Watchworthy - What To Watch

It’s a great app that really helps me when I’m trying to pick out a new show. Unlike online “what to watch” quizzes, it gives you a long and varied list of different shows that you might enjoy instead of just 1 or 2 results. Also, the results are much more accurate. In addition to that, I like the fact that I can save multiple shows to my watchlist at a time, so after I finish one show, instead of scouring everywhere for the next thing to watch, I can just scroll through my watchlist. I only have 1 major qualm with the app, and that is the fact that the “available on” feature is out of date for some shows, which can be quite annoying when i get really excited about starting a new show, only to find out that it’s not available where they said it was. This is mostly the case for shows that were once on a streaming service, and then removed, like The Office no longer being on Peacock and Parks and Rec no longer on Netflix. Aside from that, I would recommend the app if you have a hard time picking out shows like I do.

Why I like it: This app is amazing for recommendations. The worthy percentage is so helpful to know how well the app thinks the show matches with your viewing preferences. I am bingeing a series that wasn’t even on my radar based on the app’s recommendation and I’m loving it. Other apps that give recommendations either don’t seem personalized to my viewing preferences or they use bad algorithms. Areas for improvement: This would be a 5 star app if the watchlist was improved upon. I need the app to allow me to mark episodes as watched. The watchlist should show the next episode in a series instead of an entire series. This would also stop the app from showing series that I’ve already completed in my worthy recommendations. Currently, since the app doesn’t have this feature, I have to use a different app to track my viewing. It would be nice if the detail page for a series would show other things you might like. For example, on the page for The Mentalist, it might suggest that others that liked this series enjoyed Psych. This would allow me to find things based on my favorite show and those suggestions should rate highly worthy for me anyway. I also wish that it contained movies and documentaries.

I’ve gotten to the point where I needed a watchlist for my watchlist and Watchworthy has been a beacon of light in the clutter I call my queue. I spend more time adding stuff to all my assorted queues i don’t even know where to begin so I just end up switching back and forth between apps and scrolling through them without actually watching anything then inevitably just wind up watching something like The Office again. I’m so glad I found this app - at the top of my personal recommendations list was Barry, which was on my HBO watchlist but I always just scroll right by it. I gave it a try and ended up immediately hooked watching 4 episodes that night!