TV Time nailed the "what's next" feeling for TV years ago — it's also become known among users for a heavy ad load and features that moved behind a paywall over time. High Shelf tracks TV the same way and folds in movies, books, games, and music.
Free to use. Forever.
Same episode-tracking core. The difference is what surrounds it.
| Feature | High Shelf | TV Time |
|---|---|---|
| TV shows, per episode | Yes | Yes |
| Movies | Yes | Yes |
| Books | Yes | — |
| Video games | Yes | — |
| Music / albums | Yes | — |
| Next-episode countdown | Yes | Yes |
| Social feed & follows | Yes | Yes |
| Core tracking free | Yes | Yes |
| One-click TV Time import | Yes | n/a |
Keep the "up next" feeling. Lose the ad breaks between episodes of your own watchlist.
Per-episode tracking, next-episode countdowns, season progress — the core habit TV Time built, minus the accumulated ad load.
Movies, books, games, and music on the same profile — not a separate app for each.
Import via Settings → Import — no rebuilding years of watch history by hand.
TV Time built the "next episode" habit loop years before most competitors, and its social layer built around individual episodes — not just whole shows — is well established and genuinely engaging if episode-by-episode chatter with friends is what you're after.
If TV is the only thing you track and you're not bothered by the ad load, there's no urgent reason to switch.
Sign up, then head to Settings → Import to bring your TV Time history over in a couple of clicks.
Download on the App StoreYes, via Settings → Import — your show history matches against High Shelf's catalog automatically.
Yes — each show's page counts down live, in days, hours, minutes, and seconds, to its next air date.
Yes, a light ad load on free accounts, suppressed for your first 50 app opens. An optional Pro subscription removes them.
Yes — all five media types live on the same profile and feed.