AddToTheList

It is one of the better apps I’ve found for tracking movies I’ve watched and creating lists. I also like how detailed it is and how much information and cross referencing it has between movies and actors. But the app itself is glitchy. The areas below are ones I’ve noticed that need to be fixed. It’s easy to select “watched” on a movie, but if it is a film you didn’t JUST watch and you need to change the date it’s difficult to do. You can’t just select the day you’ve watched it, you have to go into your watched history and side sideswipe to select edit. And that’s when the real problem begins because 9 times out of ten you can’t actually sideswipe, it just selects the movie/show and takes you into its page. The only way I’ve found to do it is to press and hold for a very long time before trying to swipe. You also can’t edit your lists easily. Say you have a list of movies you want to watch and once you’ve watched one you want to take it off the list. Instead of being able to sideswipe the movie in the list to delete it you have to go into edit the list and then edit the select movies. Then you have to find the movie to delete it and if your list is long you may be scrolling awhile. In addition to this I tried to delete some moves once and it deleted the entire list. The search party feature seems cool and would be useful if it actually worked. Instead it resets the filter after having already swiped on about 10-15 different movies and then it restarts at the beginning. In addition to this, it would be nice if the search party feature could be used by a single individual to help narrow down what they actually want to watch instead of only choosing a selection of multiple people are contributing to it. The only personal info you can edit in your profile is the password. You can’t change your user name or email which makes it kind of a burner account unless you keep the same email active indefinitely. There is also no way to send feedback or ask for help outside of leaving a review like this one so here we are.

Would you please add an option to pay to remove ads please? They’re too copious and mess the app operation up. Also if there was a way of alerting that something was added to a list that doesn’t involve a large green banner at the top of the screen (temporarily obscuring the “back” button) that would be good. Finally, I have yet to figure out the way of REMOVING a show/movie from a list. You should be able to slide left or right on an item in a list to delete it. Beyond that, really enjoying the app.

Before this app, one of the biggest issues I have faced is keeping track of movie or show recommendations from friends. With this app, a friend can simply send me the link to the title and I can add it to one of my lists. The icing on the cake is the ability to discuss the title in chat rooms with friends. Another neat feature is that I can view ratings from notable review sites all in one place. Now I don’t have to google the title to see ratings.