Never miss the
sequel.
Follow shows, movies, people, and franchises. Get push alerts the moment new episodes air, sequels release, or spinoffs are announced. Built for the people who keep missing the next one.
Free. No ads. Coming soon.
What it does
Smart sequel alerts
Most apps only handle TV episodes. We treat movie collections, spinoffs, and prequels as first-class. Follow Dune, get a heads-up on Dune 3 and Dune: Prophecy.
Follow what matters
Shows, movies, actors, directors, whole franchises. One tap to follow, one tap to unfollow. Configurable per-show alert lead times.
Quiet by default
Notifications fire at 9am local time. Quiet hours respected. One-tap weekly digest if you'd rather get the whole week at once.
Friends, lightly
See what friends are watching, recommend a show with a one-line note. No timelines, no streaks, no clout games.
How it works
Sign in
Apple or Google. Takes 5 seconds. Pick a username and you're in.
Follow what you love
Search any show, movie, person, or franchise. Tap Follow. The catalog is TMDB — same source IMDB pulls from.
We watch for you
Lume polls TMDB every night for changes to everything you follow. New episodes, sequels announced, spinoffs cast, your favorite actor signed on for a new project — anything.
Push when it matters
Smart alerts at your local 9am. Quiet hours respected. One-tap weekly digest if you prefer.
The app for people who keep missing sequels.
Trakt and TV Time are great at tracking episodes. They're bad at the movie side: by the time you hear Dune 2 is out, your group chat has already gone to see it. Lume fixes that one specific thing — and gives you a clean place to track everything else.
Coming soon
Lume Plus
Power-user features. Same alerts, more control.
Unlimited follows
Free is capped at 200. Plus is unlimited.
Custom alert windows
Pick a delivery hour per channel. Episodes in the morning, sequel news whenever.
Custom themes
More palettes plus the ability to tune your own.
Priority polling
Your follows get checked twice as often — closer to real-time.
Questions
How is this different from Trakt or TV Time?
Those apps handle TV episode tracking well, but treat movies as second-class. Lume's main innovation is sequel and franchise detection: when you follow a movie, we automatically watch its collection and related works. You hear about Dune 3 the day TMDB knows about it, not when your group chat already saw it.
Where does the data come from?
The Movie Database (TMDB), the same source IMDB and many apps use. It's community-maintained, free, and covers virtually everything theatrically released or aired on TV.
Will it spoil things for me?
No. Notifications surface the existence of an upcoming entry ("new episode airs Friday," "Dune 3 announced for 2027") — never plot details or surprise reveals.
Do I have to mark every episode watched?
No. Lume's tracking is opt-in per show. Tap Watched, Watching, Want, or Dropped on the detail page if you want; ignore it otherwise. The app works fine as a pure alert tool.
Will you sell my data?
No. There are no ads and no third-party tracking SDKs. Your follows and friend graph are yours. See the Privacy Policy for the full data inventory.
When does it ship?
Currently in private beta. Email hello@lume.app to get on the early-access list.