@catesb Aiming to start on the android version in the new year. Our backend developer is an Android guy and won't stop hounding us until we do :)
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@catesb I was wondering about the same thing! Let the poor people (like me) that can't afford the price of happiness, I mean iOS, be happy at least with your product! Thanks :)
Hi Product Hunt!
We made Reelgood to solve a problem that bothered us: Why is it always so hard to figure out what movie to watch? Shouldn't there be an easy way to keep track of movies to see? Why not overlap this list with friends’​ lists? Reelgood is our solution to always pick the perfect movie, because your friends' opinions are better than the critics’ and because flipping through movies aimlessly shouldn't be our only option.
Looking forward to hear what you think!
@guyavigdor Yup! We gotta figure out how to do it cleanly, but it's on our roadmap (cause we want it too :D )
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Hubby and I will give this a shot. Although watching a movie you dislike is unlikely to cause physical pain, we actually spent more time choosing the last movie than we did watching it. The madness must end.
I really like this idea, I often come across great trailers for upcoming films, but then by the time the release date arrives I've forgotten about them. Downloading now!
I'm a bit confused about what to do in the app. I thought it was going to give me recommendations, but the apps only function looks to be adding movies you've watched, want to watch and a way to look up movies/actors.
I read above that you don't actually get recommendations based on what you've seen/want to see, but instead just compile a list of movies you and your friends have seen (and like) to compare. This means the app's functionality is tied directly to my friend joining and actively creating their list, and I can't really do much in the app by myself to get value. I'm also not sure "Recommendations" is the correct word to use to market the app. My friends might have seen 100 movies, but is that considered recommendations? They may have seen 100 movies, and only enjoyed 2.
"Here's something Jon thinks Stephen will like" - Recommendation
"Stephen and Jon might like this movie" - Recommendation
"Here's a list of 10 movies Jon watched" - Not really a recommendation.
"Jon and Stephen want to watch these 10 movies" - This is valuable, but its just a list comparison, and we may not enjoy those movies after watching them.
I'm assuming you want people to rate movies, and not just compare a list of 100 movies irregardless of how much they were enjoyed. But in the UI to rate the movie I need to tap on the "Plus" and then tap on that again once it becomes a Ticket icon (hidden- Didn't know you could tap it again since it looks like an on/off state) and then you'll see the blue check, then tap on the poster, and then tap on "Share Review" then tap on the stars, then tap "Share."
In determining what two people may want to watch, I was under the assumption that based on the movies i've seen or want to see, and they've seen or want to see, we would get recommendations and not just a comparative list.
It may be the way its marketed which is why I'm a bit confused, but using the app feels like a movie list maker - you designate the friend recommendation aspect to one tab (but isn't that what the whole app is about?). The tag line "Always pick the perfect movie" didn't seem to reflect the app when I opened it to play around.
What I was really excited by, since my roommate and I always watch Netflix, are to have recommendations about something new to watch that we'd both enjoy based on what we've liked or have seen or want to see. We may both want to see "GI JOE" but we might hate it. It'd be more valuable to me if we were presented a film that has a high probability of being enjoyed by both of us.
Don't mean to rant, but I was so excited. I hope this feedback is useful.
@stephenmarklevi Thank you so much for your review! As a designer I'm sure you can appreciate how valuable this thorough, early feedback is to us. While we’re very much at our MVP stage with many improvements to come, hopefully I can peel back the curtain and answer a few of the questions you posed:
1. In regards to the word “recommendations," it is something of an imperfect catchall for a few of the expereinces a user might have in app: seeing a friends review (not a direct recommendation but more of a an endorsement), discovery of new movies based on a collection of friend reviews (generates a list of indirectly recommended movies) and a direct recommendation function that can be found by visiting a friends profile or going thru any individual movie profile (the truest form of recommendation.) Sometimes words fail to capture the essence of a bundle of more nuanced interactions.
2. The review process: we certainly agree with you here. While we like the simplicity of the “to-see” and “seen” list, without reviews it is difficult for users to figure out which of those movies are worthwhile and which are not. Our 1.1 version already puts in a place a few new interactions that are designed to address this exact issue and encourage users to leave more reviews.
3. All those to-see, seen, and comparative movie lists in lieu of more precise recommendations. Admittedly, we don’t have the full robustness we’d like yet. As we gain more users and have a deeper understanding of what people and their friends would like to see, we can better build algorithms around them and create a bit more recommendation magic. For now, these comparative lists allow users to make their own judgements and help settle the debate over what to watch come movie night.
Thank you again for the thoughtful remarks. Since design is never done we hope you’ll enjoy the new features we are currently working on for future versions. May every movie you watch be a banger!
Reelgood looks fantastic. This is definitely a problem we have, so will try it out for sure. Any plans for a browser version? I feel like most of our movie hunts occur on the desktop, not on mobile.
@ourielohayon Thanks Ouriel! We don't have IMDB scores but we do have Rotten Tomatoes - If you hit Sort - Rotten Tomatoes Score you'll see the movies sorted from highest to lowest :)
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