Kinolog

A diary with a brain.

A private movie diary that remembers everything you’ve watched, and never recommends it back to you. Ask what to watch tonight and the reasons come from your own ratings and notes, not the charts.

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Tap the films you’ve seen and it tells you something about your taste, then guesses three things and lets you mark it wrong. Ninety seconds, no account, no card.

Someone’s actual diary. Kinolog reads yours the same way.

It keeps score on itself, and shows you the misses.

After a pick you can say bullseye, fine or miss. Your hit rate goes on your stats page and stays there whether it flatters us or not. No other movie app will tell you how often it was wrong.

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What it answers

Have I seen this?: Answered from your own library in two seconds, with your rating and what you said at the time.
What should I watch tonight?: Never your own library, never your permanent “never again” list, and every pick explains itself against films you rated.
Was it actually any good?: One tap after you watch, and the stats page keeps score on us. Hit rate included, when it is unflattering.
What should WE watch?: Add whoever is on the couch and it finds something none of you have seen. The argument-ender no other tracker has.

Easy to move in, easy to leave

Import a decade of Letterboxd history in one upload, half-star ratings, rewatches, reviews and your watchlist intact, ambiguous titles reviewed by you rather than guessed. Export everything, any time, as JSON or Letterboxd-compatible CSV.

Private by default

Your diary is yours: no ads, no data sales, no public pages. Email is the only personal detail an account needs, exports are one click, and deletion is immediate and complete. The privacy policy says exactly what runs where.

Fair questions

Is Kinolog free?: The diary is free forever, logging, import, watchlist, stats, all of it, plus a monthly taste of the AI. Heavy AI use is the paid Plus plan ($2.99/month or $24/year); one founder pays the AI bill, so the people who use it most should fund it. No ads, no data sales, either way.; The diary is free forever, logging, import, watchlist, stats, all of it, plus a monthly taste of the AI. No ads, no data sales.
How is this different from Letterboxd?: Letterboxd is social and public; Kinolog is private and personal. No followers, no feed, just your diary, and recommendations that read it. If the social side is what you love, keep Letterboxd; we even wrote an honest guide to the alternatives.
What makes the recommendations different from a mood quiz?: They’re grounded in your history, not tonight’s adjectives: every pick is checked against a real movie database, never repeats your library or your “never again” list, and explains itself against films you actually rated, sometimes in your own words. When it doesn’t know you well enough yet, it says so.
Does it work on my phone?: Kinolog runs in any browser and installs to your home screen, iPhone, Android and desktop, one account everywhere. A native iPhone app is on the way.; Kinolog works on iPhone, Android, and desktop. One account everywhere, so your diary is the same wherever you open it.
Can I leave with my data?: Always, export everything as JSON or Letterboxd-compatible CSV in one click, and account deletion is immediate and complete. Import works the same way in reverse: your whole Letterboxd history in one upload.

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A diary with a brain.

A private movie diary that remembers everything you’ve watched, and never recommends it back to you. Ask what to watch tonight and the reasons come from your own ratings and notes, not the charts.

Tap the films you’ve seen and it tells you something about your taste, then guesses three things and lets you mark it wrong. Ninety seconds, no account, no card.

Someone’s actual diary. Kinolog reads yours the same way.

What it answers

Have I seen this?

Answered from your own library in two seconds, with your rating and what you said at the time.

What should I watch tonight?

Never your own library, never your permanent “never again” list, and every pick explains itself against films you rated.

Was it actually any good?

One tap after you watch, and the stats page keeps score on us. Hit rate included, when it is unflattering.

What should WE watch?

Add whoever is on the couch and it finds something none of you have seen. The argument-ender no other tracker has.

Fair questions

Is Kinolog free?

The diary is free forever, logging, import, watchlist, stats, all of it, plus a monthly taste of the AI. Heavy AI use is the paid Plus plan ($2.99/month or $24/year); one founder pays the AI bill, so the people who use it most should fund it. No ads, no data sales, either way.

The diary is free forever, logging, import, watchlist, stats, all of it, plus a monthly taste of the AI. No ads, no data sales.

How is this different from Letterboxd?

Letterboxd is social and public; Kinolog is private and personal. No followers, no feed, just your diary, and recommendations that read it. If the social side is what you love, keep Letterboxd; we even wrote an honest guide to the alternatives.

What makes the recommendations different from a mood quiz?

They’re grounded in your history, not tonight’s adjectives: every pick is checked against a real movie database, never repeats your library or your “never again” list, and explains itself against films you actually rated, sometimes in your own words. When it doesn’t know you well enough yet, it says so.

Does it work on my phone?

Kinolog runs in any browser and installs to your home screen, iPhone, Android and desktop, one account everywhere. A native iPhone app is on the way.

Kinolog works on iPhone, Android, and desktop. One account everywhere, so your diary is the same wherever you open it.

Can I leave with my data?

Always, export everything as JSON or Letterboxd-compatible CSV in one click, and account deletion is immediate and complete. Import works the same way in reverse: your whole Letterboxd history in one upload.