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Popular Show Tracking App TV Time Shutting Down on July 15

TV Time, the popular show and movie tracking app, is shutting down on July 15, with all personal user data set to be deleted after that date.

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In a support page update announcing the news, the company admitted that it was "no longer sustainable to continue operating the service as a free app," and said that there was "not enough demand for a paid app."

Come the shutdown date, the TV Time app will be removed from both the App Store and Google Play, and the tvtime.com website will go offline permanently.

Users who want to preserve their viewing history and tracked data can request an export through the app's GDPR self-service tool before the July 15 cutoff. The company says all personal user data will be deleted after that date, but it may retain aggregated, non-personal data for business or legal purposes.

TV Time has operated for more than a decade, and over that period it built a dedicated community around episode tracking, watchlists, and user ratings. In the wake of the closure announcement, users on the Resetera forums have suggested alternatives like Trakt, Serializd, and Simkl – although the latter's servers have reportedly struggled under a sudden wave of new sign-ups.

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LFO8 Avatar
2 weeks ago
I hate that on Apple TV a show disappears from your list when you have finished watching the last available episode. There is no ‘play history’ anywhere? Nor is there a list of any kind besides ’Watchlist’ which only contains what you are watching right now
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
HouseLannister Avatar
2 weeks ago

This is how freedom capitalism should work.
Fixed it for you. 😁
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
HouseLannister Avatar
2 weeks ago
I have tried every TV tracking app and used TV Time for quite awhile. I left when they started asking me to review every episode of a show when marking it as watched or asking me to pick my favorite character from the episode. It just got super annoying to use as a tracker. The app had also gotten slower and had more errors and outages over the last few years and it was just time for something new. They had too much tech debt and weren’t keeping pace with other apps.

I would recommend Sofa Time or Showline for an app experience, or Simkl is great if you want to stay in a web app (they had an app, but hasn’t been touched in years).
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
2 weeks ago

Too bad the article doesn't say what a "TV tracking app" does. I'm unfamiliar with it so can someone explain what the purpose is? To be honest, it sounds bad, ie., something tracking me, but in reality I'm sure it's something else!
For people like me, who watch lots of TV shows/Movies, it lets us track (check off) what we have watched. It's a running list/library. It also helps us know when the next season starts, next episode airs, when a movie is set to release, etc. Lots of nice things.

I use Trakt. I don't pay for it. It syncs to my Infuse app and Plex. Tracks all the stuff I watch.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
2 weeks ago
I agree!!! SIMKL is by far the best tracking site

SIMKL + SofaTime = best watchlist combo...

Those who are suggestting trakt or episodate or any other calendar related tracking app... please do your research, if you want to go through the process of again switching to a different app.

Also, look for apps that provide easy watchlist export features!
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
zarmanto Avatar
2 weeks ago

... I was a little surprised they never offered a subscription or a way to pay for software development. I would do that if the App is great and the developer is responsive.
I can't necessarily speak for this specific developer... but for myself: I think that sometimes we devs tend to build our favorite passion projects first and foremost because we wanted something like that ourselves, and weren't completely satisfied with the other offerings that might exist -- if they exist at all.

But as soon as you start evaluating ways to make the project profitable, it transitions from a passion to a business venture. Some people enjoy doing that just as much as the development... others, not so much.

Maintaining a "business" really is a different kind of beast.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)