Watched - Track What You Watch
By Bolt Studios
Watched is a manual TV show tracking app for iOS and Android that provides release notifications and watch history management.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire Watched to organize their viewing habits and stay updated on new episodes without the complexity of full-scale streaming platforms.
For TV and movie viewers who want to organize their watch history and receive release alerts.
What does it look like?
Key features
Chronological list of upcoming and recent TV show episodes with one-tap status updates.
Migration tool to pull existing show history from the TV Time platform.
How much does it cost?
The ad-supported model relies on high-frequency engagement with tracking features to monetize free users.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentnew contentUX improvementsShow more...
With only one release in the last month, the app operates at a maintenance cadence of approximately 0.23 releases per week. Development is currently focused on feature expansion, specifically regarding media metadata and user data portability. The latest update represents a major release due to the addition of new search and import capabilities. The current pace suggests a stable, low-frequency development cycle.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
The recent review mood reads mixed. Users appreciate clean and visually appealing interface makes tracking series and movie progress feel effortless for casual viewers and timely notifications for new episode releases help dedicated fans stay updated on their favorite shows, but report frequent app crashes and data loss after updates prevent users from maintaining their watch history records.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Clean and visually appealing interface makes tracking series and movie progress feel effortless for casual viewers
- Timely notifications for new episode releases help dedicated fans stay updated on their favorite shows
- Frequent app crashes and data loss after updates prevent users from maintaining their watch history records
60 of 83 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for Watched - Track What You Watch
How's the Entertainment market?
Watched maintains a 4.25 rating on iOS and 3.71 on Android, reflecting a divide between casual users who value the UI and power users frustrated by manual entry requirements.
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Key takeaways for Watched - Track What You Watch
Where is it heading?
Users report: The entertainment utility market is consolidating around apps that offer seamless data integration, leaving manual-entry tools like Watched increasingly exposed. Unless the team addresses stability and adds automated sync, the app will continue to struggle with high churn among power users.
- Frequent post-update crashes and data loss incidents erode the daily active habit, which compounds the rating drag already visible on Android.
- The latest release added actor search and data import functionality, signaling active feature investment rather than maintenance mode.
The SWOT
- Clean interface design reduces cognitive load for casual users
- Automated synchronization with external tracking platforms
Next best moves
Audit crash logs post-update because users report data loss → stabilize retention
The counter-intuitive read
The app's lack of streaming capability is a feature, not a bug…
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Automated external sync (available in major competitors but missing here)
Since the last report: The report identifies the lack of automated synchronization as a primary competitive disadvantage, shifting focus from onboarding issues to technical integration gaps.
Bottom line
Watched provides a visually appealing tracking experience, but technical instability and the lack of automated sync limit its retention potential, so the team must prioritize crash resolution to stabilize the user base.
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