Streaming didn't just scatter shows across services; it scattered the whole experience. Your watchlist lives in one app, the thing you actually want is in another, recommendations don't travel, and deciding what to watch means hopping between half a dozen apps that each only know their own catalog.
WatchWorthy sits above all of them — one place to discover shows, decide what's worth your time, and keep a watchlist that works across every service. I led product design from concept to a polished mobile experience, working closely with engineering to move quickly.
Role
I led product design from early concept to a polished mobile experience — driving research, prototyping, flows, and final design while working closely with engineering to move quickly.
What shipped
- Designed a mobile app that sits above the streaming services as one place to discover, decide, and track.
- Built a watchlist that works across services, not locked inside any single app.
- Unified discovery and search across streaming platforms.
- Paired that cross-service breadth with recommendations that explain why you'll like a show.
Selected decisions
- Made the product a layer above the services — one place spanning Netflix, Hulu, HBO, and the rest.
- Designed a cross-service watchlist so what you plan to watch isn't trapped in one app.
- Built unified, cross-platform discovery and search.
- Earned its recommendations by having you rate shows up front, then explaining why you'll like each pick.
Walkthrough
A closer look
WatchWorthy sits above the streaming services rather than beside them — one app that spans every catalog, so deciding what to watch stops meaning hopping between half a dozen others.
It starts by connecting the services you already pay for — Netflix, Hulu, HBO, and the rest — so everything that follows works across all of them instead of adding one more silo.
The clearest payoff is a watchlist that works across services: what you plan to watch lives in one place no matter where it streams, with the lists and filters to keep it organized as it grows.
Discovery spans every connected service, so the everyday surface is one personalized feed — and a set of curated rows — worth considering, instead of six separate catalogs to scroll.
Search works the same way, across platforms at once, so finding a specific title or browsing by type never means guessing which app it lives in.
Every recommendation explains itself. A show's detail leads with why you'll like it, backed by cast, context, and the occasional deep cut — turning a suggestion into a decision you can trust quickly.
To earn those recommendations, onboarding has you quickly rate shows you already know — a fast, almost game-like pass that gives the system real signal from the first minute rather than guessing from genres.
And taste is social: profiles, a community feed, and shared recaps let people compare what they're watching, which both sharpens recommendations and gives the app a reason to return to beyond a single decision.
