Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Cinema HQ

The 20 closest media streaming app alternatives to Cinema HQ, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 5 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Cinema HQ? The closest matches are MUBI, JustWatch and kinoafisha.info. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Cinema HQ

Cinema HQ cinemahq.app

Cinema HQ - #1 Media Application

Cinema HQ - The number one application to watch all your favourite movies, TV-shows, Live TV, Anime, play retro games and more.

Top 10K · #5,939 English 5 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Cinema HQ

Summary by Claude

Cinema HQ is a sideloadable Android app that aggregates movies, TV shows, live TV channels and anime from torrent and debrid services, and includes a retro game emulator. It is distributed through Discord and GitHub and is funded by donations.

Who it’s for
Android TV, Fire TV and mobile users
Business model
Donations

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Cinema HQ’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

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03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Cinema HQ

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Cinema HQ, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    MUBI mubi.com English

    MUBI: Watch and Discover Movies

    Watch truly great cinema. Wherever you are. From iconic, award-winning directors to emerging auteurs. Transformative films from all over the world. Stream Now. Download to watch Offline. Start your free 7 day trial now.

  2. 02
    Pluto TV pluto.tv Top 10K English

    Pluto TV: Watch Free Movies, TV Shows & Live TV Online

    Watch your choice of free hit movies, free binge-worthy TV shows & live TV online, anytime. Stream Now. Pay Never.

  3. 03
    Crunchyroll crunchyroll.com Top 10K English

    American video streaming service

  4. 04
    Liteapks liteapks.com Top 10K English

    LITEAPKS - #1 MOD APK for Android

    LITEAPKS.COM is the leading reputable source for mod apk, free games and apps for Android

  5. 05
    Rotten Tomatoes rottentomatoes.com Top 10K English

    Rotten Tomatoes: Movies | TV Shows | Movie Trailers | Reviews | Rotten Tomatoes

    Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers, Showtimes, and Tickets

  6. 06
    themoviedb.org Top 10K English

    free, collaborative database about films

  7. 07
    v-videoapp.com Top 10K English

    Vidmate – privacy

    Vidmate privacy page

  8. 08
    kwai.com Top 10K English

    Make Everyone Shine

    Kwai is a social network for short videos and trends. Discover funny short videos. Contribute to the virtual community with recordings, videos of your life, playing daily challenges or likes the best memes and videos. Download the app to share your life with short videos and choose from dozens of magical effects and filters for them.

  9. 09
    Giphy giphy.com Top 10K English

    GIPHY - Be Animated

    GIPHY is the platform that animates your world. Find the GIFs, Clips, and Stickers that make your conversations more positive, more expressive, and more you.

  10. 10
    Bored Panda boredpanda.com Top 10K English

    Bored Panda - The Only Magazine For Pandas

    Bored Panda is a leading art, pop culture and lifestyle magazine that is viewed nearly 100 million times every month.

  11. 11
    Hisavana hisavana.com Top 10K English

    Hisavana

  12. 12
    Warner Bros. Entertainment warnerbros.com Top 10K English

    WarnerBros.com | Home of WB Movies, TV, Games, and more!

    Home of Warner Bros Movies, TV Shows and Video Games including Harry Potter, DC Comics and more!

  13. 13
    mydramawave.com Top 10K English

    Welcome a next-gen HD streaming platform offering exclusive vertical TV videos, series, and movies.

  14. 14
    APKPure apkpure.com Top 10K English

    app store

  15. 15
    thenkiri.com Top 10K English

    Welcome To Nkiri | Download Hollywood Movies, Series & Dramas

    Download Hollywood and Korean Movies, Series and Dramas for free at nkiri.com. Download all blockbuster Movies and Dramas at nkiri.com.

  16. 16
    XDA Developers xda-developers.com Top 10K English

    XDA

    The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.

  17. 17
    YouTube youtube.com Top 100 English

    YouTube

    Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

  18. 18
    Prime Video primevideo.com Top 1K English

    Prime Video | Watch movies, TV shows, Live TV, and sports

    Watch now on Prime Video for a wide selection of movies, TV shows, live TV, and sports.

  19. 19
    Zee 5 zee5.com Top 10K English

    Zee 5 - Watch TV Shows, Web Series, Movies & Live TV Channels Online

    Watch a world of entertainment on Zee 5 with movies, 100+ original web series, TV shows, live TV channels, kids' content and more in HD quality across multiple languages.

  20. 20
    Plex plex.tv Top 10K English

    streaming media service

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to cinemahq.app’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Cinema HQ uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Cinema HQ is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Fonts
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
Email delivery
  • Brevo TXT brevo-code:9d37ba62c9003bb45c7e8daaf8ce0cb6
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

Stack changes

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