When comparing Greenify vs SeriesGuide, the Slant community recommends Greenify for most people. In the question“What are the best Material Design apps?” Greenify is ranked 49th while SeriesGuide is ranked 64th. The most important reason people chose Greenify is:
Greenify even offers battery savings to non ROOT devices, though it may be limited compared to what can be done with ROOT and Xposed.
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Pros
Pro Even works without ROOT
Greenify even offers battery savings to non ROOT devices, though it may be limited compared to what can be done with ROOT and Xposed.
Pro Hibernates, instead of freezing apps
Greenify's mane function is to hibernate any installed apps. This allows users to to quell overly active apps that are draining their battery without having to delete them. This can be done with or without ROOT.
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 Greenifying without ROOT has to be done manually each time
When using Greenify without ROOT access to hibernate apps, it has to be done manually each time. There is a widget and shortcut that users can set to their home screen to make this action a bit easier though.
Con Pay for advanced features
Pay either yearly subscription or one time for X Pass.