TV Time: Track Shows & Movies

I’ve been using this app for several years and while it’s great at telling you what is next on your list to watch, it’s really obviously best for active power watchers of TV, keeping track of what’s coming out soon. I used to watch a lot more than I do now, and as I watch less and less over the years, it has become very cumbersome to navigate the app to find what I need. If I want to find something new to watch, I basically already need to know what it is and pull it up with the search function otherwise I’ll be scrolling and hunting a while, even if I’ve already added it. The suggestions it gives for what to watch are the most absolute generic and probably aren’t useful for most people, no personalized algorithm running in the background based on what you’ve already watched. One very useful feature they could have is to search for shows specific to the different streaming services. That metadata is obviously there, it says it right next to any show you look at, yet there’s no way to filter content by that data. I only have one service now, so knowing, say, what is the most popular or highly rated show on that service would be very useful. This app actually became even less useful when they added movies to it. I feel like development has gone downhill ever since and became more buggy. At some point I may switch to a better app, but right now they got me since it’s basically just a logbook for me. A logbook that really could be made much more useful.

I. Love. This. App. I LOVE lists of any type, so to be able to track all of my shows and now movies I’ve watched is amazing! I especially love the social aspect of the app, being able to read and comment on each episode and share theories or thoughts with other people who watch the same shows as you. I highly recommend this app! However, in the last week or two alone (never had this problem before) 3 different series I’ve watched haven’t been on the app :( Now, at least two of those are pretty brand new, just came out in 2020 I believe, but I’ve had reminders from the app before about upcoming shows and seasons so I’m not sure why the delay. I saw that you can create an account on some website and submit a request or add it yourself because that’s where they sync their data from, but honestly the website seemed nightmarish to navigate on my phone browser and that’s a lot of work for the user to have to do. I’m not sure if the app is just not being synced super often or what, but I would love for an easier way to submit a show request WITHIN the tv time app itself. Or maybe even just anticipate the shows that are premiering and make sure they are going to be available when it airs 🤷🏻‍♀️ Also, the refreshing every time I switch apps is pretty annoying. I have to get back to my place every time and it’s frustrating. Please fix!

When I switched to the iPhone a year ago, I was sad ‘cause my go-to app then for TV show tracking, SeriesGuide, was not available on iOS. So naturally, I searched for an alternative and found TV Time. I cannot say it enough in how many ways it’s far more superior than any other app in its category. The Watchlist tabs provides for an easy way to see what you gotta watch, the calendar view makes it really easy when the next episode of your favorite show is gonna air, the profile tab makes it easy to customize how you show up in the app’s social network. Now about the social network! Before using TV Time, tv show nerds had to resort to groups on various social network that you had to a lot of digging to find, to join the fandom. Now, you just got an amazing social networking experience inside the app that is incredibly easy to talk about your favorite tv show with an entire community. Also, the explore tab has been really important to me, cause I don’t have to sit down and spend time reading reviews of new tv shows, I just start watching! Kudos to the developer, you’re awesome! I mean, I feel a little bad it’s free..