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Log watched films with notes for book and film trackers, using a steady habit and one place where entries and notes live.

Book and film trackers can log watched films with notes by picking one place for entries, writing a short note right after a film ends, and keeping each title logged the same way. A public IMDb list can serve as the record a tracking tool reads.

| Option | How it logs watched films with notes | Cost details |
|---|---|---|
| Watcharr | Takes a public IMDb list and gives two stable links for it, one for Radarr and one for Sonarr, and re-reads the list to keep it current. [^1] [^1] [^1] | not published |
| Paper or notebook log | The tracker writes each watched film and its note by hand in one place. | not published |
| Spreadsheet | Each row holds one watched film with a column for a note and a date. | not published |

## What you need before you start

Book and film trackers usually write down what they watched and keep a note for each title. Decide what a note should hold, such as a reaction, the date watched, a rating, or one line on why the film stays in memory. Keep the note short so logging stays quick after a film ends.

Pick one place where a watched film and its note will live. That can be a notebook, a spreadsheet, or a tracking tool that stores entries. Log the same film the same way each time so entries are easy to compare later.

A tracker who keeps a public IMDb list can treat that list as the record of what they watch. Decide whether the list holds films already seen or films still to watch, and keep that meaning consistent.

Have the note ready before a film ends. Some trackers write while the credits roll, others right after. Choose a habit quick enough to keep, with no need to install anything or open an account to start.

## Step by step

1. Write the film title in the chosen place on the day it is watched, while the notes are still fresh.

2. Add the short note: the date watched, a quick reaction, and one line worth keeping from the film.

3. Use the same wording each time, such as the same date order, so entries read alike and sort cleanly.

4. Decide how a rewatch is logged, and make whether it is a new entry with the new date a fixed rule.

5. Once a week, skim the notes and move any still-to-watch title into the watched record.

6. If the record is a public IMDb list, keep that list current so the tracking link reflects what is on it.

7. Review how the notes will be kept long term, and settle what happens to entries when the place they live in changes.

## Tools that can do it

Watcharr is made by the team that publishes this site. It accepts any public IMDb watchlist or list, from the desktop site, the phone site, or IMDb's other-language pages. [^1] The links it makes come from the list's id, so the same list always gives the same two links. [^1]

Watcharr turns a pasted public IMDb list into one link for Radarr and one for Sonarr. [^1] Each link acts like a small Radarr or Sonarr server, so Radarr checks the list every 15 minutes and Sonarr every 5. [^1] It re-reads the list about every 15 minutes when the user signs in, and warns when a list fails three reads in a row. [^1] If a read fails, the links keep serving the last list that loaded correctly. [^1]

Signed-in users can combine several IMDb lists into one Radarr link and one Sonarr link for the whole household, and a title that is on two lists is added only once. [^1] The page shows the list's covers in a row, each opening plot, genres, rating, backdrop and trailer details. [^1] It checks TheTVDB ids through TVMaze and TMDB, leaves out shows it cannot match, and says which ones it skipped. [^1] Watcharr runs as a Cloudflare app with a Cloudflare database, plus a GitHub job that reads IMDb, and its code is available to read under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 licence. [^1] [^1] The hosted version needs nothing to install and no account. [^1] Commercial use is not licensed, and no commercial licence is for sale. [^1]

Before choosing a tracking method, check how it stores a watched record, whether it keeps notes per title, and how the entry gets updated over time.

## Common mistakes to avoid

Avoid logging a film without its note on the same day. A note written later loses the details that make a tracking entry worth keeping.

Avoid changing the place where entries live without carrying the old entries over. A record that starts over too often becomes hard to compare.

Avoid letting a still-to-watch list and a watched record blur together. Keep that meaning consistent so the entries stay clear.

Avoid treating a public IMDb list as a note keeper without checking first. Whether notes can be stored alongside the list is not stated in the facts, so check how the note will be kept for each title.

## Frequently asked questions

### How do book and film trackers log watched films with notes?

A tracker picks one place for entries, writes the film title and a short note on the day it is watched, and keeps the same wording each time. A public IMDb list can serve as the record of what was watched, so a tracking tool can read that list and show its current contents. The note itself is kept by the tracker in the place chosen for it.

### Can Watcharr keep notes for book and film trackers?

Watcharr reads a public IMDb list and gives two stable links for it, one for Radarr and one for Sonarr. [^1] [^1] It shows the list's covers and the details of each title. [^1] Whether a note can be stored next to each watched film is not stated in the facts, so check how a note would be kept for every title before relying on it for notes.

### Does logging watched films with Watcharr need anything installed?

The hosted version of Watcharr needs nothing to install and no account. [^1] It runs as a Cloudflare app with a Cloudflare database, plus a GitHub job that reads IMDb, and its code is available to read under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 licence. [^1] [^1] Commercial use is not licensed, and no commercial licence is for sale. [^1]

### What should be checked before choosing a tracker for watched films with notes?

Check how the tracking method stores a watched record, whether it keeps a note per title, and how an entry is updated over time. The Watcharr facts say nothing about storing notes next to a film, so confirm that part separately. [^1] The reader should also check what happens to entries if the list or the place where notes live changes.

### Can a log of watched films combine several lists in Watcharr?

Signed-in Watcharr users can combine several IMDb lists into one Radarr link and one Sonarr link for the whole household, and a title that is on two lists is added only once. [^1] A public IMDb list can come from the desktop site, the phone site, or IMDb's other-language pages. [^1] Whether notes are carried over in that combined record is not stated, so check how notes are kept per title.

Its code is available to read under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 licence; older versions remain under MIT. [^1] - [Visit Watcharr](/go/start-watcharr)

## Sources

[^1]: Watcharr's own description of itself (the product of this site's publisher) (/go/start-watcharr)