Likewise: Movie, TV, Book Recs

Some of the features on this app are pretty good. I especially like the option to ask specific questions and get recommendations from other users. But when it comes to the “today” page, it’s a complete hit or miss. Some days they’ll only show me 3 or 4 movies, and none of them will be even close to things I like (which is super frustrating because you have to wait a full 24 hours for new ones.) But other days I’ll get 6 or 7 that are great. It’s also annoying that they ask me to choose from podcasts every day, even though I clearly don’t like podcasts, as I haven’t saved a single one. Yet they will show me literally zero books, even though I have multiple lists full of novels. Basically, the user recommendation feature is great, but the algorithm is mediocre at best. Beyond that, this app also just has a bunch of little problems that altogether make it annoying to use. The biggest one is that if your post exceeds a certain character limit, it just shows a “...” but there’s no way to view the full thing. You also can’t comment on a move or book unless you’ve liked it, and it sometimes crashes. It’s also pretty stupid that they mark it as 12+ but if you aren’t at least 13 you can’t even make an account, this didn’t effect me but it did effect my brother and that’s just dumb. Among other smaller problems. Just needs some updating for sure.

Honestly, I’m a movie buff and love re-watching the same movies with new perspectives. Sometimes it's hard to remember all of my favorite movies or tv shows. I use this app to save shows that I've watched, want to watch, or rewatch. I love the grouping of recommendations based on your saves, for example, “my favorite comedy shows and movies.” I tend to do this on my own time, but I think it could go further, like when I'm in the mood for empowering movies with a strong female lead in business. It could, for example, recommend The Devil Wears Prada and The Intern, two of my favorites. Or if I want to watch movies based in Paris, it could group recommend Pixar's Ratatouille with another Paris-based movie. Or even groupings based on classic chick flicks. I understand this would take a lot more time, and you would probably would to have someone physically creating collections, as opposed to Ai like I think it is now. But hey, if you're interested in I’m all on board. Overall I love this app. It’s free, and if you watch movies or tv shows, I don’t see any reason not to use it!

Looks pretty, nice design and user interface. However, it just wasn’t useful. The core point of the app is to get suggestions for similar content one is interested in. The app simple does not address this fundamental issue. It wastes and disrespects the time of the user choosing their favorite content. Recommendations/suggestions were virtually non-existent. There are pervasive cards that stay on the home page without changing that, even when you swipe through them, they continue to stay there each and every time one opens the app. Instead, the app is full of people asking “I like x, can you recommend something to me?” and then people share recommendations. This is nice, but it shouldn’t be the main purpose of the app. The way the app is branded is misleading. The user expects AI to be able to process the user’s favorite and preferred content and make recommendations. Unfortunately, the recommendations engine is somewhere between non-existent and bare bones. If the developers can improve the recommendation algorithms and bring this to the surface more, it would more greatly benefit the user. As it is, I personally installed the app, spent 30 minutes entering my preferred content, and then deleted the app after 20 or so extra minutes of realizing this is not the app that is going to provide adequate or sufficient recommendations. The two stars are because the design and UI are really nice, but as far as substance and utility are concerned, it’s currently severely lacking.