Bring your Refract backup to emberslate
Move your Refract backup into emberslate, a free TV and movie tracker for Android. Your series, films, watched episodes with their dates, favourites and ratings come with you, matched by TMDB id.
Android · Available now on Google Play · All features currently free
Moving over
How to move from Refract to emberslate
Make a backup in Refract
Make a backup in Refract. It saves as a ZIP. Leave it zipped; there is no need to unpack it.
Install emberslate
emberslate is available now on Google Play for Android. Install it and sign in.
Import and review
Choose Refract in emberslate's import and pick the ZIP. You see what matched, how many episodes and films were found, and can deselect anything before it is saved.
Apply it
Apply the import to your library. Nothing already in your emberslate library is overwritten.
What carries over
- Your series and films, matched by TMDB id
- Every watched episode and film, with its date where Refract has one
- Your favourites, and your ratings, kept on the same ten-point scale
- Titles you planned to watch go to your queue; ones you dropped land in Dropped
- Completed series arrive as completed
Episodes Refract lists as watched without a date arrive undated, and emberslate does not make up a day for them. Your lists, reviews, notes, posts and search history stay behind, and your profile file is never opened.
After the move
What you get after the move
- Episode-level progress
- Mark a single episode, everything up to here, a season, or a whole series. Episodes you mark offline sync when you're back.
- A release calendar
- Every upcoming episode and premiere from what you follow, with airtimes shown in your own time zone.
- Stats that read your history
- When you watch, what you finish and drop, the directors you return to, and how your backlog is moving, all from your own records.
- Discussion and friends
- Follow people, compare taste, and talk about the exact episode you just watched.
All features are currently free, with no advertising. Read the privacy policy for what emberslate stores, and delete your account from the app or the web whenever you like.
Questions
Moving from Refract
Does emberslate sync with Refract?
No. emberslate imports a Refract backup file once. It does not connect to your Refract account or keep the two in sync, so after the import you track in emberslate.
What carries over from Refract?
Your series and films, watched episodes and films with their dates, favourites and ratings. You review the matches before anything is applied, and the import never overwrites entries already in your emberslate library.
What stays behind?
Your lists, reviews, notes, posts, comments and search history. emberslate reads only your library, episodes, diary, ratings and favourites from the backup, and never opens your profile.
How are my ratings converted?
Refract rates in whole points out of ten, the same scale emberslate stores, so a rating of 8 arrives as 8.
Is emberslate free?
Yes. All emberslate features are currently free, including release reminders, quiet hours, themes, advanced stats and your full timeline history. There is no advertising in the app. Pricing may change as the app grows, and we will explain any change before it affects you.
Is my backup stored?
The uploaded file is read in memory and not saved as a file on our servers. The review staging is deleted when you apply or cancel the import, or automatically after seven days.
Is emberslate on iPhone?
Not at the moment. emberslate is an Android app, available now on Google Play. No other platforms have been announced.
Is emberslate connected to Refract?
No. emberslate is an independent app made by emberfold labs. It is not affiliated with Refract; it reads the backup file Refract provides.
Bring your Refract backup with you.
Get emberslate on Google Play and import your Refract backup today.
Refract is a trademark of its owner. emberslate is not affiliated with or endorsed by Refract.