• now actively being improved!
NOTE: The default search city or zip code can now be locally stored in the app’s Location setting on the Account tab (even if one has not yet created an account)! Yes!!!
February 2022
This app is actively being updated currently, and is now, relatively speaking, much, much, much better!
Wow. Our hopes were not misplaced after all! This app is now usable, and useful!
Four stars for continuing good effort, substantial progress, actual usability, and still supporting iOS 12!
Good work!
Continuing Issues:
- On the Account tab, opening About/Contact Us, oddly and consistently, still causes the app to crash after a moment (iPhone 5s, iOS 12). Oops. (Workaround: There is generally sufficient time to quickly take a screenshot of that page in the app, so one can manage to read it from the screenshot.)
- This app has not yet implemented Sign In with Apple, which Apple Store policy now requires it to do, as long as the app continues to allow for Google and/or Facebook sign-in. (Apple will stop approving updates to this app as soon as they realize, notice, or are told they’ve made an oversight in this regard for this app. However, we here are not going to be the users to report this to Apple this time.)
- Various other UX issues and bugs which a decent QA tester would uncover in a few minutes; but none we’ve found yet that actually prevent users from more or less managing to currently use the app for its intended functions.
Now Improved (Yea!):
- For _film search_, this app’s implementation for enabling the app to distinguish between location zip codes and cities as opposed to movie titles, etc., in its search fields, has quite improved. For _theatre search_, it is still a bit crude; yet probably sufficiently functional in practice for most purposes.
Previously Fixed Issues (Yea!):
- auto-play of videos, with sound on, on app launch (this obnoxiousness is new, in such a bad way, that it will drive users to delete/avoid using this app)
- frequent, serious scrolling issues (!) in parts of the app — sometimes won’t even scroll at all
- frequently and repeatedly badgers user to sign in
- frequently and repeatedly badgers user to turn on location services, and/or enter a search location, even after a zip code has been previously entered (and even while it yet still appears in the search field!)
- does not retain preferred search location for current app session, much less between separate app sessions
- does not locally retain any preferences or favorites at all without sign in (which most competing apps readily do)
- etc.
Previously (2021):
due to issues, app is unfriendly, discourages the user from even considering signing in, and pushes the user to instead employ other means to regularly check movie times, etc.
app is presently sub-standard for its purpose, inconvenient, and unintentionally user hostile
Three stars, but only in appreciation that someone now appears to finally be actively working on this app. So, perhaps there is hope?
February 2022
This app is actively being updated currently, and is now, relatively speaking, much, much, much better!
Wow. Our hopes were not misplaced after all! This app is now usable, and useful!
Four stars for continuing good effort, substantial progress, actual usability, and still supporting iOS 12!
Good work!
Continuing Issues:
- On the Account tab, opening About/Contact Us, oddly and consistently, still causes the app to crash after a moment (iPhone 5s, iOS 12). Oops. (Workaround: There is generally sufficient time to quickly take a screenshot of that page in the app, so one can manage to read it from the screenshot.)
- This app has not yet implemented Sign In with Apple, which Apple Store policy now requires it to do, as long as the app continues to allow for Google and/or Facebook sign-in. (Apple will stop approving updates to this app as soon as they realize, notice, or are told they’ve made an oversight in this regard for this app. However, we here are not going to be the users to report this to Apple this time.)
- Various other UX issues and bugs which a decent QA tester would uncover in a few minutes; but none we’ve found yet that actually prevent users from more or less managing to currently use the app for its intended functions.
Now Improved (Yea!):
- For _film search_, this app’s implementation for enabling the app to distinguish between location zip codes and cities as opposed to movie titles, etc., in its search fields, has quite improved. For _theatre search_, it is still a bit crude; yet probably sufficiently functional in practice for most purposes.
Previously Fixed Issues (Yea!):
- auto-play of videos, with sound on, on app launch (this obnoxiousness is new, in such a bad way, that it will drive users to delete/avoid using this app)
- frequent, serious scrolling issues (!) in parts of the app — sometimes won’t even scroll at all
- frequently and repeatedly badgers user to sign in
- frequently and repeatedly badgers user to turn on location services, and/or enter a search location, even after a zip code has been previously entered (and even while it yet still appears in the search field!)
- does not retain preferred search location for current app session, much less between separate app sessions
- does not locally retain any preferences or favorites at all without sign in (which most competing apps readily do)
- etc.
Previously (2021):
due to issues, app is unfriendly, discourages the user from even considering signing in, and pushes the user to instead employ other means to regularly check movie times, etc.
app is presently sub-standard for its purpose, inconvenient, and unintentionally user hostile
Three stars, but only in appreciation that someone now appears to finally be actively working on this app. So, perhaps there is hope?
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No longer works
Please fix your app. It no longer works. :-/
Bomb Bomb Bombs
It like the Cine Life streams immensely! But I have to use the website. The app consistently bombs, even after deleting and reinstalling, making it worthless.
App is dysfunctional
App was working fine two days ago. Now it keeps crashing when you launch the CineLife app. *sad face*
Can not download
Can not download program because it doesn’t recognize the input format for the email and password - no problem with every other app we download.
Waste of my time
I attempted to use this app 3 times. It doesn’t work.
Pretty bad.
I can’t figure out how this app works. Prettty frustrating.
Still poorly designed, buggy
This has the feel of an app coded by volunteers or high school computer class. Things don’t work as expected, and sometimes don’t work at all
Love/hate
I love this app yet it is so infuriating! I love that I can sit for an hour and watch previews (one of my favourite things to do) and I can see what’s playing today, tomorrow, the next day at all the theatres near me.
However, one or two clicks into the Films section and the app crashes and I have to restart it. If I watch a trailer and the screen turns to landscape the screen won’t switch back and I have to restart the app. The app will often shut off and I have to reopen it.
I want to give this 5 stars, I want to love the app completely because it is really great, but it has bugs that are so incredibly annoying!!
However, one or two clicks into the Films section and the app crashes and I have to restart it. If I watch a trailer and the screen turns to landscape the screen won’t switch back and I have to restart the app. The app will often shut off and I have to reopen it.
I want to give this 5 stars, I want to love the app completely because it is really great, but it has bugs that are so incredibly annoying!!
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Frustrating
I'd like to "Like" this app, but it has too many issues. As another reviewer mentioned, my favorites show up twice in my Favorites list. Also, every time I enter a city or zip code in the search field, a popup box appears with the word "Done" and the app freezes and doesn't respond to any taps. I'm deleting the app and will revisit it somewhere down the line.
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Issues!
For instance I favorited some films to keep track of what I want to see but only 2 show up in the ‘Favorites ‘ and each of the two appear twice!
This app has potentials built in but seems like developers are not actively working on them.
This app has potentials built in but seems like developers are not actively working on them.
Meh
Flixster does it better. This app does an adequate job of showing current films. But the "Coming Soon" feature almost never works, probably because the theaters don't value the app enough to update it. There's just not enough here to justify another app.
Keeps Crashing
Just downloaded this and like the content, but the app keeps crashing
Please fix the bug
Great app but I feel too much heavy and slow to working on this app.
👎🏻
The app is great when I can us it, but half the time I try to use it the app crashes.
Great App!
Couldn't be happier with CineLife. It shows me all the indie films playing (plus trailers) and the surrounding theaters. I've found myself visiting new theaters and watching films that I previously would have never heard of because of this app. Super pleased!
CineLife
Still crashes! (Version 1.1.1)
Works again! (But crashes later sometimes) 1.1.3
Works again! (But crashes later sometimes) 1.1.3
It keeps crashing.
I've been unable to get anything but a black screen, prior to the app crashing, since the last update.
Useless app crashes
First the app wasn't great back when it actually worked.
And now it doesn't even work.
Don't waste your time.
And now it doesn't even work.
Don't waste your time.
Great for movie buffs
This is a do all movie app. I really like the fact that it focuses on indie houses so it makes finding those hard to find movies a little bit easier.
