Press kit

KARE, for the press.

KARE is a social diary for everything you watch — films, every episode of a series, and anime — made by a cinephile in Türkiye.

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In one paragraph

KARE (thekare.app) is a social diary for people who love the moving image. Members log the films, series episodes and anime they watch in one diary, rate them in half stars, write reviews, keep the stills that stayed with them as KAREs, plan marathons with friends and argue over The KARE 1000, a canon of a thousand films built from critics' all-time lists. Cinemas, festivals, film clubs and podcasts join as verified HQs to share their programmes. KARE is free, independent and built by one developer in Türkiye. It all starts with the kare.

Türkçe

KARE (thekare.app), izlediğin her şeyin — film, dizi bölümü, anime — tek bir günlükte toplandığı sosyal bir sinefil platformu. Üyeler izlediklerini yarım yıldızla puanlıyor, yorum yazıyor, akıllarında kalan kareleri KAREs olarak saklıyor, arkadaşlarıyla maraton kuruyor ve eleştirmenlerin tüm zamanların listelerinden derlenen bin filmlik kanon KARE 1000'i tartışıyor. Sinemalar, festivaller, sinema kulüpleri ve podcast'ler doğrulanmış HQ hesaplarıyla programlarını paylaşıyor. KARE ücretsiz, bağımsız ve Türkiye'de tek bir geliştirici tarafından yapılıyor. Her şey bir kareyle başlar.

In numbers

Live, as of 28 September 2026
Members
2
Diary entries
972
Reviews
7
Public lists
91
HQs
2
KAREs posted
1

2 of 1,000 Founding Cinephile spots and 2 of 25 Founding HQ spots are taken.

The story

KARE is made by one person: a cinephile and developer in Türkiye who kept three apps for three kinds of watching — one for films, one for series, one for anime — and wanted a single diary that treated all of them with the same care.

“Kare” is Turkish for a frame — the single image on a strip of film — and for a square, like a photo. The whole product grows from that: a diary entry is a frame of your life in film, and a KARE is the still that stayed with you.

KARE is independent. KARE Pro, an optional subscription, keeps it running, and the roadmap comes from the members and from the HQs — cinemas, festivals, clubs and podcasts — who bring their audiences with them.

What it does

The full tour
  • One diary for everythingFilms, series episode by episode, and anime, rated in half stars, with rewatches, tags and notes.
  • KAREsKeep a still from what you watched, with the moment it's from; post the ones you want to share. Every week one becomes the KARE of the week.
  • The KARE 1000A canon of 1,000 films ranked from critics' all-time lists, open to debate: ten films go up for a keep-or-cut vote every week.
  • MarathonsPlan a run of films with friends, invite them, and log each one as you go.
  • Content warnings and soundtracksMembers flag what's in a title (without spoilers) and add the songs, scene by scene.
  • HQsVerified accounts for cinemas, festivals, clubs, podcasts and publications, with their programmes as lists.
  • KAREWINDYour month (or week, or day) in film as a card to share, and a monthly look back at the whole community.
  • Bring your historyImport a Letterboxd, IMDb or Trakt export in about a minute: diary, ratings, reviews, lists and watchlist.

How The KARE 1000 is made

This week's debate

The KARE 1000 is built from published all-time lists by critics and film institutions. Each film scores by how many of those lists include it and how high; ties go to the film named by more independent sources. The top 1,000 form the canon, ranked, as an official list anyone can like, clone or marathon.

It is meant to be argued with. Every week ten films from the canon go up for a public keep-or-cut vote, and members nominate the films they think are missing. The canon is re-run when its sources change.

Logos

Please don't recolour or stretch them.

Screenshots

Web · free to use with credit “KARE”
  • KARE: HomeHome
  • KARE: BrowseBrowse
  • KARE: KARE's official listsKARE's official lists
  • KARE: FeaturesFeatures
  • KARE: On a phoneOn a phone

iPhone screenshots and a 30-second film come with the app's launch. Need something specific? Ask — I'm happy to make it.

Quotes you can use

From KARE's founder
  • “I wanted one place for everything I watch: the film on Friday, three episodes on Sunday, the anime I pretend I'm not watching. That's KARE.”
  • “A single frame can hold a whole film. That's where the name comes from — and where every diary starts.”
  • “HQs exist because the best recommendations I ever got came from a cinema's programme or a club's screening list, not an algorithm.”

Talk to me

Interviews, early access for a review, an HQ for your festival or club — write to [email protected]. I answer every message myself.

It all starts with the kare.