"Up Next" / Dashboard experience

Trakt Feature Requests
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VIP member since 2012

iOS app user

Feature I would like added to the app

“Up Next” / Dashboard experience to help users prioritize what to watch immediately versus what can wait, preventing the dashboard from feeling cluttered or overwhelmed by shows with huge backlogs.

Here is a high-level overview of the proposed display logic:

Proposed Sorting Order

The dashboard should automatically organize shows into the following prioritized groups, displayed from top to bottom:

  1. Airing Today (Priority 1): * Shows with an episode airing on the current day appear at the very top.

    • Visual: Display a red “TODAY” badge with the air time (e.g., “8:00 PM”).

  2. Catch Up / Behind (Priority 2):

    • Shows that have unwatched episodes that have already aired.

    • Sorting Logic: Crucially, these should be sorted by the least amount of episodes behind to the most.

    • Why? This allows users to quickly knock out shows where they are only 1 or 2 episodes behind before tackling shows where they are 50+ episodes behind.

    • Visual: Display a red badge indicating the count (e.g., “1 BEHIND”).

  3. Coming Soon (Priority 3):

    • Shows that are up-to-date but have a confirmed future air date.

    • Sorting Logic: Sorted by days remaining (closest date first).

    • Visual: Display a countdown badge (e.g., “1 DAY”, “5 DAYS”, “119 DAYS”).

  4. New Shows (Priority 4):

    • Shows added to the watchlist where no episodes have been watched yet.

    • Visual: Display a “NEW” badge.

  5. Up-to-Date & Finished (Priority 5 & 6):

    • Shows completely caught up (waiting on a new season announcement) followed by shows that have officially ended.

    • Visual: Display “UP-TO-DATE” or “FINISHED” badges.

Visual Requirements

To make this list easy to scan, each item should feature:

  • Clear Badges: Overlay badges on the poster (as described above) so the status is visible at a glance.

  • Episode Details: The specific season and episode number (e.g., S01E05) displayed clearly under the show title.

This structure mimics the natural workflow of a TV fan: “What is on tonight? What can I finish quickly? What do I need to prepare for next week?”

3

I don’t want it changed at all. Just based on what I recently watched. I’ll check the calendar to see what’s new and click on the episode title to go mark it was watched if it’s not in my up next.

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4

Well, no need to worry there as they’re going with separate “Continue watching” and “Start watching” sections in v3 anyways.

5

This feels like a well-thought feature request, but just like the commentars before me, I wouldn’t really want this. I and I think most of the people don’t have that many shows to continue to require a sophisticated system like this.