Update: little from the below April review has changed. I did contact Fan regarding HBO films not showing up and they corrected. Kudos for that. Unfortunately other issues outlined below remain. If I were to sum up:
- Starz still not a listed streaming source
- no Trakt sync. This is a popular feature offered by competitors.
- data issues; less than there used to be but still present
- no list sorting, within lists or sorting of the lists themselves.
Primary issues can be summed up with three words...data, data, DATA. Tv database is inconsistent at best and, other times downright bizarre. Same episode listed 8 times - why?
Directing to best streaming option used to be Fan TVs strength. Now it too is becoming a weakness. Just today I noted three films available on my HBOGo app that are showing as available there on Fan (The Nice Guys, Boss, Keanu).
Still nice that we can create lists. Still not nice that we have no options to sort that list. Neither can we sort the lists themselves by list title or anything else. Cmon Fan ...these are the basics. Get the data right and offer the standard basic features (sorting).
Tested same titles missed by Fan on two other apps that also provide streaming source - Yidio and JustWatch. Both got it right. In addition, I never see repeating titles there. Seems they have data right. While you can track watched and watchlist - neither offers powerful list features. This is where IMDB comes in. Not only is the list building strong but the data tends to be top of the class. That said, IMDB only includes Amazon as a streaming source. So best options now would include a combination of IMDB and Yidio or JustWatch. Fan has had a long time to get it together and they just dont seem interested. Support is light as well. Too bad - you had potential.
ForceFour about Fan TV, v3.6.1