If you’ve ever tried to find the perfect movie or show to watch with your special person at night, you know that sometimes it’s more of a challenge than it should be – often you just scroll through each other’s watch lists and then you succeed. with cable TV due to the lack of a decision. This is where someone’s ingenious idea comes to mind: what if there was an app for you and your partner where you swip left and right over movies that are on your streaming services, and when you match, let them know. It seems that some people liked the idea so much that they created just such a service – their own adopts Tinder for movies and TV shows. The best of the bunch is Reelgood’s Swipe With Friends.
Reelgood Swipe With Friends
You may have heard of Reelgood, the platform that allows you to browse and search all your streaming services in one place. The company recently launched Swipe With Friends, a tool that promises to be ‘Tinder for movies’. You can start by visiting the dedicated website – you do not even have to sign up for the service or install another app.
On the website, you can share a personalized link with your special person or friends, and then choose your services from a list consisting of virtually all the platforms available in the US and UK. To help you refine your initial choice, you can choose the content type (movies and / or TV shows), sort by popularity / IMDB score, choose your preferred year series for release, and more. Reelgood also claims that its invention algorithm invents what you like and helps you find relevant titles faster.
- YOUR SERVICES ONLY: Reelgood’s filters cover more than 150 streaming services in the US and UK, so you’ll only match movies and shows you can stream.
- EASY AND FIXED: No app to download, no account required. Just share a url and you can fight with friends in seconds.
- GOOD SUGGESTIONS: Reelgood’s recommendation system, combined with filters for IMDb score, genre, release year and more, gives you relevant titles to sweep through, not just a random variety.
Other services
There are more alternatives, but in my testing I did not find it comparable to Reelgood. Couchers are ideal if you do not live in the US or UK (it also supports Canadian, German and Indian streaming catalogs), but it does not compare to Reelgood if it is customizable. It requires you to sign in with your email address and name, only Netflix and Amazon Prime are supported, the match does not seem to work properly all the time, and sometimes the service loads incorrect posters, resulting in more than one wrong swipe for I.
Left: Bank. Middle: dinggo. Right: Movie sync.
There are also Movie Sync, dinggo, Flash Match and Movit, but these services also do not feel as complete as Reelgood’s. There is a smaller range of streaming services, fewer filters and less pleasant user interface, although these offer alternative Android applications.
If you and your special someone are struggling to find the perfect movie or show it in the traditional way, Reelgood and the other livestock programs should make the process easier – there is no real excuse for rejecting a proposal you both liked.
And while we’re at Tinder clones reusing the dating app’s UX: how about adding ‘What Are You Hungry For Now?’ option to arrange goodies with food items and local delivery services to complement your movie month? It turns out there is already another app for it.