Hobi Time - TV Shows Tracker 4+

Firstly, this app is severely underrated! I have literally purchased and used nearly every single TV Show tracking app that I can find in the App Store. I have used them all extensively. This app is beautifully crafted and eloquently designed. Combined with accurate real time alerts and a reliable, consistent syncing service. Most apps that I have used just simply over complicate the tracking and syncing of media which brings most basic features to a crawl. The fluidity of the animations (seamlessly bleeds into the stock software), the ease-of-use, show and episode information informatively beside the artwork, coupled with a consistent and thorough syncing process simply make this app enjoyable to use both aesthetically and functionally. This app proudly sits upon my home screen, as it is my go to media tracking app. This review is of my own personal opinion, there is no biased or influence, as I am just very thankful that the developers not only created this app but continue to maintain it. Please consider purchasing the upgrade, I chose the lifetime option and could not be more satisfied with my purchase.

* Edit: Can you please bring back the white background, like when the app first released.

I love the app and have been using it for a while mostly to keep up with when a new season of a show is coming out and when the next episode will be released. I really love the “My Shows”section that shows how many days are left until a new episode is released. It’s very helpful.

The app’s main flaw is just that some shows are not updated in a timely manner and I don’t see any way for users to manually update it. A current example is The Crowded Room on Apple TV. It has been released. Yet Hobi shows a blank poster for it and doesn’t list the episodes. It’s a bit annoying. I feel like if a show is on any of the major streaming services, then it should be updated in a timely manner. Also, sometimes the app doesn’t update release dates for shows in a timely manner. Again, I feel like if a show from a major streamer announces the release date for the next season, that should be updated within the app in a couple days, but it doesn’t always happen. So, not having things updated would be my main annoyance with the app.

Also, the app does sink to Trakt, which is a great feature, however, recently I have had some issues with that. However, I suspect that Trakt is the one to blame and not Hobi.

I had a bunch of tracking apps connected to Trakt and issues starting popping up all over. Couldn’t add shows. Was locked out for no reason and still cannot get back in, as a paid VIP user. Shows wouldn’t pop up when they aired. Not all new shows would even appear, until months after airing, if at all. Dumped all of them for this app. Right now, this is the best tracking app out there. Truly hoping it stays as good as it is now, as I truly need to keep track of everything I watch and want to watch in the future. I hope they keep this app going.