Sequel • Media Tracker 12+

Sequel is hands-down, one of my favorite apps.

From the moment I downloaded Sequel, thanks to David Pierce from The Verge, it became an integral part of my daily routine. I’m a movie and TV buff, and I watch a lot of content, so it can be challenging to remember when new stuff releases. The new episode reminders and tracking feature is incredibly useful for me. I love that there’s a little note section for everything. After watching something, I can write a brief review, leave notes for myself, and then rate it. The only downside for me is that I wish the ratings were integrated into a larger service like Rotten Tomatoes.

The collections feature is really nice and very helpful for further organization. The most recent update, which adds the ability to modify the completion date, is also handy when adding previously watched content. I think the subscription might not be super necessary for most people, but I’m happy to pay it knowing that I’m supporting the developer. Overall, Sequel is one of my favorite apps, and I use it every single day. I’m excited to see where the development goes in the future and what new features will be introduced.

Was a good app, now I wish for an additional setting

This is a really good app that I use to track everything that I watch, play, read, and listen to. I chose it specifically despite the other competitor apps because it did not have a “watch date” on my shows, as I sometimes forget and have to add it later. I had gone through probably a few dozen apps before I was able to settle on sequel. Simple, attractive ui, really great app. Until it updated. And now it has obligatory, non editable watch dates. Now, this is only minorly annoying, but it’s enough that I’m tempted to find a new tracking app, or to even create my own. All I ask, dear developer, is that you give us a setting (in free mode, please) to completely turn off the watch date interface. I don’t want to know *when* I watched these movies, because my memory isn’t that great, so most of the dates are wrong. It gives me so much unnecessary stress and anxiety, when it was the main feature that I had downloaded this app for. I suppose it’s the truth of “one man’s trash” and all that, but the simple lack of watch dates was my treasure. I hope you take this to heart, and I hope to see a new setting soon. One day, when I can afford it, if this app is still everything it was when I first found it, I will be buying the paid version. I just want to see some changes first. One change. Let me turn off watch dates.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your feedback. I intentionally designed the completion date experience to be non-obtrusive by not prominently asking users to enter one and by displaying the information in a subtle manner. Despite my best efforts, I’m sorry to hear this doesn’t quite work for you. I’m taking your feedback on board and will consider it for future updates.

Sequel is fantastic!

I rarely write reviews, not because I don’t enjoy apps, I just seriously do not enjoy writing reviews. So let me say this, the fact that I am writing a review at all hopefully expresses my feelings about this app. However, if that isn’t enough:

Sequel is an exceedingly smooth operating piece of software. No slow downs, no stuttering. It’s impressive! It’s got basically all the features you’d want from a media tracking app and the developer is always adding and improving *without* changing anything to the point of being destructive (also a friendly and helpful person).

The only feature I’d like to see added is a simple request - it would cool if when you tap on a movie or tv show poster in the app if it would expand full screen, like the Photos app!