In the increasingly competitive world of top streaming services, the hard part isn't just deciding what to watch, but deciding which service to subscribe to in the first place. With prices going up and wages…not so much, more and more of us are starting to think much more critically about the services we subscribe to.
There are even those who are reducing their streaming TV bills by 75% with the subscription jump. But wouldn't it be great if there was an app that could help us decide which ones to keep and which ones to throw away, pointing out which transmitters are best suited for what we want to watch?
That's what recommendations app Watchworthy promises with the launch of some new streaming features. The first is a crowdsourced watchlist that you can use to get recommendations for your family or group of friends. But it is the second that is most interesting, because it can help you decide which streaming subscriptions are worth paying for.
How does Watchworthy help you decide which services are worth checking out?
The new streaming recommendation feature, called Worthy Services, is a recommendation service for platforms rather than individual movies or shows. It asks you about your tastes in television and then analyzes each of the streaming services to see which ones have the most shows you want to watch. It also works with paid streamers including Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV Plus, Disney Plus, and Max.
If you're already using the app, you shouldn't need to do anything, but if you're new, you'll first need to tell the app what movies and shows you want to watch. It will then show you which shows and movies are available on which service. Each recommendation gets a “worthy” score: the higher the percentage, the more worth having the subscription. And the lower the number, the more you should think about unsubscribing.
As with any recommendation engine, the downside here is that what you watch and what you say you want to watch reflect the shows and genres you already know you like, not the shows and genres you don't yet know you like. But that's where the rest of the app comes in: its main goal is to show you new things, so it uses your watchlist as a starting point for its own recommendations.
