like, if I’m finding out where to watch it, I’d like to have it open the app when I tap it. The main thing I wanted to mention though was there’s a weird bug with Upcoming—I can’t remove movies that have already released! Like, at all. They’re just stuck there, and I can’t get rid of them. Otherwise, great app: definitely worth the download
Still unsure of the rationale for the 3.0 update
MrDominus7
I’ve used Kernel for years. It filled a perfect niche for tracking when new movies would be released in theaters and was easy to do so chronologically. The 3.0 update removed searching movies chronologically (seriously, why is the Discover page filled with completely random orderings across completely different times?). You can view them chronologically in your saved list but so can dozens of other films that track such lists (and offer far more features and customization by comparison).I liked this app because it filled a useful, straightforward niche and did so beautifully without bloat. Notifications were perfect. I use different apps for tracking movies/shows, but this new kernel app seems to try to mimic some of the features of other apps but does so less well while removing what the made app great in the first place.I really wanted to like the update, and perhaps I will if you re-add some of the functionality and simplicity of the older version of kernel. But after 7 months of waiting it doesn’t seem like that on the roadmap for the app moving forward for whatever reason. In an overcrowded movie/show market they’ve eliminated what made them stand out.
Never miss a new season. On a show that's still running, tap the bell to follow it. Kernel puts it in Upcoming with a countdown to the next season and lets you know when the premiere date is announced, then a week before, the day before and on the day.
Coming from Letterboxd? Bring your watched films, watchlist and lists with you in about a minute, from Settings or the card on your Profile.
Posters now open into their page, and a swipe down puts them back.
And Kernel opens faster, with no more blank screen while it starts.
Version 4.2.1
The developer, Nikias Molina, 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.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
