--- {"title": "How to rate films privately without sharing publicly in 2026", "description": "Keep your film ratings private with a short setup: what to prepare, the steps to follow, and the tools to check before you choose one.", "url": "https://vlcleanplayer.com/how-to-rate-films-without-sharing-publicly-for-private-ratings-keepers/", "date": "2026-11-13"} --- Keep your film ratings private with a short setup: what to prepare, the steps to follow, and the tools to check before you choose one. To rate films without sharing ratings publicly, keep them in a place only you can open, set one simple rule for what each rating means, and check each tool's sharing settings before you save anything. | Option | What it does | Setup | |---|---|---| | Watcharr | Turns one public IMDb list into a link for Radarr with the movies and a link for Sonarr with the shows. [^1] | The hosted version needs nothing to install and no account. [^1] | | Other tools (not named here) | not published | not published | ## What you need before you start Before you rate anything, decide where your ratings will live. Pick one place that only you can open, such as a private note, a spreadsheet kept on your own device, or a rating tool with its sharing turned off. Write down what each rating means. For example, decide whether a film gets a score or a short word such as liked or disliked. Keep the rule simple so every entry means the same thing later. Make a list of the films you want to rate. Keep it to titles you have actually watched, so the ratings stay accurate. If your film lists already live on a website, note where they are, because some tools can read those lists and some cannot. Check the sharing settings of any service you plan to use. Look for the choice that controls whether a rating is public, and turn it off before you save your first entry. Keep your sign-in details somewhere safe, and use a password you do not use anywhere else. Finally, set aside a regular time each week to add new ratings, because a long pile of unentered ratings is hard to keep up with. ## Step by step Follow these steps in order the first time you set things up, then repeat the checks each week. 1. Choose the one place where your ratings will be kept, and rate films only there. 2. Write the rule for what a rating means, such as a score or a short word, and keep that rule the same for every film. 3. Open the sharing settings of that place and turn off any setting that makes ratings visible to other people. 4. Rate the films you have watched, one at a time, and save each one before you move to the next. 5. Add a short note next to a rating about why you gave it, if that will help you remember later. 6. Once a week, check the sharing settings again, because a setting that was private before may have changed after an update. 7. Copy your ratings to a second private place, so you keep a record if you stop using the first one. ## Tools that can do it Watcharr is made by the team that publishes this site. 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] The web app shows a list's covers in a row, and each cover opens TMDB's plot, genres, rating, backdrop and trailer. [^1] If you sign in, it re-reads your list about every 15 minutes and warns you when a list fails three reads in a row. [^1] The facts approved for Watcharr cover lists and links, not private ratings, so check whether it covers ratings before you choose it for this job. No other tool is named here because no facts about other tools were provided. Check each tool's sharing and privacy settings yourself before you save a rating. ## Common mistakes to avoid Avoid keeping ratings in a place that other people can open. A public profile or shared folder can show ratings to anyone who finds the link. Avoid skipping the sharing check after you update an app. A setting that was private last month may not be private now, so check it again. Avoid changing the meaning of your rating halfway through. A score one week and a short word the next makes the list hard to compare later. Avoid pasting ratings into a public review site by mistake. Copy text carefully and check the destination before you paste. Avoid assuming a tool is private because it looks simple. Read its sharing and privacy pages before you save anything. ## Frequently asked questions ### How can someone rate films without sharing ratings publicly? Choose a place to write ratings that only you can open, then keep your ratings there and never paste them into a public review site. Set a simple rule for what counts as a rating, such as a score or a short word, so every entry means the same thing. Look at the sharing settings of any tool you use before you save the first rating, and check them again after any update. Keeping a copy in a second private place also protects your list if you stop using the first one. ### Does Watcharr show ratings to other people? The facts approved for Watcharr describe how it turns public IMDb lists into links for Radarr and Sonarr, and they do not say how it handles ratings. Before you rely on any tool for private ratings, read its own sharing and privacy pages to see who can view what you save. If those pages are hard to follow, test the tool with one film first and check whether anyone else can see the result. ### What does Watcharr do with an IMDb list? 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] The links are built from the IMDb list's id, so the same list always gives the same two links. [^1] ### Does Watcharr need to be installed before it can be used? 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, and older versions remain under MIT. [^1] Commercial use is not licensed, and no commercial licence is for sale. [^1] ### What should be checked before choosing a tool for private film ratings? Check where the tool keeps ratings and who can open them, how it handles sharing, and whether you can copy your data out if you stop using it. Read its own privacy and sharing pages rather than relying on a summary. Also check whether it works with the film lists you already have. Watcharr accepts any public IMDb watchlist or list from the desktop site, the phone site or IMDb's other-language pages. [^1] 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)