Limelight: Find What to Watch
Movie & TV Tracker, Watchlist
Free · In-App Purchases
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 what to watch, where to stream it, and helps you keep track with ease. Fully native for Mac, redesigned for macOS Tahoe 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.
‣ Region Support: Select your country to see streaming availability and Top 10 rankings tailored to where you live.
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, right in Notification Center.
‣ Siri: Ask Siri to open your watchlist, see what's trending, or start QuickSort.
‣ Spotlight: Your library is indexed right into Mac search, so you can find any title and open straight to it.
‣ Keyboard Shortcuts: Navigate your library with arrow keys and shortcuts built for the desktop.
A LIMELIGHT+ SUBSCRIPTION UNLOCKS THE FULL EXPERIENCE:
‣ 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
Ratings & Reviews
- This app has not received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
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 arrives in cinemas, 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 optimisations throughout the app.
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
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Jordan Kennedy
- Size
- 12.9 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.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Realistic Violence
Profanity or Crude Humour
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Horror/Fear Themes
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Guns or Other Weapons
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Limelight+ Yearly USD 29.99
- Limelight+ Monthly USD 5.99
- Copyright
- © Jordan Kennedy