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Popular Show Tracking App TV Time Shutting Down on July 15

TV Time, the popular show and movie tracking app, is shutting down on July 15, with all personal user data set to be deleted after that date.

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In a support page update announcing the news, the company admitted that it was "no longer sustainable to continue operating the service as a free app," and said that there was "not enough demand for a paid app."

Come the shutdown date, the TV Time app will be removed from both the App Store and Google Play, and the tvtime.com website will go offline permanently.

Users who want to preserve their viewing history and tracked data can request an export through the app's GDPR self-service tool before the July 15 cutoff. The company says all personal user data will be deleted after that date, but it may retain aggregated, non-personal data for business or legal purposes.

TV Time has operated for more than a decade, and over that period it built a dedicated community around episode tracking, watchlists, and user ratings. In the wake of the closure announcement, users on the Resetera forums have suggested alternatives like Trakt, Serializd, and Simkl – although the latter's servers have reportedly struggled under a sudden wave of new sign-ups.

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LFO8 Avatar
23 hours ago at 04:54 am
I hate that on Apple TV a show disappears from your list when you have finished watching the last available episode. There is no ‘play history’ anywhere? Nor is there a list of any kind besides ’Watchlist’ which only contains what you are watching right now
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
HouseLannister Avatar
21 hours ago at 06:39 am

This is how freedom capitalism should work.
Fixed it for you. 😁
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
20 hours ago at 08:17 am
Bummer! I have recently switched over to Sequel - I’ve been enjoying it quite a bit. https://www.getsequel.app/
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
22 hours ago at 06:09 am
I used TV Time for a while and liked it. The comments sections were very active but the interface flow always felt a little funky to me. Anyway, I've been using something called Sequel ('https://www.getsequel.app') and have been pretty happy with it. It has JustWatch integration to keep tabs on which streamer(s) a given show is on, and also has info on whether a show is renewed or not, when it's coming back on, etc. It can track also track movies, but I use Letterboxed for that.

Speaking of which, what I really want is for Letterboxd to do a TV version of their movie site/app. Thinking it would probably have to be kept separate from film? Anyway, they have the largest "social effect" by far for me in that a lot of people I know are using it, and they've managed to keep toxicity to a minimum by limiting interaction to commenting on reviews (which seems to stay pretty in-bounds from what I can tell).
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
22 hours ago at 05:45 am
I agree!!! SIMKL is by far the best tracking site

SIMKL + SofaTime = best watchlist combo...

Those who are suggestting trakt or episodate or any other calendar related tracking app... please do your research, if you want to go through the process of again switching to a different app.

Also, look for apps that provide easy watchlist export features!
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
HouseLannister Avatar
1 day ago at 04:13 am
I have tried every TV tracking app and used TV Time for quite awhile. I left when they started asking me to review every episode of a show when marking it as watched or asking me to pick my favorite character from the episode. It just got super annoying to use as a tracker. The app had also gotten slower and had more errors and outages over the last few years and it was just time for something new. They had too much tech debt and weren’t keeping pace with other apps.

I would recommend Sofa Time or Showline for an app experience, or Simkl is great if you want to stay in a web app (they had an app, but hasn’t been touched in years).
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)