Sofa: Downtime Organizer 12+
Lists for movies, books & more
Astrio, LLC
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Featured by Apple as *App of the Day*
9to5Mac: “I’ve found Sofa to be a delight to use.”
MacStories: “My favorite app to manage my media watchlist.”
iMore: “A great way to organize everything from your games to your books.”
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BE MORE INTENTIONAL WITH YOUR DOWNTIME
Create lists of things to watch, read, play, listen to, and more.
• No limit on lists and groups, categorize to your heart's content.
• Add basically anything
• Create categories for anything: articles, events, places to eat, and more.
• Not ready to organize? "The Pile" has got you covered.
• Never forget with sticky notes for every list item.
• Track your activity history with insights and stats.
• Prioritize like a pro with "Pinned Items".
• Just the right amount of info.
• Embrace your inner nerd with Shortcuts.
• Your data is always secure and private.
• Leave anytime and take your data with you.
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YOUR NEW FAVORITE PODCAST PLAYER
Sofa comes with a full-featured podcast player that can easily be your primary way of listening to your favorite shows.
• Add your favorite podcasts
• Easily manage your “Up Next” queue
• Simple controls, chapter selection, show notes, and more
• Create custom playlists
• Plenty of settings to configure things just how you like
• Fine-tune settings for individual podcasts
• Listen while you drive with CarPlay
• Widgets and shortcuts for quick access
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TAKE THINGS TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH SUPER SOFA
Super Sofa is an optional subscription for a “pro” version of Sofa. The core experience will remain completely free.
ENHANCED PODCAST PLAYER CONTROLS
Enhance podcasts with chapter selection and settings for individual shows.
LIST CUSTOMIZATION
Add a cover image, large title and description, along with more layout options.
STICKY NOTES
Simple notes for items in your lists.
LOGBOOK STATS & FILTERS
More refined controls for filtering and understanding the things you’ve logged to Activity.
ADD YOUR OWN INGREDIENTS
Create your own rating system, plan dates for future downtime activities, add robust tagging, and more.
PINNED ITEMS
Prioritize items in your lists and see them aggregated together.
PINNED LISTS
Always have certain lists within thumbs-reach.
SMART LISTS
Create lists that automatically populate based on a collection of filters.
ENHANCED DETAILS
Links to streaming services, music services, podcast players, and more.
ALL THEMES
Access to all current (100+) and future themes.
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Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed.
Terms of Use: https://www.sofahq.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://www.sofahq.com/privacy
What’s New
Version 4.2.8
Sofa can now be your favorite podcast player! Enjoy the convenience, simplicity, and fun, of listening to podcasts in Sofa.
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WHAT'S NEW IN 4.2
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PODCAST PLAYER
Sofa comes with a full-featured podcast player that can easily be your primary way of listening to your favorite shows.
• Add your favorite podcasts
• Easily manage your “Up Next” queue
• Simple controls, chapter selection, show notes, and more
• Create custom playlists
• Plenty of settings to configure things just how you like
• Fine-tune settings for individual podcasts
• Listen while you drive with CarPlay
• Widgets and shortcuts for quick access
NEW APP ICON
• New alternate app icon from Basic Apple Guy. It's a throwback!
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4.2.8 IMPROVEMENTS
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• Improvements to database and iCloud setup
• Automatic backups are now enabled for people who have iCloud syncing disabled
• The Pile home page card will now display items based on its current sort order
• Pinned Items home page card will now display items based on its current sort order
• Increased the number of lines of text will show for grid items in a list
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4.2.8 BUG FIXES
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• FIXED: Crash when opening Pinned Items with duplicate items
• FIXED: Pinned Items widget wasn't reliably updating
• FIXED: Talking to Siri wasn't pausing audio
• FIXED: Steering wheel controls were getting messed up when transitioning to a new episodes in CarPlay
• FIXED: Playback speed wasn't being properly reset after seeking forward or backward
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As always, don't hesitate to reach out with feedback, issues, and suggestions. I'm always happy to hear from you: support@sofahq.com
– Shawn
Ratings and Reviews
Editors’ Choice
Give your brain a break from remembering—or, in our case, forgetting—what you’re going to try next with Sofa. With support for books, movies, podcasts, videogames, music albums, and TV shows (phew!), the app leverages public metadata to help you create information-rich lists and track your progress. You can even save apps that catch your eye, a very convenient inclusion for certain app-focused professions.
Love this APP!
I have been looking for this APP for years! I mainly am using this to organize my ebook to be read (TBR) list. I was unhappy with other options as they would not let me add ebooks that I did not already own or were not part of their internal catalogue. I happen to subscribe to an unlimited ebook “library” and since they recently changed their wishlist settings, I have found I needed a better way to organize my TBR list and organize what I want to read next. This APP allows for tagging with customizable tags so I can make a tag for how interested I am in reading a book, what themes/tropes are in the book/series (oh yeah, you can save a whole series instead of each individual book in a series creating a much cleaner list unlike a certain conglomerates wishlist set-up). You can also sort into groups, static lists or smart lists to help keep your “shelves” organized.
There are some quality of life improvements that could be added but overall this is an amazing APP and I’m so glad I found it. If you are an avid ebook reader/collector and are tired of Goodreads, Story Graph, Library Thing, Calibre, excel, and more, this APP is for you.
One downside is that this is only offered for Apple products, but if you are an Apple user, it saves to your cloud so you can use the APP on all devises (which is really nice for those of us who are constantly moving device to device).
ADHD Life-Saver
My life consists of a lot of moving pieces and commitments, add in a sprinkle of ADHD and I’m the most forgetful person on this planet. I’m always looking for a way to easily log and track the different books or shows I want to watch when I finally get some free time. I’ve tried things like written notes or the notepad app but always manage to lose or forget about them. I’m also a very visual person, so not being able to easily see the cover of the media makes it harder to recall what it was about or why I even wanted to watch/read it. Sofa makes it so easy to quickly log a piece of media without having to hunt down all of the information itself. The shelf feature allows you to store media of all kinds in one category. I use it to log all of the media I am currently consuming and plan to consume next. Adding the widget to my phone makes it easy to quickly figure out what I want to watch next without having to rack my brain trying to remember that movie I saw on Netflix last week. It’s a game changer. 10/10. If the developers ever make something geared towards students or working professionals (marking conferences or technical documents), I’ll gladly use that too. My work around is adding in a custom category and inputting the titles manually. Multiple shelves would also be cool. Big thank you to the developers for the awesome app!
Developer Response ,
Thanks so much for the kind and detailed review 😊. It makes me so happy to hear that Sofa is helping you in this way.
Also, I've noted your suggestions!
App Privacy
The developer, Astrio, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Astrio, LLC
- Size
- 99.7 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 14.6 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 2.4 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 12+ Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
- Copyright
- © 2015-2025 Astrio, LLC
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Super Sofa Monthly $3.99
- Super Sofa Yearly $29.99
- Cozy Cabin $0.99
- Dark Blizzard $0.99
- Ugly Sweater $0.99
- North Pole $0.99
- Gingerbread $0.99
- Family Monthly Subscription $3.99
- Family Yearly Subscription $29.99
- Synthwave $1.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.