About RateWave

RateWave is one place to rate video games, TV shows, and movies.

Why it exists

Everything you watch and play is rated somewhere, just never in the same place. Film goes to one site, games to another, TV to a third. Keeping a record of what you’ve actually consumed means juggling three accounts, three sets of friends, and three separate opinions of your own taste.

RateWave puts all three in one place. One card for any title, one watchlist, and one profile that reflects everything you’ve rated rather than a third of it.

How it works

Rate anything, 0.5 to 10. Half-star steps on a ten-star scale, with an optional comment if you have something to say. You can edit or delete your rating at any time.

See two scores. Every title shows the community average alongside the average among people you follow. The second one is usually the more useful number.

Follow people, not algorithms. Following is one-way and needs no approval. There is no recommendation engine: you find things by searching, browsing what’s highly rated on the home page, or looking at what the people you follow rated highly.

Keep a watchlist. A flat saved list, no status tracking. Add and remove from anywhere a title appears.

What RateWave is not

RateWave is free to use, and the core of it (rating, following, watchlists, and browsing) will always be free. There are no ads today. Paid features or ads may be introduced later, but the core experience won’t be put behind a paywall.

It also isn’t private. Profiles, ratings, comments, and watchlists are public by design and visible to anyone, including people who aren’t signed in. That’s deliberate (the point is to see what real people think), but it means you should treat anything you post as published.

Where the data comes from

RateWave doesn’t maintain its own catalog. Game data comes from IGDB and film and TV data from TMDB, and everything you see about a title (artwork, release year, metadata) originates with them.

The data was freely provided by IGDB.com.

This website uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

Who makes it

RateWave is built and run by Salem Al-Qahtani, an independent project from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Get in touch

Questions, bug reports, or anything else: [email protected].

See also the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.