Callsheet is approaching its second birthday, which is astonishing.Given that it is a subscription app, that means that day-one customers arestarting to get “hey, your rewnewal is coming up” emails.
While working on the marketing site for the app, I wrote the following:
Your first 20 searches in Callsheet are free; after that, you can subscribefor the so-low-I-should-probably-raise-it price of $1 per month, or $9 per year.
I’m not saying that I’m planning to raise prices, but I’m also not… not-saying that.
For the remainder of 2025, and the first half of 2026, I have lots of things planned.Most especially, getting a few pesky but not show-stopping bugs out of the way.[1]After that, working on my new design system (“Liquid Glass”) refresh, as well assome big refinements to the Discover (landing) screen.
Regardless, as I did last year, I’d like to remind my customers what the last yearof updates brought.
2024.13
- New OG icon variantsYou can now optionally force the app to be in light mode or dark modeWhen looking at a TV show’s season, you can now use ↑ ↓ to page between seasonsImproved localizationsCallsheet will now be shown as a result when you search some basic terms in Spotlight, like “movie”, “tv”, etc.Fixes issue where a movie’s local release date was used for calculating cast and crew ages, rather than the international release dateFixes issue where adult content was not filtered out of “Known For” sectionsFixes scroll hitches for TV shows
2024.14
- The “Subscribe” button should no longer flash on-screen for subscribers. Finally.Dramatically revamp filtering when looking at a person, so you can hone in on, say, just their movie roles, or TV jobsAdd awards as a Quick Access linkWhen viewing a TV season, use chevrons rather than arrows to page between seasonsWhen viewing a TV season, honor the oldest-first vs. newest-first preferenceChange “Safari” → “System Default” in Persnickety PreferencesAdd “Open in browser” item to share sheet menus where appropriateMore explicit search prompts when searching on-screen by swiping down slightlyAdditional logging around purchase errorsAllow for instances where a “known for” job isn’t provided by TMDBFix a rare issue where searching by callsheet:// search did not return results if you had trailing whitespaceFix workaround by which pinning can be used as a way to get free searchesFix a rare issue where a mostly-invalid URL returned from TMDB could cause a crash
2025.1
This was pulled shortly after release, so most users didn’t get it.
2025.2
- MULTIPLE LISTS OF PINS!
- There is only one “active” list at a timeYou can switch lists on the Discover screenYou can see all the pins in the active list by tapping the list name on the Discover screenYou can add the same pin to multiple listsYou can move/copy pins between lists (open your list and then tap-and-hold on a pin)You can add/remove pins from non-active lists by tapping-and-holding on the pin button in the toolbar
2025.3
New Features:
- Full context menus in the Discover screen for adding/removing pinsVastly improved and simplified sharing, thanks to the new callsheetapp.com. This includes universal deep link supportLive activities can be started — manually — for movies and TV episodes. This allows you to one-tap return to Callsheet on your phoneFix leaky Finnish translations, particularly when long-pressing the app iconFix Pretty in Pink app iconImprove list ordering and make more consistentAdd missing dark variant iconsAdd VoiceOver/accessibility labels for app iconsImprove verbiage for buttons in a delete dialogThe mark used in the years a show ran is now an endash
2025.4
- When viewing a person, TV appearances are correctly placed in the year of their first appearance. The short-lived section for “long-running series” is gone!Ages in cast/crew lists now show the person’s age at the time of release and the age they are nowPeople who are pinned are now highlighted when looking at cast/crew listsNew Quick Link to Letterboxd for moviesQuick Links you don’t want can be hiddenAdded credit counts for people — they can be found all the way at the bottom of the credit listsAdded tool tips for Quick Links and toolbar on macOSYou can now paste TMDB URLs in the Search box, and once you hit “Search” Callsheet will jump to the right spotFixed behavior for TV shows with non-contiguous season numbersFixed share links from context menus not using universal linksPeople’s “Known For” should now more heavily weight shows and movies you’ve pinnedActor heights are now back, where possibleSearches will trim whitespace by defaultFix weird visual glitch with the fourth (and only fourth) person on a cast/crew listFix visual glitch with “Released” for TV episodesWhen running on the Mac, now requires macOS 15.0German localization fixes
2025.5
- Death year and age added to a person’s credit when viewing a film/episodeFix completely jacked-up Upcoming section in people’s filmographiesFix wonky quick links presentation on iPad & MacFix visual glitch in Settings → Select LinkFix episode trivia link being off by one. I am now living proof the computer science joke is real.
2025.6
- Add age at death for posthumous creditsCorrect age handling for releases in the futureFix collection ordering; in rare cases flipping between movies in a collection was not ordered correctly. (You can do this using the up and down arrows in the top toolbar when viewing a movie such as Star Wars).Add missing localization for “Choose Links” in SettingsRemove a simulator-only workaround for how Apple accidentally busted URLSession in the prior version of Xcode
2025.7
- Fixed issue where the “died age X” calculation — shown in cast/crew lists — was made from birthday to release day, instead of birthday to death day.
I’m really happy with the progress over the last year, and I like to thinkI’ve more than earned $9. If you’re a current subscriber, I hope you’ll considerrenewing. If you’ve never tried Callsheet, there’s no better time than now.
Apple people, FB18031091, I beg of you. It’s affecting my users, and my hands are tied. Help me SwiftUI folks; you’re my only hope. ↩
