Description of the issue
The new calendar design is a major step backward in both usability and functionality. Restricting the calendar to a single week at a time makes it significantly less useful for tracking upcoming TV releases, which is one of the primary reasons I use Trakt.
Instead of making it easier to see what’s coming up, the redesign makes me work harder to find the exact same information.
Detailed description with additional context about the workflow
The previous calendar was one of Trakt’s best features. I could open it and immediately scroll through weeks or even an entire month’s worth of upcoming releases in one continuous timeline. It was fast, intuitive, and made planning what I wanted to watch incredibly easy.
The new calendar completely changes that workflow.
Instead of simply scrolling, I’m now limited to a seven-day window and have to repeatedly tap through weeks just to see what’s releasing later in the month. That’s a huge regression in usability.
On mobile, this makes even less sense. Phones are designed around vertical scrolling because it’s the most natural interaction. Restricting users to one week at a time adds unnecessary taps and friction to something that used to be effortless.
What frustrates me even more is that the redesign feels like it prioritizes artwork over actual functionality. I couldn’t care less about seeing a large season poster in my calendar. I don’t open the calendar to look at artwork. I open it to answer one simple question:
What’s releasing, and when?
That information should be the priority.
The old calendar made upcoming releases easy to scan. The new one dedicates more space to images while showing less information at once. It makes one of Trakt’s core features less efficient.
I also don’t understand the reasoning behind limiting the view to a single week. Who plans what they’re going to watch one week at a time? I want to look ahead across the month, see premieres, returning shows, and season finales, then decide what I want to watch. The previous calendar supported that workflow perfectly.
Because of this redesign, I honestly find myself using other apps and websites to track upcoming releases instead of Trakt. That’s disappointing because this used to be one of the features Trakt did better than almost anyone else.
The attached screenshots clearly show the difference. The previous calendar displayed weeks of upcoming releases in one continuous, vertically scrolling timeline. The new version forces users into a weekly view that requires significantly more interaction to access the same information.
As a VIP member, that’s especially frustrating. It often feels like paying users have been giving feedback about these usability regressions, yet the product continues moving in the opposite direction.
A calendar should prioritize the calendar, not the artwork. Right now, it feels like the opposite.
Screenshots and other visual aids
Screenshot Current iOS: Current iOS calendar showing the new weekly-only layout. These demonstrate how users are limited to viewing just seven days at a time, regardless of whether the week is full or empty.
Screenshot Previous Calendar Design: Previous calendar design showing the continuous, vertically scrolling timeline that allowed users to quickly browse weeks or an entire month of upcoming releases.
