Bingers TV tracker launches after TV Time shutdown

Bingers TV tracker, a new app from one of TV Time’s original founders, is now available on iOS and Android. For former TV Time users, the practical appeal is a new place to track shows and movies and continue episode conversations after Whip Media shut down TV Time while focusing on artificial intelligence efforts, according to TechCrunch.

Antonio Pinto, who co-founded TV Time, built Bingers as a replacement that emphasizes the community features users had used alongside their watchlists. TV Time had recorded more than 26.4 million lifetime installs, based on Appfigures data cited by TechCrunch. More than 28,000 people signed a petition seeking to keep the old app operating, TechCrunch reported on August 4.

What does the Bingers TV tracker offer former TV Time users?

Bingers combines three functions: keeping track of movies and shows already watched or planned, finding new titles, and participating in a social community around entertainment. A tracker records viewing progress and a watchlist, so users can keep a running record of what they have seen and what they want to watch.

TechCrunch reports that users can create profiles, comment on shows and movies, and add photos or GIFs to those comments. The app also includes episode ratings, emoji reactions and character voting. Those tools are intended to make discussion of a new episode part of the app, rather than limiting it to a list of titles.

Former TV Time users may also have a route to preserve their own viewing records. Before TV Time left app stores on July 15, 2026, it offered a GDPR-compliant tool for users to export their data. Bingers lets users upload that exported data, TechCrunch reported. That is an export-and-upload process, not a direct transfer of a TV Time account, and the report does not establish whether every kind of prior account content can be recovered.

How will Bingers make money?

Pinto told TechCrunch that Bingers is initially set up to accept direct contributions from users to help pay server costs. He also described longer-term ideas involving in-person gatherings, without providing details of that business model.

He said the app is designed to keep users’ libraries on their phones, including processing for calendars and watchlists, rather than handling as much of that work on Bingers’ servers. That design is Pinto’s stated approach to reducing the operating costs that had affected the prior product, not a verified measure of Bingers’ future expenses.

The launch puts an app created by a former TV Time founder back in a category with a built-in group of displaced users. Its ability to retain them will depend on whether the tracking, data-upload and discussion features work as users expect.

This story draws on original reporting from TechCrunch.