When comparing Cabinet Beta vs SeriesGuide, the Slant community recommends SeriesGuide for most people. In the question“What are the best Material Design apps?” SeriesGuide is ranked 64th while Cabinet Beta is ranked 71st. The most important reason people chose SeriesGuide is:
Check in to shows or movies (yes, even at the theater) you are watching and even share the information with social media such as Google+, Facebook and Twitter if you like.
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Pros
Pro Material design
Inspired by Android Lollipop design.
Pro Check In and share
Check in to shows or movies (yes, even at the theater) you are watching and even share the information with social media such as Google+, Facebook and Twitter if you like.
Pro Progress indicators
Information available for unseen episodes and viewing statistics.
Pro Find new shows and movies
SeriesGuide provides access to tract's currently trending shows and finding shows is facilitated through trackt's database which composites information from several main sources (i.e. IMDb, TVDb, TMDb). Also visible are trackt's recomendations and your personal trakt library.
Pro In-app links to common source video data sites
IMDb - Internet Movie Database
TVDb - The TV Database
TMDb - The Movie Database
Pro Third-party extensions available for episode actions
Pro Updated information is synced to trakt
Pro Open Source
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
Cons
Con In beta
Cabinet Beta is beta software which means there may be bugs or incomplete features.

Con Bloat has started creeping in
e.g. version 1.9.2.8 added an audio player.
Con Pay for advanced features
Pay either yearly subscription or one time for X Pass.
