TV Time was a popular episode tracker with air-date reminders and a large community until it shut down on July 15, 2026 and deleted account data. TasteRay is built for discovery, matching movies and TV series to your mood, and its rescue page at tasteray.com/tv-time can park an exported TV Time history.
TV Time was one of the most popular TV tracking apps: it helped millions keep up with episodes, mark what they'd watched, and see what friends were into. On July 15, 2026 the service shut down and deleted its account data. If you downloaded your export before the deadline, the ZIP on your disk still holds your whole watch history, and TasteRay's rescue page can park it for you.
TasteRay takes a different approach from what TV Time offered — it's focused entirely on helping you discover what to watch next based on your mood and taste, not on tracking what you've already seen. This comparison stays up for the record, in past tense where TV Time is concerned.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | TasteRay | TV Time |
|---|---|---|
| Primary purpose | AI-powered mood-based discovery | Episode tracking and TV show management |
| Episode tracking | Not a focus | Excellent — mark episodes, get air-date reminders |
| Recommendation approach | AI matches mood + taste profile | Community-driven: trending, friends' activity |
| Mood-based discovery | Core feature — describe how you feel, get matched | No mood matching |
| Social features | Share picks with friends | Full social network: reactions, comments, friend activity |
| Content coverage | Movies and TV series | Primarily TV series (movies added later) |
| Statistics | Not a focus | Watch time stats, streaks, badges |
| Community | No community features | Large active community with discussions per episode |
| Price | Free | Free (VIP: removes ads, adds features) |
| Platform | iOS, Android, Web | iOS, Android, Web |
Our Verdict
TV Time was excellent at what it did: tracking your TV consumption, reminding you when episodes aired, and connecting you with a community that discussed each episode. For serial binge-watchers it was the default tool, which is exactly why its July 2026 shutdown stung so many people.
TasteRay covers the other half of the problem: it shines when you've finished a series and don't know what to start next. Its AI understands mood and nuance in a way that browsing a "trending" tab never could.
If you exported your TV Time history before the shutdown, don't let it rot in a ZIP file. Park it at tasteray.com/tv-time and it becomes the seed of your Taste DNA.
What TasteRay costs: the Personal plan is free while TasteRay is in early access, with no card required. Paid pricing is planned at $6.99 per month, or $69.99 per year.
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FAQs about TasteRay vs TV Time
Can TasteRay track which episodes I've watched?
TasteRay can't track which episodes you've watched, since the whole platform is focused on discovery rather than logging your progress through a series. TV Time was the better tool for that job, with per-episode tracking and air-date reminders, but the service shut down in July 2026, so today an active tracker like Trakt fills that role instead.
Did TV Time recommend shows based on mood?
TV Time never recommended shows based on mood, since its suggestions leaned on popularity, trending activity, and what friends were watching. That community-driven signal was genuinely useful for staying plugged into what was buzzy, but it had no way to read how you were actually feeling on a given night. Mood-based matching is TasteRay's specialty, built specifically to fill that gap.
What should I do with my TV Time export now that the app is gone?
An exported TV Time ZIP still holds your full watch history: every episode you logged, every rating, years of taste signal. TasteRay's rescue page at tasteray.com/tv-time parks that file safely, and when the importer opens it turns your history into a Taste DNA that powers mood-matched recommendations for movies and TV series.