How to keep ratings in one app for TMDB rating collectors in 2026

Keep your movie and show ratings in one app. Learn what to prepare, the steps to follow, and how Watcharr can help with a public IMDb list.

By VLClean · 2026-11-03

VLClean is published by the makers of Askarr and Watcharr, which are compared here alongside other tools.

Keeping ratings in one app means choosing one place for your titles and adding new ratings only there. Watcharr is an option for this: it turns a public IMDb list into links for Radarr and Sonarr, and its title pages show TMDB details. ^[1] ^[1]

Option	What it does for this job	Cost details
Watcharr	Watcharr turns one public IMDb list into links for Radarr and Sonarr, and its title pages show TMDB details. ^[1] ^[1]	The hosted version needs nothing to install and no account. ^[1]
Other tools	Not named here, because no source facts were provided. Check how each one reads your ratings or lists.	not published

What you need before you start

Before you move anything, gather the movies and shows you have rated and note where each rating is kept now, such as a site account, a notes app, or a paper list. That list shows how many places need to be combined.

Decide which app will be the one place for your ratings. Pick an app you will open often, because a list you never check is hard to keep current.

Think about who else uses the ratings. If other people in your household want to see the same titles, decide now whether the list should be shared or kept to you. Have a plain rule ready for what counts as a rating you want to keep, such as only titles you finished, so the list stays useful.

Finally, set aside a short time for the first move. Moving old ratings takes longer than adding new ones, and it is easier to do in one sitting than across many days.

Step by step

Write down every place your ratings are kept today, such as a site account, a notes app, or a paper list, so none are left out.

Choose one app or list that will be the only place new ratings go. Write its name at the top of your note so the choice is easy to find later.

Copy each rating you want to keep into that one place. Check the title and year as you copy, because similar titles are easy to mix up.

Mark any title you cannot find or cannot match, and decide whether to keep it, drop it, or check it again later.

Set a regular day, such as the first day of each week, to add new ratings and clear out duplicates.

If the app you chose can read a public list, make the list public, then open its address in a private browser window to confirm that others can see it.

If you want the list to feed another program, such as one that adds titles to a media library, follow that program's own steps for connecting a list, and test the connection with one title first.

Keep the old places as a backup for a few weeks, then stop adding to them once you trust the one place.

Review the whole list once a month and remove titles you no longer want to track.

Tools that can do it

Watcharr is made by the team that publishes this site, VLClean. You paste one public IMDb list and get one link for Radarr with the movies and one for Sonarr with the shows. ^[1] Each link acts like a small Radarr or Sonarr server, so Radarr checks it every 15 minutes and Sonarr every 5. ^[1]

It accepts any public IMDb watchlist or list from the desktop site, the phone site or IMDb's other-language pages. ^[1] The links are built from the IMDb list's id, so the same list always gives the same two links. ^[1] If a read of the list fails, the links keep serving the last list that loaded correctly. ^[1]

The page shows the list's covers in a row, each opening TMDB's plot, genres, rating, backdrop and trailer. ^[1] The hosted version needs nothing to install and no account. ^[1]

No other tools are named here, because no source facts about other tools were provided. Before you choose one, check whether it can read your ratings or a list, how it connects to Radarr or Sonarr, and what it costs.

Common mistakes to avoid

Avoid keeping ratings in two places at once. When a new rating goes into one place and not the other, the two lists drift apart, and the one you check first may no longer be the one you trust.

Avoid skipping the title check when you copy. Movies and shows with similar names or remakes can get mixed up, so check the year before you save each one.

Avoid setting up a connection and never testing it. A list that worked on the day you set it up can stop working later, so check it once after setup and again after a few weeks.

Avoid changing the public or private setting of a list without knowing what depends on it. If another program reads the list, a change can stop it from updating.

Frequently asked questions

How can TMDB rating collectors keep ratings in one app?

Choose one app or list as the only home for your ratings, copy the titles you want to keep into it, and add all new ratings there. Check each title as you copy, and review the list once a month to remove duplicates. The steps and tool options on this page cover what to prepare and how to choose.

Can Watcharr turn one IMDb list into Radarr and Sonarr links?

Yes. You paste one public IMDb list and get one link for Radarr with the movies and one for Sonarr with the shows. ^[1] A bookmark you click inside Radarr or Sonarr adds the list for you, using that app's API key without sending it anywhere else. ^[1]

Does Watcharr update its links on its own?

If you sign in, Watcharr re-reads your list about every 15 minutes and warns you when a list fails three reads in a row. ^[1] If a read fails, the links keep serving the last list that loaded correctly, so the Radarr and Sonarr links do not go empty. ^[1]

Can Watcharr show TMDB details for each title on a list?

The page shows the list's covers in a row, each opening TMDB's plot, genres, rating, backdrop and trailer. ^[1] Watcharr looks up TheTVDB ids through TVMaze and TMDB, leaves out shows it cannot match, and tells you which ones it skipped. ^[1]

Does Watcharr need an install or an account to start?

The hosted version needs nothing to install and no account. ^[1]

Its code is available to read under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 licence; older versions remain under MIT. ^[1]

Try Watcharr

Sources

Watcharr's own description of itself (the product of this site's publisher)