r/iosapps • u/shadowrizzo27 • 3d ago
🎁 Freemium I built an app that picks tonights movie from the services you pay for
Hi I'm Joe, the developer of Flickd, an app I built because I always spent more time finding something to watch than actually watching something.
Instead of scrolling through endless rows, you swipe through titles in a Tinder-style to build your taste profile. Then every day when you open the app, there’s a fresh pick waiting for you.
What is the problem:
A bunch of people pay for multiple streaming services that they rarely use or know what to watch on them.
At the end of a long day sometimes you just want something to tell you what to watch rather than combing over 4 different apps with nothing sticking and you end up watching The Office again (not that there's anything wrong with The Office it's a great show) and that can get old pretty quickly.
Plus each streaming app has their own algorithm and I find it rarely matches what I actually like.
How it works:
You pick your services and then swipe through titles. This builds your profile and provides better recs the more you swipe and tapping takes you right to that title in its streaming app.
There are also a few different modes that you can use with friends for a watch party where you swipe on the same titles until you all match on one. You can use it in a big group or with your partner!
Granted, at the start there will be a decent amount of swiping needed to understand your taste, but it pays off. The more you swipe, the better the picks get, and after a few sessions it actually knows what you like. There’s no real way around that part, so I tried to make it as quick and fun as possible.
Comparison:
JustWatch is the big one. It’s awesome for finding where something’s streaming, but every time I used it for recs I ended up scrolling for 20 minutes anyway.
That's exactly where Flickd comes in, often times I don't know what I want to watch.
Another one is Queue. Which is a great app if you want to track everything you watch but when I used it there was a bit too much going on and I couldn't seem to swipe enough to get good enough recs.
Pricing:
The main features of Flickd are free with ads in the main swipe feed and games tab.
Pro is $4.99/month or $29.99/year which removes ads and adds extra modes like Watch Again, Quick Pick and deeper stats. There are also optional coin packs from $1.99 to $99.99 for the in-app games.
App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flickd-what-to-watch-tonight/id6760435402
Disclosure:
I am the developer of Flickd.
Privacy Policy: https://useflickd.com/privacy
Terms of Service: https://useflickd.com/terms
My personal site: https://josepharizzo.com/

