TodoMovies Reviews

To Do Movies is the best movie list platform I've seen since Jinni went offline. Exhaustive movie database, including an impressive catalog of indies, foreign films, old silents, and shorts. Although the number of lists you could have was limited, the list feature (as well as ratings) worked well. The Discovery feature could have been better - To Do lacked Jinni's versatility and relevance in searches and recommendations. But mostly good.

However, if you ever have to delete TodoMovies (say, if you periodically delete and reinstall apps to clear out storage space), say goodbye to any effort you've invested in tracking your movie watching in To Do. They don't have a login feature so nothig is tied to a profile and saved - it's 100% app data. I even tried "upgrading" which they claim lets you keep an unlimited number of lists (and theoretically a way of saving them) but could never get that function to work within TodoMovies . So every movie I've listed as Watched, Want to Watch, or rated within the better part of a year? Gone.

If To Do adds a functional account feature, I'll be back, but not until.

June 17, 2016 update: great update! Enjoying how this version remembers which tab you've last selected and uses that at the next launch of TodoMovies . Saves a tap!
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Very well designed app that's extremely useful. Worth upgrading to support the developer and the bonus is the ads go away. Yes, you can backup your lists. I do that often and it's worth it in case something happens to your phone. Love the curated lists too - discovered some great movies thanks to them!

TodoMovies helps keep track of what you want to watch and what you have watched. It's simple but super useful. Yes, you could use the built in reminders app as I used to but that can take longer if you're not sure of the movie name or don't want to type it all out. TodoMovies will offer suggestions after typing just a bit of the title. Very stable, fast and beautifully designed!

When someone asks me what my favorite movie is or even when they ask about recent good movies I’ve seen, I always draw a blank. I’ve seen so many and I love so many that I almost can’t even remember any of them. I’m so glad that I found ToDo Movies. Over the past year I’ve been slowly adding all the movies I’ve ever seen as well as all the movies I want to see.

Now when I turn on a streaming service I have a go to place to figure out what to watch instead of trying to scroll endlessly through a collection of crappy movies to figure out what to watch. I scroll through my To Watch movies and it always helps me find something to watch. It also helps me wait until movies have reached Netflix, HBO, or Prime to watch them so that I don’t rack up a bunch of rental fees.

The basic version of TodoMovies executes its purpose well. It allows you to create and track movies you want to watch and ones you have watched. You can also create custom named lists.

Because TodoMovies is backed by TMDB, you have the option of adding films through TMDB that might not have IMDB listings. As someone who watches a lot of independent films, I found this very useful and set TodoMovies above other similar apps.

The biggest ongoing issue I have with TodoMovies is the inability to set the 'watched' date. That date defaults to whatever the date is when you add the film to the Watched list. When trying to import large historical lists, not having this piece of data is unfortunate.

TodoMovies is awesome. They have a thorough database of movies and I love that they have the images along with the movies as well as having them in categories.

The biggest problem is how long it takes to check off a movie that I’ve seen. As of now, I have to click the movie, click the + and then click the check mark all just to add it to my “watched list”. It just seems very inefficient.

I think adding a feature where I can either swipe left to say, “add to watch list” or right to “add to already seen” list is so much more efficient and
would make it much easier to navigate so I don’t feel like I’m taking forever to add a movie to either list.

Or even just holding down on the title of the movie to check it off would be a better way to check movies off.

My final addition would be to have categories of movies by year or decade. It’s a more efficient way for people to check off the movies they have seen. For example, I was born in the 90’s so it would be easier for me to start with movies in that era and the early 2000s when I really began watching a lot of movies.

A good app and a great idea just needs some updated features to make it even better!

I love the UI of this app and the pre-made lists are very useful. The gestures and sorting options are also quick and intuitive. My only complaint is that ratings can only be made out of 5 stars, allowing for only 5 different ratings, which I find to be very confining. I have found that 5 star systems are unfortunately common among movie apps. However, this app is superior to every other app I've tried, except for its rating system. This is an outstanding app for tracking movies. If the developers allowed for 3.5/5 stars or 7/10, I would happily give TodoMovies 5 stars and buy the pro version, as it would easily be the best in its category. (See LaLune, Cineast and IMDB for examples of how to implement such a rating system.)

I love TodoMovies! It’s great for tracking movies you’ve seen and you wanna watch. I think it would be cool to have the ability to search list (you have Top List) but I would love to be able to search for list. It would also be great if it told you where you could watch/buy it. But the features it has are great! I have recently bought the pro version and I love having all the extra list! I would also love to see an account feature where I can log into the same database from multiple devices without having to share it each time.

I love TodoMovies so much! I watch a lot of movies, and used to keep a list in my computer of every movie I watched, because occasionally I forget whether I've seen a specific movie already. Not TodoMovies does that for me and makes it so much easier to keep track. I upgraded to the paid version so I could create my own lists. My only fear is that one day I'll try to add a movie and be told I've reached my limit. I don't know if there is a limit, but I have over 600 moves in my to watch list. If TodoMovies ever crashes or is discontinued, I'll be so lost!

I love TodoMovies, as a constant movie watcher. It's the easiest way I've found to log the movies I want to see and check them off as I go.

There are a few suggestions I have for the developers that could really boost TodoMovies's popularity. First, ability to sort movies in my lists by overall app score, not just my own, especially in my todo list so I can see what others liked.
Second, include third-party ratings like RT and IMDB in the descriptions - some people will choose movies based only on those ratings.

I use TodoMovies a lot to track movies I want to watch- love how up to date it always is and I am able to find every movie - no matter how recent or rare. I would really like the ability to capture some notes when I add a movie- such as why I want to watch it or what’s so special about it. Could you consider adding this feature as it really helps movie buffs like myself?:)

I looked all over for an app where I could track movies I have seen vs want to see. TodoMovies helps me do it all with ease. I can easily search for a movie title then with one easy tap, add it to my want-to-see list... one more tap marks it as viewed. I can also assign ratings of 1-5 stars to each movie. I love having all this knowledge right on my phone so I can quickly see if I have already some older unmemorable movie when it comes on. Thank you developer!

I hardly write reviews on the AppStore. The only time I do, is when I find an incredible app that I know I will always download on any new device I get. And this is one of them.

First of all, the design. The design and UI is just so incredible and something you hardly see on apps nowadays. The fluid, smooth and quick movements of the interface is so beautifully made and is such a pleasure to use.
The functionality is also top notch! Looking at all the information of a movie and watching trailers etc.
The features (such as reminders to watch movies) is brilliant.

I have honestly never seen an app as beautiful and functional as this one! You guys have outdone yourselves and I do hope you get a lot more recognition in the future for this wonderful application :)

No need to keep track of my favorite movies in my notes anymore. this app allows me to list the movies I’ve watched and movies I have yet to see. Additionally, every movie can be rated and provides the full cast of actors/actresses, synopsis and year of release. Upcoming movies can be saved and a reminder can be set. To top it off, you can find international titles. I was pleasantly surprised when I found Russian, Spanish and French films.

Honestly I never write reviews and for an app to have been what I envisioned a easy swipe for this movie to the next, isn’t. Quick suggestion, if y’all just had a database of randomized movies constantly adding once ones are taken off the roster on a loop. Swipe left to “want” to watch it, swipe right to “seen” it, swipe up to love it. And keep the +list. Overall just make the movies discovery easier and intuitive. It’s a waste of time if I have to go into every single movie, tap twice and back out manually every single time. Let’s see if anyone reads this. 🤙🏾

Great for tracking movies to watch or that you have watched. The only problem I have with TodoMovies is when I search for something and tap to open the movie/actor, then go back to search, the search bar disappears and I can’t get it back unless I close out of TodoMovies entirely and go back in, which is annoying and time consuming.

UPDATE: love the new top lists and curated lists feature, already found some great movies to watch :)

Have used for years, solid development brings great updates such as groups, which I've wanted forever, biggest improvement -for me at least, would be shared lists that sync with other people (or at least myself, preferably via iCloud that I could back movies up with

I use this to track upcoming movies and to set reminders around their release dates. It has a great UI and I love that watching trailers is effortless.

However, I do wish it didn’t have such a limited selection of movies in the “Upcoming” tab. I’d like to scroll through that for a long time, viewing trailers that interest me. But right now it only shows about 20 or so.

I think the wishlist should display the full release date for movies that have not been released and the year for movies that are already out. I like to list summer movies that I want to see and currently they all just say 2017. They say how many days till their release, they're sorted in the proper order, and they even list the release date when you click on the movie. Seems like a simple "fix".

I’ve used TodoMovies for years and I really want to keep using it, as I like the interface and find it easy to use. But the fact that release dates keep changing and many end up being in the past when the movie isn’t even out yet is frustrating when trying to see what’s coming out soon. I don’t know where it’s pulling release dates from but it’s nowhere close in many cases to when other sites say they’re being released.

What Flixster and Fandango won’t give you. I’d pay for this, a little anyway. Trying to figure out what to watch with the family, try here. Future, would like if could see what streaming service I could watch a film on, a few more discovery options, ability to share lists with friends and family.