When I was trying to find films I’d enjoy watching, I explored a few movie and TV show discovery apps. I quickly noticed several problems with them: outdated or overly complicated UI/UX, missing details, limited filters (especially by year, country, and language), and worst of all — annoying video ads.
At the same time, I was looking for new projects to add to my portfolio. So I thought, “What if I just build a movie and TV show discovery tool myself?” That’s when I started sketching out ideas — the name, the concept, and the logo.
The journey wasn’t short. It took me about half a year to complete the entire project using Flutter, Firebase, Golang, and PostgreSQL. Then I spent another month getting it approved on the Google Play Store. I fixed a ton of bugs, improved UI/UX, optimized the codebase, handled server and error management, and eventually deployed the backend (Go + PostgreSQL) to a VPS. After that, I started working on the landing page in Next.js and deployed the website in Vercel. You can check it out here.
A few days after release, I pushed out a major UI/UX overhaul for some components. Then I started thinking seriously about monetization and improving the user experience. That’s when I added a news section and integrated Amazon affiliate links — both of which are fully automated.
To make all that work smoothly, I built workflows in n8n. For example, I created a system that fetches news articles, summarizes them using DeepSeek API, and saves the final captions into a Notion table. The affiliate link sync is also automated — the system regularly pulls data and syncs it with over 2000+ movies and shows.
I also marketed the app via Threads, with every post’s title, status, and caption organized in the same Notion board. It’s simple, but it works — I just drop a URL, and everything from summarization to tracking happens automatically.
What’s Next for Kinolist?
Kinolist still has a lot of untapped potential — especially when it comes to more aggressive marketing and scaling. But as time goes on, I’m getting busier month by month, and I’ve come to realize I need someone who can take this project to the next level. Someone who can really maximize what Kinolist can become.
That’s why I’ve listed the app for sale on Flippa.
The buyer will get the entire package:
- The app in Google Play Console
- All source code stored in a GitHub organization
- The logo and branding assets
- All n8n workflows used for automation
- The Next.js landing page
- The domain name
- The Sentry account for monitoring
- The Zoho Mail support email
- A dedicated email account
And more…
Feel free to check it out on Flippa here or reach out if you have any questions!