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Yes, completely. No ads, no subscription, no in-app purchases. Just download and use it. There may be a pro tier coming in the future though, keep your eyes peeled.

Think of Slate as the Apple Watch to Letterboxd's iPhone — a companion built to work alongside it, not instead of it. Letterboxd is where you live as a film lover: your diary, your lists, your community. Slate is what you reach for when you're about to watch something. It handles the planning: runtimes, calendar, countdowns, what fits your evening. Slate is built by someone who's a Letterboxd patron and uses it every day. The two are better together.

Yes. Head to Settings, tap Import & Manage, and paste your export directly. Slate accepts Letterboxd CSV exports, IMDb CSV exports, or plain text with one title per line. Year is detected automatically so you don't need to format anything. Confident matches are added silently and anything ambiguous gets flagged for a quick review so you can confirm the right film.

Films without a confirmed runtime are excluded automatically. Slate is a planning tool and without a runtime there's nothing to plan with. This usually means the film is unreleased or not yet on TMDB. Once it has a confirmed runtime you'll be able to add it.

Once you've imported your watchlist in Settings, head to the Programmer tab and tap From Watchlist to pull it into your session. Set how much time you have using the slider and Slate instantly filters down to only the films that fit. It's the fastest way to go from a long list to the ones you can actually watch right now.

Export your watchlist from Letterboxd (Settings > Export Your Data), open the CSV file, select all, and paste it into the import box in Slate's Settings. Slate reads the Name and Year columns automatically with no formatting needed on your end. The same works for IMDb exports.

The live countdown in Now Watching uses the Dynamic Island on iPhone 14 Pro and later. On older models the timer still works and appears as a standard Live Activity on your lock screen instead.

Slate uses TMDB for film data, which covers the vast majority of releases. Very obscure or older titles occasionally have gaps. If a film is missing you can manually enter a title and runtime to still use the Planner.

Yes. In the Upcoming tab you can set your own placeholder date for any film where a regional release hasn't been announced yet.

The core Planner and Now Watching features work without a connection. Searching for films and loading posters or ratings requires internet access.

Absolutely. We'd love to hear your ideas. Drop us an email at slate@deardarling.app and we'll take a look.