Your next favourite film is already in a friend's head
Diplodocus is a recommendation app with no recommendation algorithm. Films, series and podcasts come from people whose taste you actually trust — one tap to send, one tap to save, and a note saying why.
Android is on its way — join the beta
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Free · Live on the App Store · Android beta by invite
How Diplodocus works
Built to replace endless scrolling with a few decisions that actually matter.
Picks from your circle
Your home feed is the movies, series and podcasts the people you trust recommend — not an endless list tuned for engagement.
Stuck? Ask your community
Don’t know what to watch tonight? Ask the people whose taste you trust and let their recommendations come straight to you.
Finish, rate, pass it on
Save for later, mark what you’ve seen and rate it, then send your favourites to the friends who’d love them.
Less searching. More watching.
Everything below is a real screen from the app.
Recommendations, not suggestions
Someone who knows you picks a film, adds a line about why, and sends it. It lands here with the note attached. Accept it and it joins your picks; ignore it and it disappears — no guilt, no algorithm learning from your hesitation.
Start with what your friends said
Picks opens on your friends’ recommendations, led by their own words — “go in blind”, “stick with it past episode 2”. Tap one and it fills the screen: poster, rating, the note, and who sent it. Save it or mark it watched, and whatever you’re halfway through waits right underneath.
What your people are actually watching
A feed of real activity from people you follow — what they finished, what they rated, what they thought. Plus an Up Next rail that remembers exactly which episode you stopped on.
Movies, series and podcasts
Backed by TMDB and public podcast feeds, so the catalogue is broad and the details — runtime, cast, where to stream it in your country — are always there when you need them.
A reason to open it on a quiet day
Nine different film-trivia mechanics, one a day, with a streak to keep. Guess the title from a blurred frame, a scrambled name, or the plot alone.
Everything you watch, remembered
Rate what you finish and it builds a picture of your taste — genre breakdown, watch streaks, how often your recommendations land. Import your history from Netflix or IMDb to start with years of it already in place.
Questions
Where do my picks come from?
Your picks are real recommendations from the people you follow — the movies, series and podcasts your circle thinks you’ll love. No engagement-tuned feed, no strangers.
What if I don’t know what to watch?
Use Ask your community — ping the people whose taste you trust and their recommendations come straight back to your picks.
Is it free?
Yes, Diplodocus is free on the App Store, and the Android beta is free too.
Where does the movie and series data come from?
Catalogue data — posters, runtime, cast and more — is powered by TMDB, so coverage is broad and details stay accurate. Awards winners and nominees: metadata provided by TheTVDB. TheTVDB.com
Do my friends need the app to get my recs?
Recommendations work best inside your circle on Diplodocus, where saving, watching and passing picks along all live in one place.
Tonight's pick is waiting.
Diplodocus is free on the App Store, and Android is on its way. Follow a few people with good taste and let them do the picking.
Android is on its way — join the beta
Enter the Google account email you use on your phone. We'll add you to the test and send you the Play Store link.
Free · Live on the App Store · Android beta by invite