# Now Showing – Movie Poster TV — Home Theater Marquee Display > Home theater marquee display for live movie posters and trailers. (iPhone/iPad app by Roomie Remote, Inc.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/now-showing-movie-poster-tv/id6443572479 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Roomie Remote, Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/431497720) - Category: Lifestyle, Entertainment - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.40/5 from 30 App Store ratings · 8 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.0 · 83 MB - Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish - Released: 2022-12-08 - Data updated: 2026-08-12 - Monetization: subscription - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/now-showing-movie-poster-tv/id6443572479/reviews.md ## What is Now Showing? Live Movie Poster display for Home Theaters. Turn any TV into a stunning cinema marquee with animated Live Posters, trailers, and automatic artwork from your media player. Ideal for a Mac connected to a wall-mounted Samsung Frame TV, an Apple TV, or a wall-mounted iPad. Remotely control the display from your iPhone. Portrait mounting is recommended — Now Showing automatically rotates into portrait mode even when not supported by your devices. All platforms included with any purchase. Direct network integration is provided for 6 media players: Apple TV, Kaleidescape, Panasonic UHD players, Kodi, Zidoo, and Oppo UHD players. No control system needed. Features vary by player including automatic artwork display based on playing content, and playback progress. Alternatively, if Roomie Remote X (separate app and subscription) is also deployed, deep room-aware integration is activated for over 20 supported media players. Take your Home Theater to the next level with Now Showing! FEATURES • Live Posters. Movie posters come alive with subtle, cinematic animation — the signature Now Showing experience. • Curated Poster Collections. Idle cycling draws from hand-picked movie collections for consistently high-quality, family-appropriate content. • Kaleidescape & Plex Library Cycling. Point Now Showing at your Kaleidescape system or Plex server and cycle through your actual movie library's high-resolution covers. • 4-Up Poster Wall. Optional layout for library cycling shows four covers at once, refreshing on a stagger for a classic poster-wall feel. • Multi-Display Poster Sync. Coordinated cycling across all your displays with staggered offsets so each screen shows different content. • Poster Anchor. 5 anchor points (Center, Top, Bottom, Top Left, Top Right) and 3 scale modes for 15 layout combinations. Set a global default or override per poster. • Automatic Artwork. Media players like Kaleidescape and Apple TV automatically display the poster for whatever is playing. • Playback Progress. Live progress indicator with configurable top or bottom positioning for supported media players. • Scenes Library. Save Now Showing configurations to an iCloud-synced library and switch between them from a document-style title menu. • Timers. Countdown timers appear as a glass pill over a dimmed poster, with custom durations or absolute start times, and can fire commands to your media device when they start and complete. • Playlists. Schedule Scenes and Timers to run automatically with Default, One-Time, Recurring, and On-Demand triggers. • Send to Network Displays. Push Timers and Playlists to any other Now Showing display on your network. • Remote Configuration. Deploy configurations to any Now Showing instance on your network from any iOS, iPadOS, or macOS device. • Full 4K images and trailer support for any QuickTime-compatible video format. (Recommended aspect ratio is standard movie poster 2:3) • Extensive Customization. Colors, fonts, bars, and many other display aspects. • Target Display-Relative Sizing. Zoom and custom bar sizing scale relative to your configured Target Display for accurate previews. • Multiple simultaneous displays supported on macOS. iPadOS and tvOS support 1 monitor. • Roomie Remote X integration (optional separate app) enhances the experience with room-aware auto-switching across your control system. SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED This app requires an active subscription. First year of the Annual subscription is 38% off. Choose Weekly (for occasional movie events) or Annual. Each provides identical functionality including Unlimited Screens and Posters. Subscriptions are shared via Apple Family Sharing. A Perpetual non-subscription license option is also available. Purchases made on any Apple platform automatically apply to all others. Roomie Remote established in 2010 as a provider of home automation apps. We bring many decades of experience with Apple's platforms, and our apps never collect any of your data. ## Key features - Live movie poster display - Integrates with media players - Scales up to 8K displays - Remote control from iOS/macOS - Automatic artwork and progress display - Customizable interface - Trailer support ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Now Showing Annual | $39.99 | per year | | Now Showing Weekly Event | $6.99 | per 7 days | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Now Showing Perpetual | $99.99 | one-time | ## Recent user reviews (8 of 8) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/now-showing-movie-poster-tv/id6443572479/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Love it! *2026-01-22* This is a must for anyone with a dedicated home theater! It take your space to the next level ### 5/5 — Nothing like it *2025-12-06* If you have a dedicated home theater this is an amazing addition, I have a portrait mounted 55” TV in the hallway right outside the home theater and this will display what is currently playing inside the room and when your not watching content it will display upcoming movies, very nostalgic, reminds me of the days of going to the movies and it feeds that itch for movies in the future, it’s a must have if you have a dedicated room ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-05-21* Love it! Super easy to use and super fun ### 5/5 — Love! *2024-12-11* Great for parties love user interface ### 5/5 — Amazing *2024-04-18* Great product and easy to use. Only digital movie poster I’m aware of that directly integrates with Apple TV and various media players. Developer listens to feedback and iterates quickly. Well worth the subscription fee. ### 4/5 — Need Subscription, but great way to display movies posters. *2024-04-01* Those who ever used the movie app program would definitely appreciate the now showing app. You can either use it as a strictly movie poster app, as the app download movies with ratings information and cycle through them. You can also add custom posters as well, and get them right on the app. Also, if you also use roomie remote, the app can also display what movie is currently playing on an compatible device, like an Apple TV. The movie’s poster loads automatically and it can show the current run time too. I use an iPad Pro, but you can use a TV as well. But this isn’t free. It cost $6.99 a week, $39.99 a year, or $100 one time cost. Also if you want to use the roomie remote integration, you also need to get a subscription for that app as well. Roomie Remote is $4.99 a month, but you can also pay annual as well. While the subscription may be a deal breaker for some, but if you want to add a cool integration to your movie watching space. This is a really good one. ### 1/5 — NO SUBSCIPTIONS PLEASE *2024-01-14* I really want to use this but I don’t want to pay please get rid of those subscriptions! Thank you! ### 1/5 — STUPID APP *2023-09-16* I thought this app was going to be good but I miss you have a subscription and it won’t let you do anything if you don’t have a subscription so don’t get this app. It’s so stupid. ## Frequently asked questions about Now Showing ### What is Now Showing? Now Showing is a lifestyle app that transforms your home theater display into a live movie poster marquee. It integrates with popular media players to showcase artwork and trailers, offering a cinematic experience. ### Does Now Showing have ads? No, Now Showing does not contain advertisements. The app is ad-free, focusing on providing an uninterrupted display experience for your home theater. ### What devices does Now Showing support? Now Showing is available on macOS, Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad. This allows for flexible control and display options across your Apple ecosystem. ### How much does Now Showing cost? Now Showing requires an active subscription, with options for Weekly ($6.99/P7D) or Annual ($39.99/P1Y) plans. The first year of the Annual subscription offers a 38% discount, and a free 3-day trial is available for the Annual plan. ### Can I use Now Showing without a subscription? No, an active subscription is required to use Now Showing. However, a perpetual non-subscription license option is also available for purchase. ### How often is Now Showing updated? The latest version of Now Showing is 3.3.0, last updated on March 31, 2026. Updates typically occur to improve features and compatibility. ### What media players does Now Showing integrate with? Now Showing directly integrates with 6 media players including Apple TV, Kaleidescape, Panasonic UHD players, Kodi, Zidoo, and Oppo UHD players. Deeper integration is available with over 20 players if Roomie Remote is also deployed. ### Can I share my Now Showing subscription? Yes, Now Showing subscriptions are shared via Apple Family Sharing. This allows multiple users within a family to benefit from the app's features. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 4.0.2 — 2026-07-23 • Fixed the Metropolis 1920 marquee font rendering. • Fixed joining a detected Roomie Remote Home. Recent in 4.0: • Digital Rain Frame Style — A new Matrix-style animated frame for the top and bottom bars: falling green code rains behind your marquee text, with five modes — Steady, Drizzle, Downpour, Glitch, and Surge — that follow your chosen Frame color. • Timers & Sequences — A new unified Library replaces the old saved-configs menu, organizing everything into Scenes, Timers, and Playlists in a single panel. • Scenes — Saved Now Showing configurations now live in an iCloud-synced library. Save, rename, export, import, and switch between them from a document-style title menu. • Timers — Create countdown timers with preset or custom durations. A glass countdown pill appears over a dimmed poster, can override the top/bottom bar text while running, and fires a command to your media device when it starts and completes. • Playlists — Schedule Scenes and Timers to run automatically with Default, One-Time, Recurring, and On-Demand triggers, with priority resolution when more than one applies. • Send to Network Displays — Push Timers and Playlists to other Now Showing displays on your network. Saved targets that are currently offline now appear (dimmed) in the picker so Send and Copy actions always have a visible referent. • Timer Start-Time Mode — Set a timer to fire at a specific clock time instead of a countdown, with optional poster dimming and a more compact countdown pill. • tvOS Poster Layout — Choose the poster layout directly on tvOS. • Elapsed-Time Progress — Players that report only elapsed time (e.g. Oppo UB-820) now show progress; the play icon is reserved for sources with no playback feedback at all. • Duplicate Scene — Fork the current scene into a new, editable copy in one step, from the title menu or the Scenes panel, so you can build a variation without changing the original. • Reliability fixes across launch, display refresh after Open / Revert, macOS screen binding and fullscreen, library cache when switching display type, and tvOS image-load timing. Recent in 3.5: • Live Posters Cycling — Idle and active poster rotation can draw from Live Posters, our full library of video posters, shuffled for variety. • Kaleidescape Library Cycling — Point Now Showing at your Kaleidescape system and cycle through your actual movie library as posters, using the system's high-resolution covers. • Plex Library Cycling — Connects via your Roomie-configured Plex account, discovers your server, and cycles through your movie library's posters. • 4-Up Poster Wall — Layout option for Kaleidescape and Plex library cycling that displays four covers at once, refreshing on a stagger. Recent in 3.4: • Curated Poster Collections — Idle poster cycling draws from hand-picked movie collections for consistently high-quality, family-appropriate artwork. • Multi-Display Poster Sync — When Sync Displays is enabled, curated poster cycling is coordinated across all your displays with staggered offsets so each screen shows different content. ### 4.0.1 — 2026-07-02 • Digital Rain Frame Style — A new Matrix-style animated frame for the top and bottom bars: falling green code rains behind your marquee text, with five modes — Steady, Drizzle, Downpour, Glitch, and Surge — that follow your chosen Frame color. • Timers & Sequences — A new unified Library replaces the old saved-configs menu, organizing everything into Scenes, Timers, and Playlists in a single panel. • Scenes — Saved Now Showing configurations now live in an iCloud-synced library. Save, rename, export, import, and switch between them from a document-style title menu. • Timers — Create countdown timers with preset or custom durations. A glass countdown pill appears over a dimmed poster, can override the top/bottom bar text while running, and fires a command to your media device when it starts and completes. • Playlists — Schedule Scenes and Timers to run automatically with Default, One-Time, Recurring, and On-Demand triggers, with priority resolution when more than one applies. • Send to Network Displays — Push Timers and Playlists to other Now Showing displays on your network. Saved targets that are currently offline now appear (dimmed) in the picker so Send and Copy actions always have a visible referent. • Timer Start-Time Mode — Set a timer to fire at a specific clock time instead of a countdown, with optional poster dimming and a more compact countdown pill. • tvOS Poster Layout — Choose the poster layout directly on tvOS. • Elapsed-Time Progress — Players that report only elapsed time (e.g. Oppo UB-820) now show progress; the play icon is reserved for sources with no playback feedback at all. • Duplicate Scene — Fork the current scene into a new, editable copy in one step, from the title menu or the Scenes panel, so you can build a variation without changing the original. • Reliability fixes across launch, display refresh after Open / Revert, macOS screen binding and fullscreen, library cache when switching display type, and tvOS image-load timing. Recent in 3.5: • Live Posters Cycling — Idle and active poster rotation can draw from Live Posters, our full library of video posters, shuffled for variety. • Kaleidescape Library Cycling — Point Now Showing at your Kaleidescape system and cycle through your actual movie library as posters, using the system's high-resolution covers. • Plex Library Cycling — Connects via your Roomie-configured Plex account, discovers your server, and cycles through your movie library's posters. • 4-Up Poster Wall — Layout option for Kaleidescape and Plex library cycling that displays four covers at once, refreshing on a stagger. Recent in 3.4: • Curated Poster Collections — Idle poster cycling draws from hand-picked movie collections for consistently high-quality, family-appropriate artwork. • Multi-Display Poster Sync — When Sync Displays is enabled, curated poster cycling is coordinated across all your displays with staggered offsets so each screen shows different content. ### 4.0.0 — 2026-06-16 • Timers & Sequences — A new unified Library replaces the old saved-configs menu, organizing everything into Scenes, Timers, and Playlists in a single panel. • Scenes — Saved Now Showing configurations now live in an iCloud-synced library. Save, rename, export, import, and switch between them from a document-style title menu. • Timers — Create countdown timers with preset or custom durations. A glass countdown pill appears over a dimmed poster, can override the top/bottom bar text while running, and fires a command to your media device when it starts and completes. • Playlists — Schedule Scenes and Timers to run automatically with Default, One-Time, Recurring, and On-Demand triggers, with priority resolution when more than one applies. • Send to Network Displays — Push Timers and Playlists to other Now Showing displays on your network. Saved targets that are currently offline now appear (dimmed) in the picker so Send and Copy actions always have a visible referent. • Timer Start-Time Mode — Set a timer to fire at a specific clock time instead of a countdown, with optional poster dimming and a more compact countdown pill. • tvOS Poster Layout — Choose the poster layout directly on tvOS. • Elapsed-Time Progress — Players that report only elapsed time (e.g. Oppo UB-820) now show progress; the play icon is reserved for sources with no playback feedback at all. • Reliability fixes across launch, display refresh after Open / Revert, macOS screen binding and fullscreen, library cache when switching display type, and tvOS image-load timing. Recent in 3.5: • Live Posters Cycling — Idle and active poster rotation can draw from Live Posters, our full library of video posters, shuffled for variety. • Kaleidescape Library Cycling — Point Now Showing at your Kaleidescape system and cycle through your actual movie library as posters, using the system's high-resolution covers. • Plex Library Cycling — Connects via your Roomie-configured Plex account, discovers your server, and cycles through your movie library's posters. • 4-Up Poster Wall — Layout option for Kaleidescape and Plex library cycling that displays four covers at once, refreshing on a stagger. Recent in 3.4: • Curated Poster Collections — Idle poster cycling draws from hand-picked movie collections for consistently high-quality, family-appropriate artwork. • Multi-Display Poster Sync — When Sync Displays is enabled, curated poster cycling is coordinated across all your displays with staggered offsets so each screen shows different content. ### 3.5.0 — 2026-05-06 • Live Posters Cycling — Idle and active poster rotation can now draw from Live Posters, our full library of video posters, shuffled for variety. • Kaleidescape Library Cycling — Point Now Showing at your Kaleidescape system and cycle through your actual movie library as posters, using the system's high-resolution covers. • Plex Library Cycling — Connects via your Roomie-configured Plex account, discovers your server, and cycles through your movie library's posters. • 4-Up Poster Wall — New layout option for Kaleidescape and Plex library cycling that displays four covers at once, refreshing on a stagger. • Stability and performance improvements for poster cycling and display mode transitions. Recent in 3.4: • Curated Poster Collections — Idle poster cycling now draws from hand-picked movie collections for consistently high-quality, family-appropriate artwork. • Multi-Display Poster Sync — Curated poster cycling is coordinated across all your displays with staggered offsets so each screen shows different content. • Stability and performance improvements for multi-display setups and remote display commands. ### 3.4.0 — 2026-04-09 • Curated Poster Collections — Idle poster cycling now draws from hand-picked movie collections for consistently high-quality, family-appropriate artwork. • Multi-Display Poster Sync — Curated poster cycling is coordinated across all your displays with staggered offsets so each screen shows different content. • Escape to Exit — On Mac, press Escape to exit display mode instantly. • Stability and performance improvements for multi-display setups and remote display commands. Recent in 3.3: • Poster Anchor — Position posters with 5 anchor points and 3 scale modes for 15 layout combinations. • Inline Preview Bars — See what's in each Custom Bar at a glance with inline content previews. • Video Type Submenu — Switch between Live Poster and Trailer display modes. • Live Progress Positioning — Place the progress indicator at the top or bottom of the display. ## Apps similar to Now Showing | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Signals for HomeKit](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/signals-for-homekit/id1453293391) | 4.0 (134) | Free | Lifestyle | | [HomeLights for HomeKit](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/homelights-for-homekit/id6448572776) | 4.9 (54) | Free | Lifestyle | | [Savant Power & Light](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/savant-power-and-light/id1590957877) | 5.0 (13) | Free | Lifestyle | | [HomeBatteries for HomeKit](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/homebatteries-for-homekit/id6450958030) | 4.7 (258) | Free | Lifestyle | | [The Home Remote](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-home-remote/id1015015446) | 3.8 (99) | Free | Lifestyle | | [HomeCam for HomeKit](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/homecam-for-homekit/id1292995895) | 3.7 (233) | $7.99 | Lifestyle | ## More apps by Roomie Remote, Inc - [Universal Remote – Roomie 9](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/universal-remote-roomie-9/id1455871956) - [Intercomm – Hands Free Video](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/intercomm-hands-free-video/id1508908984) - [Remote Control for TV – Simple](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/remote-control-for-tv-simple/id6449132570) - [Roomie Universal Remote X](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/roomie-universal-remote-x/id6739638569) All apps by Roomie Remote, Inc: https://appshunter.io/developer/431497720 ## Related topics [movie poster](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/movie-poster) · [movie poster creator](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/movie-poster-creator) · [movie theater posters](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/movie-theater-posters) · [movie poster slideshow](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/movie-poster-slideshow) · [movie poster theater](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/movie-poster-theater) · [home theater](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/home-theater) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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