| App | Price | Where it runs | How many can join | Services it knows | Last update | Store rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MatchWatch | Free. No paid tier | Web, iPhone, iPad and Android | Up to six people in one group | The services you pick in Australia: Netflix, Stan, Disney+, Prime Video, Apple TV, HBO Max and 10 more | Version 1.0.1 on the App Store, 18 August 2026 | No ratings yet on the App Store |
| Matched | Free with a Premium tier at A$4.99 a month or A$29.99 a year | iPhone, iPad and Mac from the App Store; Android from Google Play. No web version | Two people: built for a couple | Names Netflix, Hulu and HBO Max; no countries named | 16 November 2024 on both stores (version 1.6.1) | 4.7 from 279 ratings on the US App Store; 3.7 from 765 on Google Play |
| Movie Night: Film & TV Picker | Free to install, with Premium sold weekly (US$3.99 to US$7.99 a week) and annually (US$29.99 to US$59.99) on the App Store | iPhone and iPad from the App Store; Android from Google Play. No web version | Any number of friends, joining a room by QR code or a short code | Names Netflix and Prime Video for where to watch; no countries named | Version 3.0.12 on the App Store, 3 August 2026 | 4.5 from 4,304 ratings on the US App Store |
| Match a Movie | Free, with no account at all | Web app in any browser; no store listing | No fixed limit; two people is the minimum | Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ only, in twelve countries including Australia | About page dated 27 August 2026 | No store listing, so no rating |
| Movie Swiper | Free, with no ads, no paid tier and a nickname instead of an account | Web app in any browser; no store listing | No hard limit; everyone swipes on their own device | None named on the site; titles come from TMDB | No dated changelog on the site | No store listing, so no rating |
| TasteRay | Free while in early access, no credit card required | Web, iPhone and Android | A shared pick that blends everyone's preferences, rather than a vote | Names Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, HBO Max and Apple TV+, plus 100+ apps; no countries named | Version 2.0 on the App Store, 28 August 2026 | 3.5 from 2 ratings on the US App Store |
Checked 30 August 2026. Prices are as each store or site showed them that day: Matched’s from its App Store listing for Australia, Movie Night’s from the US App Store, the rest from the apps’ own sites. Sources: Matched (App Store listing (opens in a new tab), Google Play listing (opens in a new tab)); Movie Night: Film & TV Picker (App Store listing (opens in a new tab), MWM app page (opens in a new tab), App Store lookup (version date) (opens in a new tab)); Match a Movie (match-a-movie.com FAQ (opens in a new tab), About page (opens in a new tab)); Movie Swiper (movieswiper.app (FAQ on the homepage) (opens in a new tab), Legal notice (opens in a new tab)); TasteRay (tasteray.com (opens in a new tab), App Store listing (opens in a new tab)). Product details and prices change; tell us if one has moved.
Foundry Studio, New Zealand
Use it if You are in NZ, Australia, the UK or the US and want matches that only show titles on the services you actually pay for, for a couple, a flat or a family of up to six.
Skip it if You want to try it without creating an account, or you live outside those four countries.
Taste Labs, Inc
Use it if You are a couple who wants a simple swipe-and-match app on your phones and do not mind a paid tier for the extras.
Skip it if There are more than two of you, you want a web version, or you want an app that has shipped an update since late 2024.
MWM
Use it if You want a big group in one room fast, with a QR code on the host's screen, and you are happy to pay by the week or the year for Premium.
Skip it if You want an app with no paid tier at all, a web version, or filters built around the services in your own country.
A sole proprietorship in SaarbrĂĽcken, Germany
Use it if Your group only uses Netflix, Prime Video or Disney+ and you want everyone judging the same films at once with nothing to sign up for.
Skip it if Your household watches local services like Neon, Stan, iPlayer or Peacock, or you want an app on your phone rather than a website.
Independent; an operator contact on the site's legal notice
Use it if You want the lightest possible thing: share a link, type a nickname, swipe movies or TV shows, see matches as they land.
Skip it if You want the deck filtered to what is streaming in your country, or an app from the App Store or Google Play.
TasteRay, Inc.
Use it if You would rather describe the mood in a sentence and get one confident AI pick than swipe through a deck.
Skip it if You want each person to vote privately and a match to fire only when everyone agrees.
Two people on their phones who do not mind paying: Matched. A big group in one room with the host’s phone out: Movie Night. A one-off night with nothing to sign up for: Match a Movie if your services are Netflix, Prime Video or Disney+, Movie Swiper if you just want a link and a nickname. One AI pick from a sentence: TasteRay. A couple, a flat or a family in Australia who want the deck built from the services they actually pay for, free, on the web and on their phones: that is the job MatchWatch was built for.
You need an account before you can join a group, it covers four countries only, and it will not write you a recommendation from a sentence the way TasteRay does. If any of those is the deal, one of the other five is a better fit tonight.
MatchWatch, Match a Movie and Movie Swiper are free with no paid tier. TasteRay is free while it is in early access. Matched and Movie Night are free to install and sell a Premium tier: a monthly or annual plan at Matched, weekly and annual passes at Movie Night.
MatchWatch, Match a Movie, Movie Swiper and TasteRay all run in a browser. MatchWatch and TasteRay also have iPhone and Android apps. Matched and Movie Night are store apps only, with no web version.
All of them except Matched, which is built for a couple. MatchWatch takes up to six people in one group. Movie Night, Match a Movie and Movie Swiper set no fixed limit. TasteRay blends the group's preferences into one pick rather than counting votes.
MatchWatch filters the deck to the services you pick in Australia: Netflix, Stan, Disney+, Prime Video, Apple TV, HBO Max and 10 more. Match a Movie covers Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ in twelve countries, including Australia. Matched, Movie Night and TasteRay name global services such as Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ but no countries; Movie Swiper names none.
