Taphive’s TodoMovies (US$1.99) app for iPhone has recently been updated to version 2.0. I’d not seen or used TodoMovies before, but as a huge movie enthusiast, I knew I had to check it out.
At its heart, TodoMovie is an app that keeps track of movies you want to watch, but it’s supercharged in every way. Here’s how it works.
Say, for example, you heard a friend talking about a film, like Iron Man 3. You want to know more about it, so you open TodoMovies and go to Discover View. You enter the title in the search box and it pops right up with a thumbnail picture, title and the release year. When you tap it, you’re presented with the movie’s poster and numerous options. Watch a trailer for the movie. Check out a gallery with all the official pictures. Add the film to your watch list or mark it as watched.
Furthermore, find out about the storyline, cast and crew, release date as well as TodoMovie’s own universal rating. If that’s not enough, review ratings are also imported from Rotten Tomatoes and Netflix.
In Discovery View, it’s easy to find films by genre, what’s in theaters at the moment and what’s upcoming. With a tap and hold, quickly indicate whether you’ve seen a movie or you want to add it to your watch list. Movies you’ve seen will have a little green tick in the top-right corner. Movies you’re still to watch will have a blue plus sign.
Gallery: TodoMovies
If you find a film you want to watch that’s still unreleased, just add it to your watch list. TodoMovie will let you add a release notification reminder with notes, perhaps to remind you to buy tickets for a screening at your favorite cinema!
TodoMovie makes it easy to share information on a great film with friends or family. From within the app, share to Twitter, Facebook, a text message or email. The app also searches and links to the iTunes Store, should you want to buy a soundtrack or even rent or buy a film.
TodoMovie supports iCloud Sync, so if you’re signed into iCloud, your list will be saved and accessible across your iDevices. There’s also Dropbox integration, which lets you export images from movie galleries to your Dropbox. It’s a really nice idea, especially if you enjoy having movie posters as your desktop picture. Add the Dropbox folder to Desktop pictures in your Mac’s System Preferences and set it to change pictures periodically. Export the images from within TodoMovies and you’ll have a carousel of movie posters as your desktop picture. My only gripe is the lack of high-resolution images.
While offering all of these fantastic features, TodoMovie keeps what’s important front and center — movies. The app is really well-designed, functions flawlessly and looks gorgeous. The only complaint is that it’s sometimes hard to decipher the movie title from a poster image. I’d have to tap the image and enter the movie details section just to find out what it was, which was a little frustrating at times. A list view would be nice.
In summary, TodoMovies makes it really easy to discover new films, keep track of what you want to watch and what you’ve watched, and is a fantastic resource for movie info, reviews and media.
Whether you’re a film addict, conniossuer or you simply want to keep track of movies you want to watch, TodoMovies is a must-have app.
TodoMovies is available from the App Store now.
Our own Victor Agreda, Jr. spoke to the creator of TodoMovie at last year’s WWDC. To learn about the origin of the app, watch the video below.
TodoMovies: The must-have movie app for movie lovers originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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