TV-Guide Norge Listings (NO) is a localized television schedule utility for Norwegian viewers, providing a simple, ad-supported interface for tracking broadcast times.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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News
Sentiment
5.0
1 reviews
Nemesis
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The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
The app removes the cognitive friction of navigating global media databases by focusing exclusively on the specific, regional channel lineup relevant to Norwegian users.
For Norwegian television viewers seeking a simple, mobile-accessible schedule for local channels.
What does it look like?
Key features
Real-time schedule of Norwegian television programming.
Customizable list of preferred TV channels for quick access.
How much does it cost?
The app operates as a free utility with no visible subscription or IAP gates, relying on ad-inventory volume for monetization.
Velocity
Dormant developmentperformanceUX improvementsShow more...
The development of this application has ceased, with no updates released in over 87 months. The release history shows a long-term trend of inactivity, with the last recorded update occurring on February 9, 2018. All recent updates were limited to minor maintenance and performance adjustments, with no new features introduced since 2016. The app is effectively in a zombie state.
Who built it?
Thomas Gesland
13+ apps tracked · News
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
The recent review mood reads thrilled. Users appreciate the application provides a useful way to pass time while waiting at the airport for flights.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- The application provides a useful way to pass time while waiting at the airport for flights
1 of 1 recent reviews analyzed · limited sample
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Competitive landscape for TV-Guide Norge Listings (NO)
How's the News market?
TV-Guide Norge Listings (NO) maintains a regional focus in the News category, though its 3,099-day update gap significantly limits its competitive standing against active media discovery tools.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Valentin Dreyfus
Both apps serve as discovery and tracking tools for video content, competing for the user's attention when deciding what to watch next.
- Offers sophisticated mood-based discovery algorithms that this app currently lacks entirely.
- Maintains a massive user base and long-term data flywheel for personalized content recommendations.
- Provides deep-link genre exploration that simplifies finding niche content compared to this app's basic listings.
Unlock the head-to-head verdict: where this rival wins, and where it loses.
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Key takeaways for TV-Guide Norge Listings (NO)
Where is it heading?
The market for television discovery is consolidating around platforms that offer proactive alerts and cross-device synchronization. TV-Guide Norge Listings (NO) remains in a maintenance-free state, ensuring its eventual obsolescence as the underlying channel data and OS compatibility requirements evolve.
- The seven-year development gap prevents the app from adopting modern EPG standards, which accelerates user churn to more responsive regional competitors.
The SWOT
- Localized Norwegian market focus provides a defensible niche against generic global media discovery platforms
- Implementing proactive program alerts would capture utility-seeking users
Next best moves
Sunset the product because the seven-year update gap makes technical maintenance unviable → reallocate resources to higher-yield regional opportunities
The counter-intuitive read
The app's primary value is its static, offline-friendly nature…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
EPG (Electronic Program Guide) integration (available in Flujo tv but absent here) +1
Since the last report: The product outlook has shifted from stable to declining, as the seven-year development silence is now formally categorized as a driver of user churn. The competitive assessment has pivoted to prioritize the lack of EPG integration as a primary barrier to relevance.
Bottom line
The seven-year development silence confirms the app is a legacy asset that cannot compete with modern, EPG-integrated discovery tools. Sunset the product to avoid brand drag while the current user base remains stable.
Unlock 2 critical frictions, 1 market threat and the analyst’s take.
Access the full report for freeFAQ
Is TV-Guide Norge Listings (NO) still updated?
How does this compare to global TV discovery apps?
Is this app suitable for travel?
What is a modern alternative for Norwegian TV listings?
Sources
- [1] App Store, source
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