TV Listings Plus is a free television guide for US and Canadian viewers, providing broadcast, cable, and satellite schedules on iOS.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
The app removes the cognitive friction of tracking fragmented broadcast schedules by centralizing show alerts and reminders in one interface.
For Television viewers in the USA and Canada who require a centralized schedule for cable, satellite, and antenna broadcasts.
What does it look like?
Key features
Tracks specific shows and pushes automatic notifications when new episodes are released, driving re-engagement.
Allows users to set reminders for specific programs to build a personalized viewing schedule, increasing ad-inventory per active user.
Local data storage reduces bandwidth usage and improves interface responsiveness during high-traffic periods.
How much does it cost?
The app operates as a free utility, monetizing through ad inventory generated by high-frequency user engagement.
Velocity
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The app currently operates at a maintenance cadence, with only one release identified in the recent window. Development activity is limited to performance and stability improvements, with no evidence of new features or live-service content. The latest release occurred 99 days ago, indicating a period of stagnation in the product roadmap. The publisher provides no insight into specific changes, relying on generic release notes.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
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Competitive landscape for TV Listings Plus
How's the Entertainment market?
TV Listings Plus maintains a 4.58-star rating across 12,784 reviews, anchoring its position as a reliable, established utility in the Entertainment category.
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Key takeaways for TV Listings Plus
Where is it heading?
The television utility market is consolidating around streaming-first aggregators, leaving traditional guide apps like TV Listings Plus in a defensive position. The current maintenance-only cadence suggests the product will remain stable for existing users, but it lacks the feature velocity required to compete with modern platforms that offer direct streaming integration.
- The 99-day update gap indicates a transition to maintenance mode, which limits the ability to capture new market share from streaming-first users.
- A 4.58-star rating across 12,784 reviews confirms the core utility remains highly valued by the existing user base.
The SWOT
- Watchlist notifications drive recurring daily-active-user habits
- Integrating streaming deep-links could modernize the utility
Next best moves
Audit notification logic because users rely on episode alerts for retention → stabilize daily-active-user metrics
The counter-intuitive read
The 99-day update gap is a strategic choice…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The integration of a 4.58-star rating across 12,784 reviews provides a new quantitative baseline for the app's performance, while the strategic focus has consolidated into protecting existing retention mechanisms.
Bottom line
TV Listings Plus maintains a stable core utility, but the lack of feature velocity leaves it vulnerable to modern aggregators that offer direct streaming access.
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Is TV Listings Plus free to use?
Does TV Listings Plus work for streaming services?
Is TV Listings Plus available for Android?
Sources
- [1] App Store, source
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