# Slate: Your Movie Companion — Plan your perfect screening

> Plan your perfect screening (iPhone/iPad app by Montana Darling.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/slate-your-movie-companion/id6762664979 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Montana Darling](https://appshunter.io/developer/1894950872)
- Category: Entertainment, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.5 · 165 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2026-04-29
- Data updated: 2026-08-05
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/slate-your-movie-companion/id6762664979/reviews.md

## What is Slate?

Slate is the movie companion app for cinephiles who take their watching seriously. Never accidentally start a 3-hour epic at 10pm again.

Designed to work alongside Letterboxd and your other film apps, Slate picks up where they leave off, helping you plan, schedule, and manage your screenings with precision and intention.

Planner
Search any film and get the exact runtime. Set your start time, pick your viewing location — home or theatre, with time added automatically for trailers and adverts — and see precisely when your evening ends. Add it straight to your calendar with one tap.

Now Watching
Start a live countdown the moment your film begins. Film facts, a Dynamic Island timer, and a mini player so you never lose track.

Roulette
Can't decide what to watch? Add your watchlist and let Slate spin. Import directly from Letterboxd, iMDB, or your own list. 

Upcoming
Track films you're waiting for. Get accurate UK and US release dates powered by TMDB, and set your own date when a regional release isn't confirmed yet.

Programmer
Know your window. Add your watchlist, see all the runtimes at a glance, and find the perfect film for the time you actually have.

Your Ticket
Every screening generates a vintage cinema ticket you can save or share. A keepsake for every film you watch, built for sharing.

Film data provided by TMDB. Ratings and facts powered by OMDb.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3 — 2026-08-05

1.3 is a big one with a lot of new ways to plan, collect, and share your screenings.

• Letterboxd Sync - Connect your account and your watchlist flows straight into Programmer, Roulette, and Upcoming automatically. Films you log on Letterboxd clear out of Slate on their own. Once you finish a film jump straight to logging it on Letterboxd, with the date already filled in

• Rip Your Ticket -  Once you schedule a film, watch it print out on in screen and then tear t along the perforation when a screening ends to file it away

• Wallet & Stubs - Every film you watch becomes a keepsake ticket stub, collected in your Wallet, with custom posters available for Letterboxd Patron members

• New Scheduler - Available at the top of the main Planner page, keep track of all your upcoming planned viewings, at home or at the cinema

• Share a Screening - Send a screening straight to a friend so they can add it to their own Planner and receive their ticket

• A redesigned Live Activity -  The films poster, a big glanceable countdown, and pause & resume, right on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island

• Upcoming has a clearer layout, with custom reminders for when to book and set your usual cinema chain (or your own link) in Settings, and "Book tickets" on the Upcoming page takes you straight there

• Stubs and scheduled screenings are now backed up to iCloud, so a reinstall won't lose them

• Programmer - Has had a glow up and is redesigned to help you get the most out of your watchlist

Fixes:

• Pausing a film now updates everywhere at once — the app, the Lock Screen, and the Dynamic Island all stay in step, and your finish time adjusts to match
• Lock Screen widgets show a bigger, clearer countdown while a film is playing
• Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets update more reliably when screenings change

As always, If you've got feedback or ideas, reach out any time at slate@deardarling.app

### 1.2.1 — 2026-06-09

1.2.1 brings the following bug fixes:

- Fixed the Live Activity timer occasionally counting up after a film ended
- Improved Always On Display layout on the lock screen
- More reliable pause and resume between the app and lock screen
- Scheduled screenings now start automatically when you open the app incase you forget.

We're working hard on the next update with some features we’re really excited about, but you can reach out if you have any feedback or suggestions at slate@deardarling.app

### 1.2 — 2026-05-21

1.2 brings the following new features and fixes:

Pause your screening
You can now pause and resume your Now Watching countdown, from inside the app, the mini player, or directly from the Lock Screen Live Activity. Your calendar event updates automatically when you resume, so you can take that call from Auntie Maureen or make a quick cuppa without ruining your screening runtime. 

Screening queue
Plan multiple screenings in advance. Add as many films to your schedule as you like, each gets its own calendar event, the widget always shows what's up next, and the queue lives right in your Planner. Perfect for planning multiple viewings.

Roulette runtime
The runtime now shows on the result card after you spin, so you know exactly what you're committing to before you plan it.

Ticket fix
Long synopses no longer cut off mid-sentence on your cinema ticket.

Various stability and performance improvements.

There’s more to come in future builds, but you can reach out if you have any feedback or suggestions at: slate@deardarling.app

### 1.1.1 — 2026-05-04

App Store listing improvements.

### 1.1 — 2026-04-30

No release notes.

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