The pattern worth noticing
TVShow Time launched in 2011 and was sold in 2016. Its owners ran it for years, then shut it down this month and handed 26 million people two weeks to rescue their own history. Bingers is the new app from the same founder, expected end of July, with no business model announced yet. Maybe it works out, and there is room for more than one good tracker. But your watch history is the kind of thing you only want to move once, so the fair question before you commit it is simple: what happens the next time someone makes an offer?
Why Hobi is a different bet
Hobi never had an owner to sell to. Two independent developers, self-funded, over ten years in, no venture capital and no private equity. There is no acquisition to chase and no investor to answer to, which is exactly why it did not vanish when the economics got hard. It is on the App Store and Google Play right now, no waitlist, free to track.
- Available today. Ten million downloads, live on both stores, while the alternatives are a shutdown notice and a waitlist.
- Keeps your ratings. If you saved your TV Time export, Hobi brings your history, watchlist, movies and the ratings that Trakt and most importers drop.
- Shows and movies, together. One place for everything you watch, with a calendar and reminders for what is next.
- Portable forever. Two-way Trakt sync means your library is yours and exportable, so you are never trapped again.
Already saved your TV Time export?
If you downloaded your TV Time file before it closed, nothing is lost. Hobi reads that export directly and matches your shows and movies automatically, ratings included. Start at hobiapp.com/tv-time. If you did not export in time, the data cannot be recovered, but Hobi is still the fastest place to start fresh and keep your history yours from here on.