A new movie and TV watching app, Binge eatingcoming from the indie developer behind other creative apps like social app Mammoth and AI news reader Bulletin, it has one smart feature: It’ll warn you when the jump scares are coming.
To do this, the app takes advantage of Apple’s Live Activities — the feature that brings real-time notifications to your device’s lock screen and Dynamic Island. You’ve seen other apps that track current events use the feature to track things like food deliveries, Uber arrivals, sports scores, and more. But Binge kicks into gear to let you know when the scary scenes are coming.
To use the feature, tap the clock icon on the jump scares details page to start the live activity when you start watching the movie. You can also filter for only the “important” fears if you prefer.
The app enters a crowded space where other popular apps like it Mailbox, TV time, JustWatch, Tractand others they already have quite a large audience. However, Binge aims to differentiate itself by using Apple-specific features like Live Activities and iCloud syncing, as well as introducing a handful of features that not all other apps have, such as the ability to add personal notes, post-credit scene details, award breakdown timelines, episode rating charts, app integrations, and other tracking apps.
According to developer Shihab Mehboob, the hope is to make Binge an all-in-one app for watching movies, TV shows, compilations, people (like actors), streamers, networks, and even production companies.
Like other watch apps, you’ll find the usual details about the shows or movies you’re watching, such as release date, description, trailers, cast and crew, reviews, running time, genre, and other essentials.
In addition to adding items to a watchlist or marking them as streaming, you can also easily see where to watch the title in question — a handy feature in an age when content is seemingly always moving between services. And you can watch movies that are still in theaters so you remember to stream them later at home.
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In addition, Binge pulls data from external sites, such as scores from Rotten Tomatoes, Letterboxd, IMDb, and Metacritic, and creates a guide for parents using IMDb information about the movie or show’s violence, sexual content, gory scenes, drug and alcohol use, profanity, and other factors.
Other features include the ability to rate movies and shows, sync with Trakt’s service, browse recommendations, view breakdowns of Academy Award winners, create custom collections, add tags that indicate you own a movie, add widgets to your home screen and lock screen, use an “add to calendar” feature, and access many in-app customization options.
The app is available on iPhone, iPad and Mac. It’s free to download, but requires either a subscription or a one-time payment to unlock premium features like jump warnings. Subscriptions currently cost either $1.99 per month or $17.99 per year, or you can choose to pay a one-time fee of $49.99 to permanently unlock the app’s premium features.
