What's New

Continue Watching strip — a persistent quick-access row on the dashboard for every show in progress, with a season/episode badge and a one-tap episode bump button.

Watch Time Estimator — see hours remaining for any show you're watching, or total runtime for a movie or new series, right on the detail page.

Pace Predictor — based on your actual watch rate, tells you exactly when you'll finish a series and how many episodes per day that requires.

Episode Recap Card ('Previously On…') — shows the previous episode's overview before you start the next one. Spoiler-safe by default, click to reveal.

Streaming Value Dashboard (/streaming-value) — your real monthly and annual spend across every connected service, with a per-service breakdown and value tips.

Friends Feed Widget — a compact activity timeline on the dashboard showing what your friends are watching and finishing (Pro users with accepted friends).

Hidden Gem of the Week card — a weekly curated underrated pick on your dashboard with a direct Add to Watchlist button; refreshes every Monday.

Traveler's Download Report (/travel-downloads) — a personalized offline-queue builder, grouped by Continue Watching, Movie Night, On Your List, and Worth Rewatching. Copy or print with one click.

ReelRifter Recommends (/recommends) — our curated hardware picks for streaming at home and on the go, with affiliate-disclosed Amazon links.

9 new push notifications: Streak at Risk, Show Renewed, Show Returning from Hiatus, Leaving Soon Final Warning, New Trailer Available, Season Finale This Week, Weekly Watch Recap, Hidden Gem Spotlight, and Award Nominations.

Community Reviews now support per-season filtering — a tab row (All · S1 · S2 · …) lets you focus on reviews for a specific season of a TV show.

Dashboard rearranged: Continue Watching strip, Friends Feed, and Hidden Gem card appear above the main watchlist, with quick-link cards to Streaming Value, Travel Downloads, and ReelRifter Recommends.

Front page 'services connected' stat now links directly to the Subscription Optimizer.

Manage Services link on the Streaming Value page now goes directly to /settings/optimizer.

Continue Watching strip correctly hides the S·E badge when both season and episode values are zero.

Friends activity feed no longer exposes email addresses — display name falls back to 'Friend' if no name is set.

Content Feedback — when you drop a title or rate it ≤4 stars, a tag picker appears. Choose what put you off (violence, language, dark themes, bad writing, slow pacing, and more) so your AI can learn.

AI content learning — feedback signals are tallied to your profile and injected into every AI interaction. Strong signals steer recommendations away from content you dislike; soft signals add a gentle note.

Community Content Advisories — aggregated tag counts from all users are now shown on every show and movie detail page. A collapsible panel lists what ReelRifters flagged, with a proportional bar chart.

Achievement sharing — every earned badge card (Stats page and Notifications) now has a Share button. Tap it to post "I earned the [badge] badge on ReelRifter!" via your device's native share sheet.

Per-page Open Graph images — TV, movie, and person detail pages now generate a dynamic og:image using the backdrop, poster, or profile photo, so shared links show the actual cover art in social previews.

New-user provisioning via Clerk webhook — accounts now appear in the database the moment signup completes, not on first dashboard visit.

Stats page 'You've rated X titles' counter now reads from the full watchlist instead of a capped 100-item subset, so it reflects the true rated count.

Pro + Sports plan — new $8/mo tier with a full sports command center alongside your shows and movies.

Sports team following — follow teams across the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, Premier League, La Liga, and more.

Sports player following — follow individual players with 1–5 star ReelRifter ratings.

Live scores dashboard — real-time scores for your followed teams' sports, updated every 60 seconds.

League standings — full standings table inside each league accordion, with your followed teams highlighted.

Past results with highlight video playback — scores and YouTube highlights for recent games.

On TV Tonight — see today's games for your followed teams with broadcast channel info.

Schedule to calendar — add any upcoming game to Google Calendar or download a .ics file.

Upcoming / Recent Results sub-tabs on the Sports dashboard tab.

Sports players on the Following tab — new People / Sports Players filter to view both in one place.

Upcoming Sports filter on My Watchlist — see the next 30 days of games for your followed teams.

12 new sports achievement badges — First Fan, Superfan, Talent Scout, Highlight Reel, Live Wire, and more.

Release Calendar day-events modal — clicking '+N more' on any calendar date now opens a full list of all events that day.

Your Players section on the Sports page moved below Browse by League and reorganised into a 3-column paginated grid (15 per page).

Pricing page updated to 4-plan grid: Free, Pro, Pro + Sports, and Family.

Family plan now includes everything in Pro + Sports (live scores, standings, team/player following).

Calendar Schedule button replaces the previous Add label on sports game cards.

Stripe Billing Portal — manage your subscription, update payment info, and view invoices without leaving ReelRifter.

Account deletion — permanently remove all your data from the Danger Zone in Settings.

Referral program — share your unique link and track how many friends you've brought in.

Cookie consent banner — GDPR-friendly notice on first visit.

What's New page — you're reading it!

Billing tab added to Settings with current plan details and upgrade CTA.

Show and movie detail pages now display the full release date instead of just the year.

Custom 404 and error pages instead of Next.js defaults.

Sitemap and robots.txt for better SEO.

Open Graph image for rich link previews on social media.

Household Watch Queue — vote thumbs-up/down on what to watch next as a group.

Kids Profiles — create profiles for children with emoji avatars, age groups, and watch activity.

Embeddable Now Watching Widget — share what you're watching as an iframe on any site.

Anime Seasonal Calendar — browse every anime airing this season across Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall.

ReelRifter Wrapped — quarterly and yearly recap with viewing personality, top-rated picks, and a share card.

Cost-per-hour Usage Intelligence in the Subscription Cost Optimizer.

Beat-the-Clock badge — finish a title before it leaves a streaming service to earn it.

Add to Household Queue button on all show and movie detail pages.

New-user onboarding cards on the dashboard instead of a blank empty state.

Friends added to the Explore hub and Navbar active-state highlighting.

Binge Planner incorrectly labeled as Pro — it's free for all users.

App icon badge count — unread notifications shown on your home screen icon.

Push notification badge clears when you open the notifications page.

Morning Brief push notifications now include your badge count.

Rate limiting added to AI, Anime, and Optimizer API routes.

Spoiler Shield — blur episode titles and descriptions beyond your current progress.

Parental Controls — set a content rating limit and protect settings with a 4-digit PIN (Family plan).

Media server webhook integration for Plex, Emby, and Jellyfin.

Settings redesigned with a tabbed sidebar layout.

Explore hub — a unified launchpad for all discovery and planning tools.

Hidden Gems — discover overlooked and underrated titles matching your taste.

Collections — curated themed watchlists with decade deep-dives and genre essentials.

AI Chat — ask ReelRifter anything about shows, movies, or your watchlist.

Cancellation Radar — shows on the bubble, ranked by cancellation risk.

Schedule Binge: pick any network and date, get a full broadcast schedule.

Watchlist — track TV shows and movies across all streaming services.

Release Radar — new episodes and season premieres for your watchlist.

Subscription Cost Optimizer — track your services and see cost-per-title.

My Stats — all-time overview, streaks, badges, and achievements.

Binge Planner — generate a watch plan based on your available time.

Household — share a watchlist and manage members.

Push notifications and morning brief digest.