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Add to SafariWhen comparing Trakt vs MovieLens, the Slant community recommends Trakt for most people. In the question“What are the best movie recommendation websites?” Trakt is ranked 2nd while MovieLens is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Trakt is:
The Trakt.tv API powers hundreds of apps on all the popular platforms like Kodi, Plex, MediaPortal, VLC, iOS, Android, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and more.
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Pros
Pro Multi-platform support
The Trakt.tv API powers hundreds of apps on all the popular platforms like Kodi, Plex, MediaPortal, VLC, iOS, Android, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and more.
Pro Auto scrobbling
It integrates with your media center or home theater PC to enable scrobbling, so everything is automatic.
Pro Recommendation engine
Based on your favorites, trakt recommends additional shows and movies you'll enjoy
Pro Non-commercial
MovieLens is run by a research lab at the University of Minnesota. The entire service is provided free-of-charge and without advertisements or sponsors.
Pro Personalized recommendations
Rather than provide generic recommendations based on popularity, MovieLens generates personalized recommendations based on individual preferences.
Pro Community tagging
An open tagging system helps to further categorize movies.
Pro Built-in wishlist
All movie listings include a handy add-to-wishlist option, making it easy to save titles of interest.
Cons
Con Not great support for non-english shows
Will only show content that has english titles. So even though the show you are looking for can have all the metadata with name, posters descriptions etc on "source" portals it will not appear on trakt unless it has english metadata to come with it.
Con Adding new shows/movies can be proven tricky
In order to add new shows you often need to jump through hoops via different sites (which differ for movies and tv shows).
The shows MUST have english title to be added at all.
