Television Time 4+

Gold Standard TV Tracking App 🥇

Update: Thank you for the 2 column layout on iPad. Looks great! 🙌🏼

I’ve been trying all of the free TV tracking apps, but none of them hit all the marks. I pulled the trigger to purchase this app and give it a try… and so glad I did! Really great app guys! Love: the overall interface, grid view option, and the clear countdown on when the next showing will be, ease of checking off a watched show, no troubles finding any show I’ve searched for, no bugs so far, great Discover section broken up into streaming services, etc… and really like the “anticipated” suggestions for something new, and it looks great on my iPad (which I tend to use more in this case).

Crazy price changes

I’ve been using the app for about a year now, and it’s been pretty useful for tracking shows. While I understand the desire for every developer to switch from one time payments to the subscription model, I just don’t understand the thought process some have when it comes to deciding how to price it. This app went from a one time purchase of $5 to an annual subscription of $10. Historically, it’s had pretty infrequent updates, so I’m not sure why they felt it justified to take the price we paid one time and make us pay double it yearly. Or to pay an even more insane $75 one time purchase again. For existing users, it’s not like we are getting any real increase in value. I could somewhat understand maybe a $5/year annual subscription to help fund ongoing development. But $10 is just way too much. And I don’t see many new users finding it worth that much either. And for existing users, we should be able to get a discount on the new “lifetime” purchase. It’s a good app, which is why I’m leaving 3 stars and would have given it 5 before. But it seems like the dev just went into greedy cash grab mode now.

Developer Response ,

Hello and thank you for the review. The new prices are based on how I truly value the app and my time. Traditionally app prices are a race to the bottom. I can’t price my tv tracker app if another is $0.99. By making it free to try I can now let the app speak for itself and let people decide if the price is worth the value.

As an existing user of the app I’ve also kept all existing features available for free. I intentionally introduced the subscription without many new features for existing users because I want to focus on quick, focused updates. I needed to see if spending hundreds of hours designing and developing new features would be worth the time; and so far I am very happy with how Television Time Plus is going so far. I’ve already added new features for existing users such as Year in Review, and I’m currently working on adding features to improve organization such as lists and tags, with the ability to share lists with friends and family, and more.

I’ve been supporting Television Time since 2015, and Television Time Plus is the best way I can continue. I hope this look behind the curtain helps at least explain my reasons for the price changes. I hope that the new features I’m working on will prove their worth for the price of subscription, and I’m always open to feedback in ways to improve the value and usefulness of the app.

Best,
Maximilian Litteral

Long time user

I have been using this app for a few years. I love the interface as it is clean and easy to use. I bought the app when it was $5. Now that it’s subscription based, I haven’t had to pay anything as it provides everything it had before but not sure if that’s because I had previously purchased or if it’s because the extras are not obvious cash grabs. At this point, I would recommend this app. Would have been 5 stars but waiting to see if subscription model becomes intrusive.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for the review. You are correct in that previously available features have remained unlocked for purchasing the app previously. I don't plan to make the subscription intrusive, and will hopefully avoid that. I will only show the subscription page when a new feature is available that will require Plus such as lists, or the new Year in Review stats screen. But they will never be required to use the app as it was before.