Hello, Chilltacular!
It finally has a name.
This app has been Upcoming in my head for months — that's the working title, the bundle ID, the project folder. Upcoming describes the killer feature: stuff you're waiting on that hasn't released yet, sitting in its own section of the list, automatically promoted to your queue the day it drops. It's the part nobody else's watchlist app gets right.
But Upcoming is the wrong name for a product. It's a section header, not a vibe. The vibe of this app is: you have your evening, your couch, your snack, and now you need to pick the thing. That's a Chilltacular! moment.
So: Chilltacular! it is. The exclamation point stays.
The website is going up at chilltacular.com, published by my one-person studio, LittleBlueBug, LLC.
Where things stand right now:
- ✅ Core data model in SwiftData — items, categories, sources, statuses, collections
- ✅ The list UI with section-based status flow (Active / Queue / Upcoming / History)
- ✅ Drag-and-drop status changes
- ✅ Default categories: TV, Movies, Books, Games — plus custom categories with icon + color
- ✅ iCloud sync via CloudKit, including shared collections
- ✅ Share Extension for adding items from any app via the iOS Share Sheet
- ✅ Metadata API for auto-filling title, cover art, release dates, ratings
- ✅ App icon — two friends watching a sunset on a TV from a cozy couch
- 🚧 Siri & App Shortcuts (in progress)
- 🚧 macOS build (works, but needs polish)
- 🚧 iPadOS layout — full plan written, build not started
- ⏳ App Store submission
More soon.