I'm also not capable to evaluate the search for all the languages Filmlog is localised for. So, if you are speaking a language that is neither English nor German please try to find some characteristic people in your language. This would help me a lot to understand how well my offline search works.

The second Fimlog offline search comparison to tmdb: 'Great' – here you can see a vast difference in results. Filmlog is showing way more persons that have been named 'Great' or 'Greatest', while tmdb is showing names containing 'Great'. I am not sure which results are working better here?

First Filmlog offline search comparison to tmdb: 'Benjamin' – the biggest difference is of course that Filmlog also searches for birth names, pen names etc. also the sorting is based on the persons overall popularity. You can see that tmdb firstly lists results that are exact matches, but in this case people having only haven the surname 'Benjamin' is not very much likely the result I am looking for.

I also started a benchmark to evaluate, if the my search algorithm is any improvement over the current online search. Check out the next posts to see the differences and how I evaluate the different results.

And to make sure my search implementation does not break, there is a fallback to the tmdb.org online search, just in case. You can test my implementation in the current Filmlog Testflight beta, let me know if it works for you: https://filmlog.cc/beta

I am constantly thinking about how I can move and develop Filmlog to make it distinctive and convincing as a unique premium iOS application. Many different things are in the works, but for now I have started with a feature I always wanted to do: offline search. Providing search via a custom wikidata index reduces the number of calls I have to make to tmdb.org, but of course images will only be available online.

I have decided to publish some key figures every month. Why? I'm a curious person and I'm always happy when others publish figures about their apps and I want to keep an overview myself, so publishing them helps me to stay on top of things. So here are the figures for the last 6 months: https://simonbraun.eu/insights — Let's see what happens. #buildinpublic

How do you keep track of your actual cost of your car or any other opaque spending category? #followerpower

Thank you @jonathanreed for your honorable app icon mention of 'Next Size' in the latest MacStories newsletter—I‘m flattered to be among all the other great Icons!

Yes, progress!

Okay, I do have a lot of options/ideas on what to do next about @filmlog – and really want to know, if something crucial is missing or just nobody knows this app. Trying to start a discussion and select feedback now also on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/filmlog/

@marcel Yeah, it‘s fun!

- I do watch movies how many times a month?
- Is going to the cinema still a thing?
- Why do I care about privacy within apps?
- Is the onboarding of Filmlog appealing and why?
- Would you care about Filmlog, if it wasn't for receiving this promo-code?
- What is the most useful part of Filmlog? (include at least one screenshot)
- Do you enjoy using Filmlog or what are you stumbling over?
- What would be missing features to seriously consider using Filmlog in the future?

49 Promo-Codes for Feedback on Filmlog: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/filmlog/id635642879?mt=8?pt=2056718&ct=mastodon&mt=8&at=10lrsX

To plan the next steps and find out what YOU users are loving, missing and wishing, I'm giving away a lifetime promo-codes to the first 49 people (seriously) answering me the following questions and sending them to feedback@simonbraun.eu. See questions in next post …

Is going to the movies still a thing?

New features, fixes and improvements in #Filmlog 2025.1:
– Improved: upcoming movie list refreshes smoother and faster
– New: localizations for Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Ukrainian
– Fixed: scroll position for the seen and favorite film list is saved

Try it out for free: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/filmlog/id635642879?mt=8?pt=2056718&ct=mastodon&mt=8

#appupdate #onlymovies #iOS #indiedeveloper

Also my app Auricula is available in a new #beta / #testflight version (2025.1): https://simonbraun.eu/auricula/beta

– Improved: descending exercises are not playing primarily lower tones // Thanks Harold
– New: added localizations for Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
– New: adding dark and tinted app icons

Very happy to take the next steps!
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@hannorein They look delicious 💪🏽