Showly is an open-source tracking app for TV shows and movies. It manages watch progress, collections, and watchlists against a Trakt.tv account, with discovery data from Trakt and TMDB. The verified open-source build targets Android and ships free of Google services; a companion iOS app is distributed through the App Store.[1][2]
Quick verdict
Open-source Trakt-synced tracker for shows and movies. Showly is an open-source TV show and movie tracker that syncs watch progress, collections, and watchlists with Trakt.tv. The Android build is Google-free and free; a companion iOS app ships via the App Store. It tracks rather than plays, so it suits Trakt users who want mobile tracking alongside their existing players.[1][2]
What Showly does
Showly tracks episode and movie watch progress and surfaces upcoming episodes, giving a viewer a single view of viewing history and what airs next.[1][2]
A connected Trakt.tv account syncs watch history, collection, and watchlist across devices; Trakt.tv is the main data source, with TMDB supplying artwork and metadata through its API.[1][2]
Discovery covers trending titles and curated suggestions, and titles can be organized into a permanent collection of watched items plus a watchlist of planned viewing.[1]
The Android open-source build is completely free of Google services and is distributed through Google Play and IzzyOnDroid; translations are community-managed through Crowdin for both mobile apps.[1]
Who it fits
Viewers who already use Trakt.tv and want a dedicated mobile tracker for progress, collections, and watchlists fit Showly best, since sync is its core loop.[1][2]
Android users who prefer Google-free software fit the IzzyOnDroid distribution of the open-source build, which carries no Google services by documented design.[1]
Limits to weigh
Showly cannot stream, play, or download anything: the FAQ is explicit that it is progress tracking, not a streaming service, so a separate player or service is always required.[1]
The library depends on third-party services: Trakt.tv is the main data source and TMDB imagery can be blocked regionally, as the FAQ notes for viewers in India, so outages there surface inside the app.[1]
Offline behavior, a public API, and organizational single sign-on are undocumented, and only the Android build is verified open source, so buyers needing those properties should treat them as unknown rather than assumed.[1]
Platforms and fit with Kodi
Showly runs on Android and iOS through Google Play, IzzyOnDroid, and the App Store; the verified open-source repository builds the Android app with Android Studio using Trakt and TMDB API keys.[1][2]
Showly complements Kodi in a Trakt-synced household: Showly tracks on mobile while Kodi plays the home library, and the Trakt scrobbler add-on for Kodi syncs watched episodes and movies to the same Trakt.tv account. This is an editorial inference about complementary use, not a vendor-endorsed integration.[1][2][3]
Questions worth asking
Is Showly free to use?
Can I watch shows and movies inside Showly?
No. The repository FAQ states Showly is a progress-tracking app, not a streaming service: it cannot stream, play, or download shows and movies. It tracks what you watch elsewhere.[1]
Does Showly sync my library across devices?
Is the iOS app open source like the Android app?
Only the Android build is verified open source. The repository states the OSS version for Android in this repo is free of Google services; the iOS app is distributed through the App Store and its source availability is undocumented, so it is preserved as unknown.[1]
Sources and editorial review
Source research. Reviewed on October 12, 2026. Written by Sanjib Sah. AI assisted; reviewed by a human editor.
We have not run or tested this product.
- trakt/showly repository
official · Observed October 12, 2026
Repository identity, license, language, stars, and homepage used for catalogue facts and platform claims.
- Showly README
official · Observed October 12, 2026
Tracking function, Google-free Android build, store distribution, Trakt main data source, no-streaming FAQ, iOS announcement, Crowdin translations.
- Showly official site
official · Observed October 12, 2026
Free iOS and Android availability, discover/track/collect/sync feature statements.
- Showly LICENSE
official · Observed October 12, 2026
GPL license text served in the repository, consistent with the reported GPL-3.0 identifier.
- Trakt Kodi addon README
official · Observed October 12, 2026
Kodi-side evidence for the complement relationship: automatic scrobbling of watched episodes and movies to Trakt.tv.
Compared with these products
No explicit proprietary baseline is recorded.