Buck The Critics
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Worth a free try if you want one app tracking movies, TV, games, and books and your friends will join you.
Comparison
Buck The Critics vs TIKR Terminal
Buck The Critics lands on Depends, and TIKR Terminal lands on Worth it.
TIKR Terminal
Worth it
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you are a self-directed fundamental investor who wants global stock research at a fraction of Bloomberg's cost.
| Compare | Buck The Critics | TIKR Terminal |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Worth it |
| Best for | Tracking movies, TV, games, books in one app | Value investors |
| Who it's not for | Anyone wanting a large active community | Day traders needing real-time quotes or execution |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.10 | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. |
| Support quality | Solo dev; no support evidence found | No support evidence in sources |
| Public sentiment | Independent user evidence is thin and much of it traces back to the founder, though a Facebook group post suggests some organic use.⁴ | Reddit value investors generally praise TIKR as a cheap Bloomberg stand-in, with some flagging the shift toward paid plans. |
| Biggest gotcha | Recommendations only work if friends adopt it; user base appears very small.⁴ | Reddit users warned TIKR 'will be charging users soon' . verify current free-tier limits before relying on it. |
Pick Buck The Critics when
- Tracking movies, TV, games, books in one app
- Friend groups adopting a tracker together
- Letterboxd/StoryGraph users wanting one app
- Anyone wanting a free watchlist app
When Buck The Critics is not a fit
- Anyone wanting a large active community
- Film-focused users already happy on Letterboxd
- Book-only readers . StoryGraph is deeper
- Businesses or teams . consumer app only
Pick TIKR Terminal when
- Value investors
- DIY stock researchers
- Global-market screeners
- Bloomberg-on-a-budget users
When TIKR Terminal is not a fit
- Day traders needing real-time quotes or execution
- Passive index-fund investors who never analyze stocks
- Users expecting full free access forever . paid tiers now gate features
- Institutions needing Bloomberg-grade real-time and fixed-income data
Sources
- Buck The Critics . official sitebuckthecritics.comofficial
- App Store listingapps.apple.comofficial
- Google Play listingplay.google.comofficial
- IndieHackers founder postindiehackers.comreview
- AlternativeTo profilealternativeto.netreview
- FoxData app analyticsfoxdata.comreview
- Reddit r/MovieIt founder postreddit.comreview
- Crunchbase profilecrunchbase.comnews
- Buck blog . StoryGraph comparisonbuckthecritics.comofficial
- Security page (no page found)buckthecritics.comsecurity
- TIKR Terminal (app)app.tikr.comofficial
- TIKR official sitetikr.comofficial
- TIKR Pricing pagetikr.comofficial
review
review
- TIKR Terminal Review (2026) . StockInvestingRoomstockinvestingroom.comreview