I'm a fan of Netflix and therefore I'm always looking for a good app to manage my Netflix queue. One of the things I love to do is when I go to the movies and they are playing the trailers for movies that are coming soon, I like to add the ones to my queue right then and there that I want to see, but most likely will not see in theaters. Unfortunately Netflix doesn't offer their own native app so if you want to do this on your iPhone you'll have to use a 3rd party app.
I've tried several apps, but MovieFlick is my pick for "Best Netflix Queue Manager"
Honestly, none of the Netflix queue managers are perfect. Each one has things I like and things I don't like. So for me a Netflix app has to have a few things that I use all the time before I'll even consider it. First of all it has to have the a good, fast search. Those movie previews go by pretty quick, so I need to be able to find a movie fast and add it to my queue. I also need the app to have a good user interface that displays my regular queue and separates out my "Saved queue" for the movies I add that aren't out on disc yet. I also want to see what's available for "Instant" streaming on my TiVo HD. I should also be able to easily rearrange the order of the movies in my queue and of course see ratings, make ratings, see Rotten Tomatoes reviews, make reviews and see trailers. I also want to see if the movie is on Blu-ray vs. DVD. MovieFlick has all of this
Nice clean UI
MovieFlick looks clean and allows you to easily see what's in your queue. You can see if it's a Blu-ray or not as well as the run-time, rating, and year it was introduced.
Searching and adding movies is fast
My Saved Queue
This is where I spend the bulk of my time in the app. Although it does a good job separating them from the main queue, it's at the bottom of my very long main queue. So it's a drag having to scroll multiple screens to get to it.
The Bottom Line
MovieFlick get's the job done and it is my top pick of all the ones I've tried. However, it's not perfect.
One thing I would really like to see is to see the Saved Queue be either a separate tab or have a one button tap that would get me to it. The reason is, my regular queue is quite long and it takes several scrolls to get to the end of it to see what's in my saved queue. Although this app handles multiple accounts, it doesn't handle the Netflix sub-accounts (the ones you can setup for family members to manage their own queues). However, I haven't seen one that does yet. This is another thing that an App directly from Netflix would be able to handle. Until that happens, I'll use MovieFlick.
MovieFlick
MovieFlick is a Netflix Queue management app. You can see trailers, add to your Instant Queue and more.
- John McLaughlin
- Get on App Store
- $1.99
All info was collected on 26th January, 2010 when the app was reviewed.
About Terry White
Terry is the co-author of The Best Selling "The iPhone Book" 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions. He has been active in the industry for over 25 years and is the founder and president of MacGroup-Detroit, Inc., Michigan's largest Macintosh Users Group, host of the Adobe Creative Suite Podcast and a technology writer - Terry White Tech Blog.
Helpful review! We've just tumbled to the power and fun of Netflix, so an i-device app would be cool.
What's your sense of this app vs. just using Safari to go to the Netflix site (on the laptop or the i-device)?
As with most Apps, they are streamlined for the devices screen vs the full website in Safari. So I find the Apps to be easier and faster for most things.
Safari is completely unusable with the netflix site on the iphone.