Together, even on different nights

Watch at your pace. Stay in the same conversation.

Choose for the people watching, go at your own pace, and leave your take. PikPal keeps it spoiler-safe until each friend catches up—and uses what landed to help with the next pick.

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Pick
Watch
Catch up
Next night

Your crew tonight

SEVERANCE · SEASON 2

Thread open for 2

You

Finished S2E5

Riley

Finished S2E5

Avery

At S2E4

Your take is safe.

Avery sees it only after reaching S2E5. You can keep watching without spoiling their night.

One episode thread, ready when each person is.

Pick · for whoever’s watching

Three answers. One pick the whole group can get behind.

Choose movies or shows, add the friends watching, and set the mood. PikPal blends everyone’s taste, avoids the obvious bad fits, and explains why the lead pick works.

Decision Mode

Tell PikPal what this watch looks like.

3 ANSWERS + SERVICES

Format: Shows
Watching with: Riley + Avery
Mood: Tense

StreamingApple TV+

YORKAC

Three taste profiles, one group fit.

Tonight’s lead pick

Severance

S2E5 · Apple TV+ · fits all three

Riley ranked the show high, the mood fits, and the choice clears everyone’s taste—not just the loudest person in the room.

Two backups, each explainedPin tonight

Explore · choose your signal

Browse from the people and signals you trust.

See what friends ranked, find viewers with your taste, ask AI, or browse the full catalog. Then tune services, score thresholds, excluded genres, and friend rules to shape the shelves that matter to you.

Explore

Start with the signal you trust.

ALL · MOVIES · TV

FRIENDS

Friends ranked

High-ranked titles and recent stamps from people you trust.

Open this shelf

Tune Explore

Set the rules behind the shelves you use.

Applied

Streaming services

Shelf filters

At least 2 friendsAverage 7+Exclude horror

Friend rules

RileyOn · score 7+

AveryAnimation · score 6+

Selected services shape availability. Friend filters and rules shape the Friends ranked shelf; every other source stays clearly labeled.

Watch · handoff

Pick it. Pin it. Press play.

Choose the title or exact episode, pin it for tonight, then jump to the streaming service. Availability stays matched to your region.

Title page

SERIES · SCI-FI · DRAMA

Severance

Season 2 · Episode 5

See where friends are, keep later discussions locked, and choose the exact episode.

Pinned tonight

S2E5 · 52 MIN

Available on

Apple TV+

Open Apple TV+

VERIFIED LINK · US · IOS

Catch up · no spoilers

Nobody has to rush. Nobody gets left out.

See who’s behind, send a nudge, and leave your take. PikPal holds it until they reach the same episode, then brings the conversation back where you left it.

Crew progress

SEVERANCE · SEASON 2

You’re caught up

YouS2E5

RileyS2E5

AveryS2E4

Takes for S2E5 are waiting.

Avery sees a spoiler wall until that last segment is complete.

The thread comes back

Avery caught up four nights later.

Spoiler-safe

YOUR TAKE · FOUR NIGHTS AGO

That hallway shot changed the whole episode.

AVERY · NOW

I paused there too. The sound gives it away first.

A followed episode thread can return with the old context intact. Nobody had to wait to watch.

Next night · your Library

Last night makes the next one better.

Your Library keeps every title and its next move in view. Rate what you finished, and that signal helps sharpen future picks for you and the people watching with you.

Your Library

Every title, ordered by what you can do next.

Not startedWatchingWatchedRanked

The Bear

Watching · S2E4

Pin S2E5

Past Lives

Watched last night

Rate it

Heat

Not started · 2h 50m

Pin tonight

Severance

Caught up

Waiting for next season

Already have a history?

Bring your Letterboxd or IMDb library.

Import

Questions

The honest answers.

Can I see a first night on PikPal in one minute?

Yes. This iPhone walkthrough starts with a Taste Passport, then moves through Decision Mode, pinning, stamping, the Library, and Explore. It is captured from the working app rather than a concept animation.

How does PikPal learn what I like?

Your Taste Passport gives PikPal a useful starting signal during onboarding. Choose the name friends will see, pick at least three favorites, rank titles you already know, and save a few things for later. Nothing is locked in; you can keep refining it as you watch.

Do we have to watch at the same time?

No. PikPal tracks episode progress, lets a friend send a nudge, and keeps later takes behind a spoiler wall until someone catches up. Discussions live on title and episode threads; they are not private group chats, and a public thread can include people outside your friends.

How does PikPal pick for more than one person?

In Decision Mode, choose All, Shows, or Movies, select friends under Watching with, set the mood, and optionally narrow the streaming services. PikPal uses the selected group’s taste to return explained suggestions.

Can I control what PikPal recommends?

Yes. Explore can surface Friends are into, Friends recommended, More like your favorites, Popular tonight, Watchers like you, and AI picks for you whenever each rail has results. The walkthrough shows catalog search across All, Movies, and TV Shows, then four populated rails and the Preference Center for friend filters, score and friend-count thresholds, excluded genres, availability, region, services, and per-friend overrides. Some controls shape a specific friend rail rather than every recommendation.

What happens after we pick something?

Pin the movie or exact episode so the plan stays easy to find. PikPal shows regional provider availability and opens a TMDB/JustWatch regional watch-options page; it does not promise a provider’s title-level deep link or play video itself. After watching, you can stamp the moment and join the title or episode thread.

How do I organize or import my Library?

The walkthrough shows the everyday Library controls: find a title’s action menu, scan the full collection, then filter by Not Started, Watching, Watched, or Ranked. Import is a separate guided flow inside PikPal for Letterboxd’s ratings, watchlist, watched, and diary export or IMDb’s ratings export; there is no manual file picker.

Can I recommend a title directly to a friend?

Yes. Open a title, choose Recommend, select one or more friends, set it to Private or Public, and add an optional note. Private recommendations are limited to the sender and recipients. Public ones may also appear in friends’ feeds, while recipients can find them in Friends recommended and their Social Queue.

Who can see my activity?

Contacts access is opt-in, and Watchers like you uses privacy-safe taste signals rather than exposing a list of viewer profiles. Recommendation visibility is explicitly Private or Public; public title and episode threads can include non-friends. You can block or report accounts and delete your account.

Where can I get PikPal, and is it free?

PikPal is free on the App Store for iPhone. Android is next—email [email protected] for a launch update.

Still curious? Email [email protected].

Bring the group back

The next watch starts where the last conversation left off.

Start in the group chat. PikPal can take it from there.

Get PikPal for iPhone

Free for iPhone. Android is next. Get an update.