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 — was well established and genuinely engaging while it was running.
TV Time shut down in July 2026, so this is no longer a choice between two active apps — if you're here, it's most likely because you need somewhere for that history to go. Import via Settings → Import brings it over in a couple of clicks.
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.