Community rating
Every title has an average rating from the Somto community (1-10) and reviews you can read in Italian. See in two seconds if it's worth your evening.
Alternatives · JustWatch
JustWatch tells you where. Somto helps you choose what.
JustWatch tells you which streaming platform a title is available on. Somto helps you decide what to watch, starting from community ratings and recommendations from your friends.
Two different tools
Positioning: what they do and what they don't
Honestly: Somto and JustWatch solve different problems. It's worth having both.
JustWatch is a streaming search engine. Look up a title and it tells you if it's on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, RaiPlay, or other services available in Italy, then takes you straight to the player. It's very good at that.
Somto doesn't show streaming providers. It focuses on the other half of the problem: choosing what to watch. You get a watchlist, community ratings, your friends' ratings, reviews, and an Italian community. Once you know what you want to watch, you switch to JustWatch to find out where. When you don't know what to watch, you start with Somto.
For a lot of viewers, everyday use ends up being a mix: Somto to decide, JustWatch to find the player.
Comparison
Somto vs JustWatch
Features side by side, no cheating.
| Feature | Somto | JustWatch |
|---|---|---|
| Shows streaming providers (Netflix, Prime, etc.) | No | Yes |
| Deep link to the player | No | Yes |
| Personal watchlist | Yes | Yes |
| Community rating for titles | Yes, Somto rating 1-10 | No (shows external IMDb/TMDB ratings) |
| Reviews you can read in Italian | Yes | No |
| Friends feed | Yes | No |
| Recommendations from people who know you | Yes | No |
| Quizzes on movies and TV shows | Yes (XP, streak, challenges) | No |
| Discussions with spoiler protection | Yes | No |
| Tracks where you left off in series | Yes | No |
| Personal stats (hours, genres) | Yes | No |
| All features free | Yes | Yes |
| Italian-language interface | Yes, native | Yes |
| iOS and web app | Yes | Yes |
Features
What you can do on Somto
Personal watchlist
Save the titles you want to watch and find them again in a heartbeat. Separate movies from series, sort by genre, year, or most recent.
Recommendations between friends
See what the people you follow are rating and saving. When a friend loves a title, you're the first to know.
Quizzes and challenges
Questions about movies and TV shows with XP, a daily streak, leaderboards, and challenges to a friend — even if they're not on Somto yet, via link.
Explore Somto
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Create your movie and TV show watchlist, rate and review the titles you've watched, challenge friends to movie and TV quizzes, and get recommendations on what to watch from friends. Coming from Letterboxd instead? Take a look at Somto vs Letterboxd.
Frequently asked questions
Somto vs JustWatch — FAQ
Does Somto tell me which streaming platform to watch a title on?
No, Somto doesn't show streaming providers the way JustWatch does. It's a deliberate choice: Somto focuses on the choosing part (what to watch) and the community part (ratings, friends, quizzes), not on distribution.
When does it make sense to use Somto instead of JustWatch?
Somto is for when you don't know what to watch and want to choose — starting from community ratings, friends' recommendations, and your watchlist. JustWatch comes in afterward, once you already know the title and want to find out which service has it in Italy. They're two complementary tools.
Is Somto free like JustWatch?
Yes, all of Somto's features are free: watchlist, ratings, reviews, quizzes, and stats. Somto is available as a web app and on iOS.
What does Somto have that JustWatch doesn't?
A community of Italian viewers who rate and review titles, a feed of recommendations from friends, movie and TV quizzes with XP and challenges, reviews you can read in Italian, and personal stats (hours watched, genres, how your taste evolves).
Decide what to watch first
Free, on web and iOS. Add the titles that catch your eye and see what your friends are watching.
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