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VERDICT

Should I use Letterboxd?

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Worth it. Buy if you watch films regularly and want to log, review, and discover with a 26M+ community — free to start, cheap to upgrade. Skip it if you want a private log, watch mostly TV, or need any kind of team or business tool.

Confidence

High. Based on ~20 public sources: official pages, Wikipedia, The Guardian, PCMag, Reddit, App Store, and security reports.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0

Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
ProPaid subscription (price not stated in sources)
Patron$50/yr

Best for

  • Regular film watchers building a diary
  • People who love ranked lists and reviews
  • Finding a film community
  • Deciding what to stream tonight

Not for

  • Privacy-first viewers — every log feeds a public profile
  • Casual watchers who just need ratings (IMDb is enough)
  • Mostly TV watchers — it is film-focused
  • Businesses or teams — pure consumer app, no work features

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

March 2024 security incident: change your password if affected

medium

Guess: the best filters and stats sit behind paid tiers

medium

Users report repeated security-check popups and login issues

low

Free tier is ad-supported; ad revenue is a core business

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free core: log, rate, review films and follow friends
  • Huge, active community — 26M+ members and growing
  • Polished iOS and Android apps
  • Affordable paid tiers, with annual sale discounts
  • Strong discovery via lists, reviews, and rankings

Cons

  • March 2024 breach exposed user data; password resets urged
  • Users still find features missing
  • Critics flag performative 'like-whoring' review culture
  • Cloudflare outage took it down alongside major services

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/21/2026 - 8 sources - One disclosed breach (March 2024); publishes security notices; uses encryption in transit.

official x2review x2security x2news x2
  • March 2024 data breach, Letterboxd warned users to change passwords after a security incident exposed user data.
  • Cloudflare dependency, A Cloudflare outage disrupted Letterboxd alongside Twitter, Spotify, and other major services.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 4/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 8

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 4/5. Generous free tier; cheap optional upgrades
  • Ease of use: 5/5. App Store review: 'pretty much perfect'
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Users still request missing features
  • Support quality: 4/5. Paddle case study cites transparent support
  • Security posture: 3/5. Disclosed 2024 breach; publishes notices
  • 26M+ Members The Guardian, Feb 2026
  • 2011 Founded Auckland, New Zealand
  • Yes Free tier Logging, rating, reviews are free
  • $50/yr Top tier Patron tier, per PCMag

Pricing

Free

$0

  • Log, rate, and review films
  • Follow friends and build lists
  • Ad-supported

Pro

Paid subscription (price not stated in sources)

  • Upgrade tier on letterboxd.com/pro

Patron

$50/yr

  • Top tier per PCMag
  • Perks beyond Pro

Security

One disclosed breach (March 2024); publishes security notices; uses encryption in transit.

  • March 2024 data breachLetterboxd warned users to change passwords after a security incident exposed user data.⁴
  • Cloudflare dependencyA Cloudflare outage disrupted Letterboxd alongside Twitter, Spotify, and other major services.
Full analysis

Based on ~20 public sources: official pages, Wikipedia, The Guardian, PCMag, Reddit, App Store, and security reports.

Free, fun film diary with a huge 26M+ community. Overkill if you just want ratings.

Methodology

Based on ~20 public sources: official pages, Wikipedia, The Guardian, PCMag, Reddit, App Store, and security reports.

Sources

  1. Letterboxd — Social film discoveryletterboxd.com
    official
  2. Letterboxd paid subscriptionsletterboxd.com
    official
  3. Letterboxd security noticesletterboxd.com
    security
  4. Letterboxd data breach coverageem360tech.com
    security
  5. Letterboxd's most eager reviewers are changing cinematheguardian.com
    news
  6. PCMag Letterboxd reviewpcmag.com
    review
  7. Reddit: feelings about the Letterboxd communityreddit.com
    review
  8. Letterboxd on Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
    news

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