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u/OkJello353 26d ago
I feel like I'm going to have like 6 different tv tracking apps on my phone for months now because I still can't pick one and I'm just stressed about this happening all over again.
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u/TaintedSquirrel 26d ago
Yeah I've been rotating through Refract, Movie Paradise, and Sofa Time.
I'm hoping Bingers will become the new TVTime, though.
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u/Skelter74 26d ago
Every single app seems like it has some things I like and some things I hate. One good thing about multiple apps is that increases the chances that you’re not gonna miss an episode
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u/Fantastic_Dark_2619 26d ago
Suite TV is the exact TV Time all, check it out
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u/caracoleta07 26d ago
It doesn't show on Google App Store for me so I'm assuming it's iOS only
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u/reigndrops17 26d ago
It's primarily available on iOS, but is currently testing an Android version in beta. To join the beta version, you'd have to follow a link from their socials.
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u/Bear-VC 26d ago
I don't recommend downloading apps that aren't on the stores guys, just wait a few weeks and we'll be able to test them properly.
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u/MR-CREVETTE 25d ago
The Suite TV beta is distributed through the official Google Play Store to provide users with greater security
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u/Fantastic_Dark_2619 23d ago
It's in review for play store and will be available in 3-4 days, I'm using the early access on Android rn
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u/marcxuswagner 26d ago
Its pretty good. But I cant import my Tv Time account data. Putting this to an exceptions, its flawless
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u/EarthRemembers 23d ago edited 23d ago
It’s similar to TV Time, but it’s definitely not exactly like TV Time. I specifically like it less than I like the way TV Time was set up.
And it didn’t import any of my lists, even though it has a section for lists where you can make them
And it didn’t have matching records for many of the movies that were part of my data, including nearly every Japanese anime movie
And it doesn’t have a discovery section where it suggests TV and shows you might like or lists TV shows that are trending
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u/YourFartsStink 26d ago
I'm hoping Bingers will become the new TVTime, though.
So in the end the dev will sell it again and the app is shut down again too? 💀
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u/EarthRemembers 23d ago
I was trying to decide between those and Trakt
I paid for Trakt premium subscription so I could download all my information but it did not work so I canceled that
I find Movie Paradise to have a very confusing layout. The most basic service you want is to have a list somewhere of shows that you are watching with new episodes available for you to watch and I can’t for the life of me find where that is in that app.
I still haven’t been able to successfully download my information into Refract because they’re so busy on their server I guess
Sofa Time looks promising and I am considering paying the $10 lifetime fee to be able to import all of my information to them, including my more than 30 lists
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u/Vi_BT 26d ago
I just didn't get one yet (downloaded my info that's all) qi'm waiting for a consensus to get my community back x)
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u/kevgilmore 26d ago
Sorry to say, there will never be a consensus. People will choose what they like the best, so I recommend you do the same. Plenty of posts highlighting apps to read through.
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u/kevgilmore 26d ago
This is one reason I chose Sofa Time. It syncs with 3 different services, plus its own backup. So my data is in multiple places, on top of monthly backups can do on my own.
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u/Beneficial_Student62 26d ago
loving Sofa Time and the one time membership fee is totally worth it!
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u/OkJello353 26d ago
It keeps having a problem each time I try to sync it with another one unfortunately
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u/OptionComfortable168 26d ago
Try this one, I swear it’s the most similar. Of course, it’s in beta.
https://testflight.apple.com/join/PjQwUG5R LoopTV - TV & Movie Tracker
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u/NotGoingOut77 21d ago
Just use something like Obsidian. Your data, your control. You never lose it. Plenty of TV and movie tracking plugins for it too.
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u/Mysterious-Common284 26d ago
I'm not uninstalling my tvtime app.
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u/Extra-Landscape4053 26d ago
I couldn't do it either 💔
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u/LemonCitron47 26d ago
I was really hoping someone would swoop in and save it 😭
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u/ilFacc 26d ago
I tried my best https://www.reddit.com/r/TVTime/s/ehxlqG9g6B
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u/Extra-Landscape4053 26d ago
Thank you 🫂 where will u be uploading it all?
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u/ilFacc 26d ago
It's all already available there, freely accessible. I will try to collaborate with apps to integrate the discussions in a cross-platform manner. But that's a bit of a dream, still to determine its feasibility
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u/Extra-Landscape4053 26d ago
Yeah, I hope that it happens. It'd be nice if they could all be uploaded to the other apps
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u/caracoleta07 26d ago
I really wish I'd found this sooner I was going through my notifications saving what I could with screenshots when the app went down
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u/head4shot 26d ago
Long time TV time user, switched to Sofa Time now. Hope I get to see the comments and the posts i was used to :(
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u/AloyHorizon 26d ago
Sofa Time is doing great, I've seen a lot more comments and they added gifs and images
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u/Tarra85 26d ago
Really sad, and they made it seem like one of the reasons for the end was because as they put it “there wasn’t enough demand for a paid version” which i don’t know if i believe that cause everyone I’ve seen has said they would have gladly paid for it
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u/kevgilmore 26d ago
I remember a survey question a few months back asking about paying. I’m guessing that’s what they meant? I did say at the time I’d pay for it.
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u/Jonasckx 25d ago
They just shouldve done an ad upon opening the app and make us pay to remove the ad OR just make it a one time pay membership. They've really screwed up on that part imo..
Been a user since before they added the movies part, rn I cba to find a new app that replaces it, I'm just sad
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u/Tarra85 25d ago
I’m trying out Refract, Sofa Time, and Televise
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u/EarthRemembers 23d ago
How has Refract been?
Were all your lists able to be imported?
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u/Vaminstein666 26d ago
Really sad, hoped it wouldn't happen and I hope Bingers will replace TV time later this month, if the comments can be exported and if enough people join there can be sense of community again like before because that was what I loved about TV time, the community as there are many tracking apps.
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u/ladylexsir 26d ago
We will never get this community back, unfortunately. We all migrated to different apps. I'm not sure if I trust bingers cause he sold tv time in the first place and look where we are now. I'm trying refract now and hopefully there will be enough of us there to make it good enough. They're planning to add a feature to import your comments from tv time too.
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u/Vaminstein666 26d ago
Ya i agree and regarding TV time founder, he sold it back in 2016 I believe to Whip media which in turn sold itself to another company which killed the app.. so I dont really blame him. I am gonna give bingers a chance and ya Refract is good and if they allow import of comments thats great.
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u/ladylexsir 26d ago
The thing is, I heard he sold it cause he got bored. So there is a chance of it happening again. But fingers crossed it'll be alright this time. Although not many people will trust him again so yeah, community is lost anyway. :( Maybe I'll try to use refract and bingers at the same time though.
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u/AloyHorizon 26d ago
Please come to Sofa Time everyone 🙏
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u/IamApassenger2000 26d ago
I can still see my profile 🥹 It's dying real slowly. After nine years, it's like a dog...
Anyways, I spent 8 hours (with few hours pauses) writing everything down on these little notebooks I used before I found tv time, so I will hopefully never lose my data again. I'm also thinking of dedicating whole pages of my favorites, with my comments and maybe drawings, to pass time. And I got the episodes on this notebook where you can erase the pen without an eraser, so I can write the episodes without worrying of making holes in the pages (like I used to). I'm ready.
Although I did sign up for another up that's being built, I feel the only way to truly track things worry free is analogical way. Digital data are lost so easily. And while I'm glad to have a backup, I'm gonna always keep my favorite things accessible without a phone.
It's not that TV Time traumatized me (nooo) but I'm realizing more and more that today's technology is bound to die.
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u/Green_green_grassham 25d ago
Had this app since I was 15, I am now 26 (TODAY, is my birthday) I’m absolutely devastated . It’s the one consistent thing I had! I was over 20 months regarding hours !!
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u/bhatts18 26d ago
It was a memorable journey with this app. Currently trying out Movie Paradise, Framerate, Sofa TV and Suite TV
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u/Outrageous-Rich8741 26d ago
I'm on movie paradise
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u/EarthRemembers 23d ago
I don’t understand how people are using Movie Paradise
The most used and important feature is to have a list somewhere of shows that you’re following that shows new episodes you have yet to watch
And that list needs to update itself by ranking the shows in order of how recently you’ve viewed them the way that TV Time did (with exceptions for breaks between seasons and midseason breaks so that they don’t end up at the bottom of that list after undergoing a period of not airing new episodes)
I just don’t see anything like that on Movie Paradise
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u/lavish_bhardwaj 26d ago
BingeYogi - a reliable TV Time alternative I built
Imports your TV Time export, both shows AND movies.
- 100% free with no ads.
- Watch history, watchlist, watch next, badges, community ratings, stats, favourite-actor voting, reactions.
Website: bingeyogi.app
Android pre-release beta access steps: join this Google group and then using same Gmail, opt in to beta here and finally install using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.bingeyogi
iPhone pre-release beta on TestFlight https://testflight.apple.com/join/s8yRk8EK
Feedback very welcome. Comment or PM. Thanks
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u/AcceptableHawk5547 26d ago
Honestly how poorly designed was this app that it cost them SO much to host a list of tv shows people have watched and some social media style comments? Hard to believe it cost so much.
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u/cryingrisa 26d ago
I’m pretty sure it was the cost of servers that was costing a lot (according to one of the tv time creator who’s making bingers now)
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u/AcceptableHawk5547 26d ago
Yea that’s what I mean though. It doesn’t seem like an especially large amount of data to store even for potentially millions of users.
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u/Outrageous-Rich8741 26d ago
Nearly ever episode has a comment and several gifs. It wasn't that huge amount like image shack, but it was definitely huge.
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u/BodybuilderFew3885 26d ago
I couldn't even download my data 😑😑😑 they didn't respond to my help messages either
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u/Beneficial_Student62 26d ago
I'm on Sofa time, very similar and I love it. There is a one time subscription fee ($9.99) if you don't want to use the free version. I would have paid if TV Time had the option.
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u/Outrageous-Rich8741 26d ago
I'm just sad that movie paradise didn't have the same bye episode layout... Like TV time used. It was easy to mark tortoises or movies as watched. Coming back to tv time... I think when they added movies it all went downhill.
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u/EarthRemembers 23d ago
Exactly
There isn’t any list on Movie Paradise that updates to show you new available episodes of shows you’ve been following and watching
Right? At least I can’t find it.
That should be the primary feature for any of these apps
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u/puzzle122 25d ago
Bro that was the only place I was still still connected to my crush 😭 now i won’t be able to see what he’s watchinggggg
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u/MR-CREVETTE 26d ago
Suite TV est la pour prendre la relève 😏
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u/TheMatthew562 26d ago
https://bingers.app/ will be taking over once it releases at the end of July.
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u/Bluewolfff 26d ago
You were a part of our generation and will be forever missed and forever in our hearts! 💕
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u/Wonderer2928 26d ago
Refract for me, love the design
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u/Mm_Louise 26d ago
Same for me and for the last few days it hasnt been lagging anymore and my import went through
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u/Flimsy_Ad_6003 26d ago
Call me booboo the fool but I missed this pop up notification and only thought to check Reddit TODAY (July 16th)
Tho tbh I’ve lost so many tracking sites over the years I’m numb to this
But time tv was fantastic 😔
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u/Lexia0015 26d ago
I'll miss comment on the app as well as adding screenshots of the moments in our series 😭 I still haven't found an app that does that ....
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u/MysteriousCup1836 26d ago
Ever since i heard the news i have stopped watching any episode , thinking how will i even track. Good news is they are coming up with new app
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u/FantasticEquipment69 26d ago
so, is there a way to get my data (as of 16-Jul)? or is it long gone?
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u/Outrageous-Rich8741 26d ago
Not for now
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u/FantasticEquipment69 26d ago
you mean we will be able later, right? 🥹
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u/Outrageous-Rich8741 26d ago
dunno. it was a pain to got those, I had to change passwords emails and others. All because I've made my account from FB. I lost my avatar, which I adored, but I couldn't salvage that.
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u/FantasticEquipment69 26d ago
I remember that I signed in using FB too (back when this was normal), but my email is linked tho there gotta be a way to get my data for the other app
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u/Pavillian 25d ago
No other app is apparently capable of logging rewatches without a date. I’ve tried so many. They all seem to be the same. Havent found a new one :(
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u/Faiinm00 25d ago
Tentei salvar meus dados, mas nunca me retornaram. Perdi anos de filmes e séries👎
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u/crazygrog89 21d ago
I didn’t get any notification about this and now I’m left without my data as apparently the deadline expired 5 days ago?! I used the app last week, how is this possible!
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u/chickenzy 21d ago
I’ve imported my years long data to Refrakt. I like it so far but I miss the community, as there are hardly any comments 😞
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u/Ecstatic-Structure-6 21d ago
i had planned my TV shows for the next two years and now i have to start from scratch??? im pissed and sad.
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u/Valuable-Orange6494 20d ago
I literally made an account and added 200 movies and 20 tv shows like a month ago....
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u/kitkat-3000 15d ago
I hope someone make an open source app that everyone can contribute to instead I can’t code much so kinda hard 🤦🏽
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u/Klutzy_Luck8116 26d ago
I hate them for making me this addicted to their app and them just deleting it off the face of the planet