Comparison
Reawarding vs Letterboxd
An honest, feature-by-feature comparison — what's the same, where each genuinely wins, and how to bring your ratings over.
The short version
Letterboxd is where most people already log and rate what they watch — a diary, reviews, lists, a big community. Reawarding isn't trying to replace that. It starts from the same rating you'd give a film and takes it one step further: films rated 7 or higher become contenders, a ballot forms for that year, and you crown your own Best Picture winner — compared, if you want, against what the Academy actually picked.
Side-by-side
Where Reawarding genuinely wins
A winner every year. Letterboxd has no award concept. Films you rate 7+ become contenders automatically, and a ballot forms.
Alternate Oscar History. See your picks side-by-side with what the Academy actually chose, year by year.
One-click import. Paste your Letterboxd export — half-star ratings convert to the 1–10 scale automatically (×2). Safe to re-run any time.
Guest mode is real usage. Build ballots with nothing but a browser. Nothing is thrown away when you decide to sign up.
Where Letterboxd still wins
A comparison that pretends the alternative has no advantages isn't worth reading.
Written reviews
Letterboxd's whole culture is built around review writing. Reawarding is rating-first — no review text.
Social depth
Comments, likes, and a mature follower graph. Reawarding's activity feed is lightweight by design, not the point of the product.
Catalog and community size
15+ years of data, deep arthouse and festival coverage, and a large active community — that's not something a newer product out-scales quickly.
List-making as a genre
Ranked lists and roundups are a mature, first-class feature on Letterboxd. Reawarding doesn't try to match that.
FAQ
Do I have to give up my Letterboxd diary?
No. Keep logging there if that's already your habit — import brings your ratings over so Reawarding can start turning them into ballots.
Will I lose star-rating precision when I import?
No. Letterboxd's half-star scale (0.5–5) maps cleanly onto Reawarding's 1–10 scale (×2) — nothing is rounded away.
Does Reawarding have written reviews?
Not today. It's rating-first and ballot-first, not a review-writing platform — that's a real gap if reviews are why you use Letterboxd.
Can I use both at the same time?
Yes. Most people keep Letterboxd as their diary and use Reawarding as the awards layer on top of the same taste.
Can I re-run the import later?
Yes — it's safe to re-import. Existing ratings are updated, not duplicated.
Bring your ratings over.
Import your Letterboxd export and see your first ballot form.