Summary: Trakt is the most powerful tool for automation — scrobbling via Plex/Kodi and a solid API — and it's the natural pick for power users. Episodary wins if you want to migrate from TV Time without losing anything and without paying for it: it imports the official TV Time export for free and already live, rebuilds your stats, badges, and Wrapped, and keeps the essentials free, without Trakt's free-plan watchlist capped at 100 items. Both import TV Time today — the difference is that Episodary preserves dates, reactions, and comments and rebuilds your stats, badges, and Wrapped. If you saved your export before TV Time shut down (July 15), you can bring it in now.
| Episodary | Trakt | |
|---|---|---|
| TV Time import | Native, faithful, and free (rebuilds stats/badges/Wrapped) | Native importer (~95%; some titles need manual fixes) |
| Watchlist on the free plan | Unlimited | Limited to 100 items |
| Watch-time stats | Free | VIP plan only |
| Automatic scrobbling (Plex/Kodi) | No (manual/quick checkmark) | Yes (Trakt's differentiator) |
| Public API / integrations | Limited today | Extensive (Trakt's differentiator) |
| Rebuilds badges + Wrapped from the import | Yes | No |
| Spoiler-free community | By design | Shallow |
| Telenovelas, K-dramas, BL/GL, YouTube | Yes | Limited |
| Interface languages | English + PT/ES/IT/FR | English only |
| Price history | Essentials free | Increases over time |
When Trakt is the best choice
If you automate everything — watching on Plex, Kodi, or apps that scrobble — and want every episode checked off on its own, Trakt is unbeatable at that. Its robust API powers dozens of integrations and makes Trakt the home for power users who don't mind subscribing to the VIP plan to unlock stats and an unlimited watchlist.
When Episodary is the best choice
If your goal right now is to not lose your TV Time history, Episodary reduces the friction to almost zero: you upload the official export and your story comes back whole — real dates, episode counts, favorites, reactions, and comments — turning into stats, badges, and a shareable Wrapped when you reunite with it. And what was basic on TV Time stays basic here: checking off episodes, an unlimited watchlist, and stats don't sit behind a paywall. Add to that the broad catalog (telenovelas, K-dramas, anime, reality TV, web series) and an interface available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and French.
Verdict
Automation power user: Trakt. Migrating from TV Time without losing anything, for free, with community and a broad catalog: Episodary. In practice, a lot of people export their TV Time and try both — but anyone who wants the shortest, free path to reuniting with their own history starts with Episodary. Also check out the full comparison (with Simkl, Serializd, and Banco de Séries) and the step-by-step export guide.