# Ryot vs Trakt in 2026

Q: Is Trakt free?

Trakt's page says it is free on web, iOS and Android. The facts give no hosting price, so any cost of running it is not published there. Check its own pages before you plan around a total cost, and do the same for Ryot, whose price is not published here either.

Ryot, Trakt and Watcharr compared for self-hosters running Plex with Radarr or Sonarr: what each does and what to check first.

By VLClean · 2026-10-15

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

Trakt is free on web, iOS and Android. ^[1] The facts here say nothing else about Ryot or Trakt, so check their own pages for what each does. Watcharr is a hosted web app 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. ^[2] It needs nothing to install and no account. ^[2]

Option	Price	Needs installing	Works with	Also stated
Trakt	Free on web, iOS and Android ^[1]	not published	not published	not published
Ryot	not published	not published	not published	not published
Watcharr	not published	Nothing to install and no account ^[2]	Radarr and Sonarr ^[2]	One public IMDb list gives one link for Radarr and one for Sonarr ^[2]; each link acts like a small Radarr or Sonarr server ^[2]

The short answer

Radarr and Sonarr are the apps that add movies and shows to a home media library, and this page is for people who run them and want one IMDb list to fill both. Trakt is free on web, iOS and Android. ^[1] The facts do not say what Ryot runs on or what it does, so check its own pages for that. Watcharr takes one public IMDb list and gives you two links, one for Radarr and one for Sonarr. ^[2] Nothing is installed; each link acts like a small Radarr or Sonarr server, so Radarr checks it every 15 minutes and Sonarr every 5. ^[2] The needs each tool meets: Trakt's source says it is free on web, iOS and Android. ^[3] Watcharr's claims say it accepts any public IMDb watchlist or list from the desktop site, the phone site or IMDb's other-language pages. ^[2]

What Ryot and Trakt are built for

The facts given for this page cover only Trakt. Its page describes it as free on web, iOS and Android. ^[1] No other detail about Trakt is in the facts, and no fact is given for Ryot at all. Because the sources are silent on both, check their own pages for what each does beyond what is stated here. Do not rely on this page for how Ryot or Trakt works; the facts stop at the price of Trakt.

What Watcharr is built for

Watcharr is made by the team that publishes this site. It is a hosted web app that needs nothing to install and no account. ^[2] You paste one public IMDb list and get one link for Radarr with the movies and one for Sonarr with the shows. ^[2] The links are built from the IMDb list's id, so the same list always gives the same two links. ^[2] Each link acts like a small Radarr or Sonarr server, so Radarr checks it every 15 minutes and Sonarr every 5. ^[2] It looks up TheTVDB ids through TVMaze and TMDB, leaves out shows it cannot match, and tells you which ones it skipped. ^[2] 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. ^[2] Signed-in users can combine several IMDb lists into one Radarr link and one Sonarr link for the whole household, and a title on two lists is added only once. ^[2]

Pricing and fees

Trakt's page says it is free on web, iOS and Android. ^[1] No hosting price or paid plan appears in the facts for Trakt, so any cost of running it is not published there. No price at all is published for Ryot in the facts here, so check its own pages. For Watcharr, the product claims give no price, plan or card fee, so its price is not published. Watcharr's code is available to read under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 licence, meaning commercial use is not licensed and no commercial licence is for sale. ^[2] ^[2]

Setting it up with your server

For Trakt and Ryot, the facts say nothing about connecting to Plex, Radarr or Sonarr, so check their own pages for the steps. For Watcharr, a bookmark you click inside Radarr or Sonarr adds the list for you, using that app's API key without sending it anywhere else. ^[2] You paste, copy and browse from any screen in the web app; the one-click sticker shows on bigger screens. ^[2] The claims for Watcharr do not mention Plex, so check how your library fits.

Things to check before you choose

Start with where each tool runs. Trakt is free on web, iOS and Android ^[1], the facts give no home for Ryot, and Watcharr is a hosted web app. ^[2] Ask what each one costs to run; none of the prices are published here. Ask whether you need Plex connected and check each tool's own pages, since the facts and claims do not say. Ask whether the tool can tell you which titles it left out, and whether signed-in users can share lists. Watcharr covers both in its claims. ^[2] ^[2]

How to choose

If you want a tool that is free on its own apps, Trakt's source says it meets that. ^[1] If you need a price or a host for Ryot, its facts give none, so match it against its own pages. If you want one public IMDb list to fill both Radarr and Sonarr, Watcharr's claims say it returns two links from one list. ^[2] If you want nothing installed and no account, its claims cover that. ^[2] If you want to know which titles were skipped, its claims say it tells you. ^[2] If you want a whole household on shared lists with no duplicates, its claims cover that. ^[2]

Frequently asked questions

Is Trakt free?

Trakt's page says it is free on web, iOS and Android. ^[1] The facts give no hosting price, so any cost of running it is not published there. Check its own pages before you plan around a total cost, and do the same for Ryot, whose price is not published here either.

What does Watcharr do for a home server?

You paste one public IMDb list and get one link for Radarr with the movies and one for Sonarr with the shows. ^[2] Nothing is installed and no account is needed. ^[2] It leaves out shows it cannot match to TheTVDB and tells you which ones it skipped. ^[2]

Does Watcharr need anything installed?

The hosted version needs nothing to install and no account. ^[2] A bookmark you click inside Radarr or Sonarr adds the list for you, using that app's API key without sending it anywhere else. ^[2] The claims describe no other setup step.

Is Watcharr free?

The product claims give no price, plan or card fee, so its price is not published. Its code is available to read under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 licence. ^[2] Commercial use is not licensed, and no commercial licence is for sale. ^[2]

Can Watcharr share lists across a household?

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. ^[2] 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. ^[2]

Its code is available to read under the PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 licence; older versions remain under MIT. ^[2]

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