TV Forecast – Show Tracker 4+

Since iShows left us I've been looking for a replacement and I have to say this is the best of the many offerings and the new update has made things even better. A clear number of episodes left to watch, better sorting - now if only we could get landscape poster art!

I’m always on the lookout for a new TV tracking app, and I was really excited about TV Forecast. I love the look of this app. It feels so clean and modern, and it’s a pleasure to be in.

Using it is a different story. If it’s barebones by design, I think it’s gone too far in that direction. I’d like even a small level of customization options. When I’m looking at Up Next, I see the next episode to air, not the next unwatched episode. This means nothing if I’m not caught up. When I’m looking at Your Progress, I have no options for changing the order (that I could see). It defaults to alphabetical, but it would great to be able to sort by number of episodes left unwatched, or air date of the next unwatched episode.

And this is a BIG pet peeve of mine. It alphabetizes shows starting with “The” under T. So the only sort order is alphabetical, but even THAT doesn’t function accurately.

I’ll keep this app, and I look forward to updates. But if I’m going to pay a subscription fee, I’d love to see this kind of basic functionality.

I like this app. It works and it looks like an iOS app (and even runs on Macs with an M series processor). I've used several episode tracking apps and they usually focus on style over substance which leads to a lot of issues and lack of reliability but I have never had an issue wiht this app. I woukd rate it higher but given that it is a subscription based app I would expect more updates than it gets but I guess if it ain't broke it doesn't need fixing.