Stub vs Bingers: Which TV Time Replacement Fits You?
Since TV Time shut down on July 15, 2026, two names keep coming up as its successor: Bingers, built by TV Time's own co-founder, and Stub, built to carry your complete TV Time history forward. Both are free to start. Here is an honest comparison — including where Bingers might be the better pick for you.
The short answer
Choose Bingers if you want the familiar hands that built the original TV Time and don't mind starting fresh. Choose Stub if you want your years of watch history back, real watch-time stats, a working upcoming-episodes calendar, and a web app next to iOS and Android.
| Stub | Bingers | |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Web, iPhone, Android | iPhone, Android |
| TV Time history import | Yes — full export: shows, ratings, progress | Not announced at the time of writing |
| Watch-time statistics | Yes, based on your real history | Unknown at launch |
| Upcoming episodes calendar | Yes, 120-day horizon | Yes (episode tracking) |
| Social features | Follows, comments, lists, public profiles | Community features announced |
| Price | Free core; Pro €1.99/mo or €19.99/yr, first month free | Free, voluntary contributions |
| Launched | July 2026 | August 4, 2026 |
What is Bingers?
Bingers (bingers.app) launched on August 4, 2026 and comes from Antonio Pinto, co-founder of the original TV Time back in 2011. That pedigree matters: he knows exactly what made TV Time loved. The app is free without ads or in-app purchases, funded by voluntary contributions, and its stated goal is an architecture cheap enough to run forever. It is also very new — at the time of writing there are no independent reviews yet, and we will update this page as the picture fills in.
What Stub does differently
Your history comes with you. Stub imports your complete TV Time export — every show, episode, rating and watch date. You continue where you left off instead of starting at zero.
Real watch-time stats. Your profile shows actual time watched, computed from your own history — not an estimate.
A calendar that keeps up. Weekly shows stay in your upcoming list, even when you are an episode behind.
Web included. Track from any browser at getstub.tv/app, next to the iPhone and Android apps.
Your data stays portable. TV Time taught everyone the risk of a closed ecosystem. Stub is built on the opposite principle: your data is yours, and you can take it with you.
Where Bingers might suit you better
If you never used TV Time — so there is nothing to import — and you mainly want a familiar, simple tracker from the person who invented the genre, Bingers is a fair choice, and its no-price promise is sympathetic. The two apps will push each other to be better, and that is good news for everyone who just wants to keep track of what they watch.
Get your history back — and Pro, free for life
Stub imports your full TV Time export and lets you keep watching on web, iPhone and Android. The first 100 users get Stub Pro free forever — most of those spots are still open.
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