Limelight press kit
Everything you need to write about Limelight, in one place. Grab the facts, copy a description, or download screenshots, the app icon, and a demo video. Use any of it in your coverage.
Fast facts
Limelight at a glance
- Name
- Limelight
- What it is
- An app for discovering and tracking movies and TV shows
- Platforms
- iPhone, iPad, and Mac, built natively in Swift and SwiftUI
- Price
- Free to download. Limelight+ is $4.99 a month or $24.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial.
- Ads
- None. Limelight is privacy focused.
- Coverage
- Streaming Top 10 charts in 107 countries
- First released
- February 7, 2025
- Developer
- Jordan Kennedy, an independent developer in Nashville, Tennessee
- App Store
- apps.apple.com/app/id6740752709
- Demo video
- youtube.com/watch?v=Zr3sJ00iWy0
- Release notes
- thelimelight.app/release-notes
- Press contact
- [email protected]
Descriptions
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Limelight is an app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that lets you discover movies and TV shows, see where they're streaming, and track what you've watched.
Short
Limelight is an app for discovering and tracking movies and TV shows on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It pulls information from many sources, not just TMDB, into one place. See where a title is streaming, what's in the Netflix or HBO Max Top 10 today, and ratings from Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, Metacritic, and TMDB side by side. Find out which movies and shows started as books. No ads, privacy focused.
Long
Limelight is a native Swift and SwiftUI app for discovering and tracking movies and TV shows on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It pulls data from many sources, not just TMDB, and brings it all together in one place. See where a title is streaming right now in your country and what's in the Netflix or HBO Max Top 10 today. Compare ratings from Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, Metacritic, and TMDB side by side, and find out which movies and shows started as books. Upload a short clip and SceneSnap uses AI to identify the movie or show and who's in it. Release notifications tell you when a movie opens in theaters or a new episode drops. Your Watchlist, Seen List, and custom lists sync across devices. SceneSnap, Top 10 charts, multi-source ratings, and release notifications are part of Limelight+. No ads, privacy focused. Limelight is built by Jordan Kennedy, an independent developer in Nashville, Tennessee.
Features
What you can do with Limelight
The first group is free. The second comes with Limelight+.
Free
Search and discover
Find any movie or show in seconds, or search by actor or director. Open a cast or crew profile to see their biography and full filmography, and jump straight to anything else they've made.
Where to stream
See exactly where to watch, rent, or buy a title, with availability for the country you live in. Turn on the services you pay for and Limelight only shows what you can stream right now.
Personalized recommendations
Just For You learns from what you save and rate, skips anything already on your lists, and narrows by genre or mood. Tap Show Less Like This on any poster to fine-tune your feed.
Book adaptations
Discover which books became movies or TV shows. Perfect if you want to read the book before watching.
International
Pick your country and see the services, availability, and Top 10 charts that apply where you live.
Watchlist
Save movies and shows you want to watch, so they're ready when you are.
Seen list
Track everything you've watched and never lose your viewing history.
Five-star ratings
Rate what you've watched, and find every verdict in your Rated List.
Cast & crew profiles
Search any actor or director for their biography, age, and filmography.
Full details
Budget, revenue, languages, country, and studio or network for every title.
Trailers and promos
Watch trailers, teasers, and behind-the-scenes clips inside the app.
Share
Send suggestions to family or share what you're watching with friends.
Latest episodes
See the newest episodes for every show you're following, in one place.
Coming soon
Titles that aren't out yet, based on your region's release calendar.
Trending titles
See which movies and TV shows the most people are watching today.
Sync across devices
Your lists follow you, so what you save on one device is waiting on the next.
Widgets
Widgets for your watchlist and what's trending.
Siri and Spotlight
Ask Siri to open your watchlist or start QuickSort, or find titles in Spotlight.
No ads
Not a single ad anywhere in the app, including the free version.
Privacy
We don't track, sell, or share your data, and analytics are yours to switch off.
Limelight+
Release notifications
Get alerted the moment a movie opens in theaters or lands on a service you pay for, and when a show you follow drops a new episode. Press and hold any title to mute it.
Instant scene recognition
Ever see a movie clip and wonder "What's that from?" Upload a short video and SceneSnap uses AI to identify what you're watching and who's in it. Launch it straight from Control Center.
Streaming top 10s
See what's trending in your country on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Paramount+, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney+, Peacock, Apple TV, and more.
Multi-source ratings
Make confident viewing choices with ratings from Rotten Tomatoes, IMDB, Metacritic, and TMDB, all in one place.
QuickSort
Swipe right to mark a title as seen, swipe left if you haven't seen it, and undo if you change your mind.
Custom lists
Build your own lists, from a franchise marathon to picks for the weekend.
Pinned items
Pin must-watch titles so they stay at the top of your watchlist.
Hide titles
Not interested in something? Hide it and keep your feed relevant.
Alternate app icons
Make Limelight yours with a collection of alternate Home Screen icons.
Demo video
See Limelight in action
To embed it, use the YouTube link.
App icon
App icon
Limelight app icon
1024 x 1024 PNG with a transparent background. Please don't recolor or crop it. The brand color is #87CF00
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Screenshots and device images
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Developer
Made by one person in Nashville
I'm Jordan Kennedy, an independent developer in Nashville, Tennessee. There's no company behind Limelight, just me. You can see every update in the release notes.
Press inquiries
For interviews, questions, or anything you can't find here, email me at [email protected]. You're welcome to use the screenshots and icon in reviews, roundups, and news coverage of Limelight. Movie and TV artwork in the screenshots belongs to its owners.
Try it for yourself
Search any title, see where it's streaming, and track what you've watched. Free on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
