How can we help?
Everything you need to get logging.
Getting started
Do I need an account to look around?
No. You can browse films, read reviews and explore the community without signing in. To log films and keep them across devices, create a membership — we'll text or email a 6-digit code to confirm it's you (OTP), and you pick a display name. No passwords.
How do I create a membership?
Open the app, go to Settings, and claim a display name. In this reference build the OTP step runs in labelled demo mode so you can get straight in; on a private deployment, the platform's site gate texts a real 6-digit code to the people you invite.
Logging, rating & reviewing
How do I log a film?
Search for it in the top bar, open its page, and hit Watched for a one-tap log, or Review or log to open the full sheet: a date, a half-star rating, a like, a rewatch toggle, a review and tags. Hit Save and it slides into your diary.
What's the difference between rating and logging?
A rating is just a number on a film. A log is a dated diary entry. You can rate without logging, but only dated diary entries count toward your Year in Review — so if you want the stats, log with a date.
How do half-stars work?
Hover across the stars (or drag on touch) — the fill snaps at each half. Drag down and off to clear. Ratings run from ½ to 5 stars in half-star steps.
What are the three coloured buttons?
The three dots turned into verbs: green eye = watched, orange heart = liked, blue clock = watchlist. Each is a single tap.
Your diary & lists
Where do my logs go?
Into your diary, grouped by month, newest first — day, poster, stars, a heart if you liked it, a rewatch mark and a review icon.
How do lists work?
Build ranked or unranked lists of films from Lists. Tag one showdown to enter the fortnightly community list-off.
Migrating your history (CSV import)
Can I bring my history from IMDb or another logger?
Yes — that's a day-one feature. Reelist reads IMDb-format CSV exports into your watched, diary, ratings, reviews, tags and watchlist. Export a CSV from your old service, then upload it in Settings → Import. We match on title and year so remakes land on the right film.
A film from my import didn't match. Why?
Usually a year mismatch on a remake, or a very obscure title that isn't in the catalogue. In this reference build the catalogue is a fixed fictional dataset, so real imports are demonstrated but won't find real titles — connect a TMDB key (below) for the full catalogue.
Your data & export
How do I export everything?
Settings → Export gives you a ZIP of five CSVs: diary.csv, ratings.csv, reviews.csv, watchlist.csv and lists.csv. Export is free — an honest way out is a trust signal, not a paywall.
Who can see my activity?
Your logs are visible to people who follow you and appear in the community feed. On a private deployment, only invited members can see anything at all. You own your content and can delete any log, review or list at any time.
Pro & Patron
What do I get with Pro?
Year-round stats instead of one day a year, plus no ads. See the full plans. In this build the Pro stats surface is a labelled placeholder; the free Year in Review shows the shape of the numbers.
Is my card charged?
No. This reference build uses free-mode checkout — it records a real order object and confirms it, but collects no card fields and charges nothing.
The catalogue & TMDB
Are these real films?
No. This build ships a generated fictional catalogue of 5,200 titles with procedural poster art, so it's fully self-contained. It is honestly labelled as fictional everywhere.
How do I get the real film database?
Add a tmdb API key to the site vault. The app reads it server-side through the integrations proxy and switches film search and metadata to the real ~1M-title TMDB catalogue — the same source the real product uses. This is documented in Settings.