When comparing GO SMS Pro vs SeriesGuide, the Slant community recommends SeriesGuide for most people. In the question“What are the best Material Design apps?” SeriesGuide is ranked 64th while GO SMS Pro is ranked 164th. The most important reason people chose SeriesGuide is:
Check in to shows or movies (yes, even at the theater) you are watching and even share the information with social media such as Google+, Facebook and Twitter if you like.
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Pros
Pro Allows responding to messages without opening the app
When a new message is received, a window will pop up that has the message and allows answering it from there, without having to open the app. It can be dismissed by tapping anywhere else on the screen.
Pro Dual SIM support
Pro Has privacy protection features
Pro Check In and share
Check in to shows or movies (yes, even at the theater) you are watching and even share the information with social media such as Google+, Facebook and Twitter if you like.
Pro Progress indicators
Information available for unseen episodes and viewing statistics.
Pro Find new shows and movies
SeriesGuide provides access to tract's currently trending shows and finding shows is facilitated through trackt's database which composites information from several main sources (i.e. IMDb, TVDb, TMDb). Also visible are trackt's recomendations and your personal trakt library.
Pro In-app links to common source video data sites
IMDb - Internet Movie Database
TVDb - The TV Database
TMDb - The Movie Database
Pro Third-party extensions available for episode actions
Pro Updated information is synced to trakt
Pro Open Source
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
Cons
Con Updates are removing features
The development team are seemingly wishing to streamline the application and as a consequence each update removes features that many long-time users appreciate.
Con Pay for advanced features
Pay either yearly subscription or one time for X Pass.