The OpenTV blog
Guides for tracking TV shows and films, and for bringing your history with you.
- Never Miss a New Episode: Air-Date Reminders in OpenTV
Get a reminder when a new episode of a show you follow airs, with finales flagged. How OpenTV's episode reminders work, and why they never need a server.
- Home-Screen Widgets for Your TV Shows, on iPhone and Android
OpenTV's home-screen widgets show your next episodes, your film watchlist and your watching activity on iPhone and Android. Free, and they need no network.
- A TV and Film Tracker Built for iPhone Duo
How OpenTV works on iPhone Duo, closed and open: controls in the side strip, nothing on the fold, and pages that use the bigger screen. iPhone only.
- Guess the Title: a Daily TV Puzzle Made from What You've Watched
A daily guessing game for TV shows and films, built from your own watch history so it never spoils anything. How OpenTV's Guess the title works.
- How to Watch a Show with Friends Without Spoilers
Watching a show with a friend at a different pace? See who is how far, keep their reactions locked until you catch up, and get warned before comments.
- How to Sync Your TV Tracker Between iPhone and Android, Free
Keep the same TV and film library on an iPhone, an iPad and an Android phone, free, through your own Google Drive or iCloud. No account, no OpenTV server.
- Best Free TV Show Trackers with No Ads (2026)
Looking for free TV show trackers with no ads? What to check before you switch, and an honest look at OpenTV, Trakt, Serializd, Simkl, LazyWatch and Letterboxd.
- How to Move Your History from Trakt, Letterboxd, Simkl or IMDb
How to move your history from Trakt, Letterboxd, Simkl or IMDb into OpenTV: where to find each export, what comes across, and what to check after.
- TV Time vs Trakt vs OpenTV: Which Feels Most Like TV Time?
TV Time vs Trakt vs OpenTV: how each one tracks, what survives a TV Time import, where your data lives, and which one will feel most familiar.
- How to Track TV Shows Offline, with No Account
Want to track TV shows offline, with no account? How OpenTV keeps your library on your phone, what works without a network, and how backup works.
- Stremio Watch History: Track What You Watch Automatically
Connect Stremio to OpenTV and the episodes you watch in Stremio are ticked off automatically for shows you track. Read-only, free, with no OpenTV account.
- The TV Time Episode Comments Are Back: Where to Find Them
The TV Time episode comments are readable again under each episode in OpenTV, through the CommsUni.tv archive. Here is where to find them and how it works.
- An Open-Source TV Time Alternative That Works Like TV Time
OpenTV is a free, open-source TV Time alternative for iPhone, iPad and Android. It looks and works like TV Time and keeps your library on your phone.
- What Happens to Your Watch History When a Tracker Shuts Down
When a tracker shuts down, your watch history can go with it. What usually happens, what to do before and after, and how to keep a copy that lasts.
- What's Inside the TV Time Export ZIP, and How to Open It
The TV Time export ZIP is a folder of CSV files. Here is what each important file holds, how to open them on a phone or computer, and what to keep private.
- How to Get Your TV Time History Back, Step by Step
Have your TV Time export ZIP? Here is how to get your TV Time history back on iPhone or Android: every episode, date, rating and list, in a few minutes.