--- title: As TV-tracking app TV Time shuts down, its founder... description: TV Time, the popular TV and movie-tracking app with over 26.4 million lifetime installs, is shutting down as parent company Whip Media shifts focus to AI.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/as-tv-tracking-app-tv-time-shuts-down-its-founder-builds-bingers-a-new-home-for-fans-innlag6tn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: As TV-tracking app TV Time shuts down, its founder builds Bingers, a new home for fans | daily.dev og:description: TV Time, the popular TV and movie-tracking app with over 26.4 million lifetime installs, is shutting down as parent company Whip Media shifts focus to AI.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/as-tv-tracking-app-tv-time-shuts-down-its-founder-builds-bingers-a-new-home-for-fans-innlag6tn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/innLag6tN.png og:image:alt: As TV-tracking app TV Time shuts down, its founder builds Bingers, a new home for fans og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # As TV-tracking app TV Time shuts down, its founder builds Bingers, a new home for fans **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary TV Time, the popular TV and movie-tracking app with over 26.4 million lifetime installs, is shutting down as parent company Whip Media shifts focus to AI. Antonio Pinto, one of TV Time's original founders, is building a successor app called Bingers to preserve the community and its watch history data. Bingers promises to fix TV Time's performance and server cost issues through a more efficient architecture, support data import via TV Time's GDPR export tool, and launch on the App Store and Google Play by end of July 2026. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is replacing TV Time after it shuts down? Bingers, a new TV show tracking app built by Antonio Pinto, one of TV Time's original founders, is positioned as its successor. It aims to rebuild TV Time's tracking and community discussion features while fixing performance and cost issues, and it lets users import their TV Time watch history and community comments through TV Time's GDPR export tool. _daily.dev keeps builders informed when a favorite tool shuts down and a replacement emerges._ ### When does TV Time shut down and how can I export my data? TV Time is being removed from app stores on July 15, 2026. Before that date, users can export their data through TV Time's GDPR-compliant export tool, which can then be imported into the successor app Bingers to recreate watch history and community comments. _Track app shutdown deadlines and migration options on daily.dev before you lose your data._ ### Why did TV Time shut down despite having over 26 million lifetime installs? High server costs made TV Time unsustainable, according to its original founder Antonio Pinto, who claims its premium subscription plan covered only about 10% of those expenses given the size of its user community. Parent company Whip Media reportedly chose to shift its focus toward AI instead of continuing to fund the app. _daily.dev helps developers follow why popular apps fail and what alternatives emerge._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Popular TV-tracking app TV Time is shutting down as company focuses on AI](https://daily.dev/posts/popular-tv-tracking-app-tv-time-is-shutting-down-as-company-focuses-on-ai-cgwtlrm3h) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [This mobile productivity app replaced my Pomodoro timer with a climbing game, and it actually works](https://daily.dev/posts/this-mobile-productivity-app-replaced-my-pomodoro-timer-with-a-climbing-game-and-it-actually-works-wpkfsgpp5) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#mobile](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/as-tv-tracking-app-tv-time-shuts-down-its-founder-builds-bingers-a-new-home-for-fans-innlag6tn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"As TV-tracking app TV Time shuts down, its founder builds Bingers, a new home for fans","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/as-tv-tracking-app-tv-time-shuts-down-its-founder-builds-bingers-a-new-home-for-fans-innlag6tn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/as-tv-tracking-app-tv-time-shuts-down-its-founder-builds-bingers-a-new-home-for-fans-innlag6tn"},"datePublished":"2026-07-13T15:49:57.767Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T21:05:01.903Z","description":"TV Time, the popular TV and movie-tracking app with over 26.4 million lifetime installs, is shutting down as parent company Whip Media shifts focus to AI....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cc29b3b0e25d1da8a41212ef179eff00?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cc29b3b0e25d1da8a41212ef179eff00?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/as-tv-tracking-app-tv-time-shuts-down-its-founder-builds-bingers-a-new-home-for-fans-innlag6tn","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"mobile","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"As TV-tracking app TV Time shuts down, its founder builds Bingers, a new home for fans"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/as-tv-tracking-app-tv-time-shuts-down-its-founder-builds-bingers-a-new-home-for-fans-innlag6tn#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is replacing TV Time after it shuts down?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Bingers, a new TV show tracking app built by Antonio Pinto, one of TV Time's original founders, is positioned as its successor. 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