Built
Automatic metered Encore queueing, sourced multi-fact keepsakes, visual unlock ceremony, private collection, exact share preview, first-import summary, rare Series Legacy, and optional scale-specific cinematic sound.
Open product R&D
Make it feel earned.
ShowNext treats a completed season as permission to go deeper. Verified completion can unlock rare, sourced, spoiler-safe production knowledge and a permanent visual keepsake—without turning television into a competition.
Native checkpoint
The reward cannot outrun the truth.
Authoritative
Verified completion and a displayable cited fact are both required. Partial sync, missing sources, and future-season spoilers unlock nothing.
Proven locally
Focused module and iOS flows cover automatic queueing, unlock, detail, collection, sharing, Legacy, VoiceOver labels, reduced motion, and packaged audio resources. The accepted cinematic reward decision was recaptured from retained data on August 13. Older share and Legacy captures remain in historical evidence, but are no longer presented as current app views.
Physical review
Thomas accepted the routine Encore, rare Legacy, and one-time Story reveal on PowerMobile. The Story cue was level-matched after the phone review and passed a final listen.
The reward loop
Fast, honest, lasting.
Every layer grows from the watched state ShowNext can actually prove.
- 01Mark watchedImmediate local response
- 02VerifyExact Trakt read-back
- 03PrepareAutomatic, metered BYOK queue
- 04UnlockRare facts, replay, and optional share
Non-negotiables
Fun without the hooks.
Private, not competitive
No leaderboard, public profile, friend ranking, or social pressure.
Verified, not invented
An award settles only after the same Trakt read-back that proves watched state.
Visual, not monetary
The reward is motion, artwork, collection growth, and optional local share cards—not products, tickets, discounts, or coupons.
Progress, not pressure
No streaks, deadlines, hours-watched praise, or mechanics designed to make people consume more.
Three connected native moments
The reward is going deeper.
Tap any screen to inspect the complete concept.
The routine reward
Season Encore
After ShowNext verifies a completed season, an eligible BYOK account queues a sourced, spoiler-safe Encore automatically. The reveal is short, skippable, replayable, and preserved as a permanent keepsake.
Why this direction
The reward is access, not a badge: finishing the story safely opens the door to what happened behind it.
Protected cinematic reward decision · recaptured August 13 · automatic metered generation enabled for eligible BYOK accounts
The optional outward moment
Share Encore
The exact card is previewed before Apple's share sheet opens. Title and sourced fact are on by default; completion date and personal viewing insight stay off until explicitly enabled.
Why this direction
Sharing should celebrate the story without leaking a Trakt username, account identity, or private viewing pattern.
Admitted direction · current-build visual recapture pending
The rare large moment
Series Legacy
Completing every ended standard season of a series unlocks a deliberately larger moment and opens every safe Encore for that show.
Why this direction
This is rare enough to earn the bigger presentation. It cannot appear for an airing show, missing catalog data, or an incomplete sourced-fact set.
Rare direction admitted · current-build visual recapture pending
Quiet bookkeeping underneath
Verified completion remains the authority.
Episodes, hours, and rewatches do not inflate progress. Ongoing seasons can be Caught Up without pretending they have ended. The old Season Mark remains an internal reversible count, not the visible reward.
Level study — not decidedLevel = floor √ completed seasons
- 25 seasons
- Level 5
- 100 seasons
- Level 10
- 400 seasons
- Level 20
- 900 seasons
- Level 30
We will test the curve against realistic library sizes before choosing it.
First-import rule
Honor the backlog once.
- Reconcile everythingSeparate verified seasons from incomplete or conflicting provider data.
- Build quietlyPrepare only Encores that have both verified completion and a safe cited fact.
- Recognize onceOffer one skippable Your Story So Far summary and keep anything incomplete visibly Confirming.
- Start freshThe next genuinely new completion can unlock the normal Season Encore moment.
Direction recorded
Season Encore earned its place.
Season Encore, the private share-card boundary, and the rarer Series Legacy moment remain admitted product directions. The August 9 retained-data pass protects genuine artwork, rare verified facts, automatic metered BYOK generation, durable sequential queueing, and token and estimated-cost receipts while the larger archive experience continues to be measured.
Current native record · retained-data Simulator reward recaptured August 13 · no paid rewards · screenshot audit performed read-only