For iPhone · Now in closed beta
A home for the stories you finish.
TrueFan is an app for the films, TV shows, books and podcasts you finish. Collect them on a shelf you're proud of, relive them with a short, optional recall quiz, and find the stories connected to the ones you loved.
- Films, TV, books and podcasts
- Share with the friends you choose
- No timers or leaderboards
- Private by default
Request beta access to try TrueFan on your iPhone.
How it works
Collect. Recall. Discover.
TrueFan turns the end of a story into a small, rewarding moment, instead of a dead end.
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Collect
Search for a title and save it in seconds. Mark it finished, add an optional rating out of five (half stars too), and watch your shelf grow.
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Recall
Take a short, optional quiz to relive the story and see what stayed with you. No timer and no rankings, just a private record of what you remember.
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Discover
See the original book, adaptations, the rest of a series and related stories, or take a pick a friend handed you, then save the next thing to watch, read or listen to.
Finishing, rating and quiz results stay separate, so your shelf shows what you completed, what you loved and what you remember.
What's in the app
Built for people who love stories
Everything below is in the TrueFan beta on iPhone today, except where it says otherwise.
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Your library
Films, TV (down to seasons and episodes), books in print and audio, and podcasts, in one searchable place. Keep plans, notes, favourites and your own lists.
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The Bookshelf
See your collection as a shelf of spines you can drag, zoom, group and label. Filters fade titles rather than hide them, and motion switches off with Reduce Motion.
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AI-generated
Recall quizzes
Short, untimed quizzes generated by AI from public descriptions of a film, show or book. Every one is clearly labelled AI-generated and never credited to a creator.
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Stats and personal goals
Hours watched, pages read, genres and decades, all from your own log. Set a private goal, such as ten horror films in October, with no streaks and no comparisons.
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Bring your library with you
Import your history from a Letterboxd or Goodreads export, or your own spreadsheet. Review every match before saving, and undo any import.
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Connected stories
Title pages link to the original book, adaptations, the rest of a series and the people who made it, so one story leads to the next.
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Early access
Creator Studio
Authors can claim their work and write their own quiz, on the web at truefanofficial.com/creators or in the app. A person at TrueFan checks every claim and quiz before anything is published.
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Friends and Circles
Follow friends, hand them a story you think they'll love, and read or watch together in a small Circle. You choose who sees each title. How sharing works.
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Coming next
Official quizzes
Quizzes written or approved by the authors, directors and show teams behind the story, with a named credit, made through Creator Studio. Only these will ever carry the "Official quiz" label.
With friends
Share stories with the people you choose
TrueFan is private until you decide otherwise. When you want company, every title can be shared with exactly the people you pick, and there are no follower counts or rankings anywhere.
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Friends, follows and your feed
Add friends, or follow someone once they approve it. Your feed shows what they've finished, newest first, and ends when you're up to date. React with "Adding it", "Me too" or "Not for me", and only the person who shared sees who reacted.
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Hand-offs
Hand one story to one friend, with a short note. It lands on their list with a bookmark showing who it came from. When they've finished it, you'll both see whether your pick landed.
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Circles
A small private group of up to 12, like a book club. Share one list, see what the Circle is on now, set a gentle pace such as two episodes a week, and leave thoughts that stay folded away for anyone who isn't there yet.
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Quiz challenges
Send a friend the quiz for a story you've both finished. Once you've each done it, you see your two scores side by side. Just the two of you, with no timer and no leaderboard.
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Taste Cards
A picture of your shelf with a few lines about your taste, made from your own diary by simple rules, not AI. Pick a style and share it as an image. Titles you keep to yourself never appear on it.
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Shared profiles and QR codes
Share your profile with a link or a QR code, find friends by name or username, or match your contacts if you both choose to. Shared profiles open only in the app, never on the web.
Each title can be Public, Followers, Close friends, Friends or Just me, and whole shelves can be hidden at once. You can report or block anyone. People aged 13 to 15 get a more private version, and TrueFan is for ages 13 and up.
How we build it
Quiet, private and accessible
TrueFan is designed to be calm and easy to use, including for people who don't think of themselves as good with technology.
- No timers, streaks, rankings or leaderboards. Quizzes and ratings are always optional.
- Private by default. Your library, ratings and notes are yours alone until you choose to share them, title by title. We never sell your data.
- Accessible from the start. Larger text, VoiceOver, generous tap targets, text labels beside icons and Reduce Motion are all supported.
- Honest labels. AI-generated quizzes always say so. "Official quiz" means a named creator wrote or approved it.
- Respect for creators' work. We don't bundle copyrighted posters or artwork. Film, TV and book details come from catalogue services, credited in the app.
For creators
Questions from the people behind the story
Official quizzes are TrueFan's next step: authors, directors and show teams write or approve a short quiz about their own work, with a "Written by" or "Approved by" credit and a recorded source and permission. Each one is checked for accuracy and spoilers before it goes live.
Fans get a rare glimpse of how the creator reads their own story. Creators get closer to the people who finished their work, and a trusted route to new audiences through friends' shelves. The Official label is never for sale.
Are you an author? Open Creator Studio to claim your work and draft a quiz. Publishers and studios can email us about Official quizzes.
Closed beta on iPhone
Request beta access
TrueFan is being tested on iPhone through Apple's TestFlight. Leave your email and we'll invite you as beta places open, and tell you when TrueFan launches.
Beta requests are paused
Say hello at hello@truefanofficial.com and we'll add you.
We'll only email you about TrueFan. See our privacy notice.