Crackle - Movies & TV
Description of App
Finally, watch FREE movies on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
~ Newly re-designed based on feedback from our 11 million users!~
***Awards & Honors***
- Named Best of the iPhone Ent. category in App Store Rewind 2011
- 2011 Mobile Excellence Award Finalist
- App Store features include: Staff Favorite, What's Hot and New
- Ranked as high as #1 Entertainment app and #2 overall app
PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, BIG DADDY, JOE DIRT, LAYER CAKE, MR. DEEDS, PANIC ROOM, S.W.A.T. and hundreds more: full-length, uncut and FREE. Plus, top rated TV series like SEINFELD.
"Crackle... gives you free movies to watch, great TV shows to remember and works for both iPhone and iPad." – Casey Chan, Gizmodo
"..for free…That’s right. Unlike Hulu Plus, you don’t need to sign up and pay a fee to watch..." – Damien Scott, Complex Magazine
"Sony has a real gem on their hands with this app..." – Jake Gaecke, Appletell
* Watch full-length Hollywood movies and TV series
* FREE to download app, FREE to watch
* Unlimited, on demand viewing
* New movies and TV episodes added monthly
* Genres including: action, anime, comedy, crime, horror, thriller, sci-fi and anime
* Optimized for both iPhone/iPod touch and iPad
* Browse Movies, TV, Originals, Collections and Genres
* Build and manage your Watchlist for viewing on the app or online at Crackle.com.
* Stream HQ video via 3G, 4G or Wi-Fi
* Watch Crackle on your Apple TV with Airplay
* App works in US, Canada, UK and Australia
CURRENT MOVIES AND TV*:
MOVIES
Hundreds of movies including: PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, BIG DADDY, JOE DIRT, LAYER CAKE, MR. DEEDS, PANIC ROOM, S.W.A.T., SNATCH, STRANGER THAN FICTION, SAVING SILVERMAN, and more
TV
Thousands of full-length episodes; series include: SEINFELD, SPIDER-MAN, MARRIED… WITH CHILDREN, THE THREE STOOGES plus over 25 series and 1000+ episodes of Anime including BLOOD +, QUEEN’s BLADE and IKKI TOUSEN
Data charges may apply (unlimited data plan recommended).
**************************FAQ**************************
Thanks for everyone’s feedback and reviews. We are listening and are always working to improve the service.
* To use this app, you must be in US, Canada, United Kingdom or Australia.
* For best results, update your device to the newest operating system.
* Yes, the app is free. To cover our costs we include some short video ads. Your carrier may charge data fees, so an unlimited data plan and/or viewing over Wi-Fi is recommended.
* If a movie is watched in an area without sufficient cell reception, the video may not display, even though the sound still works. If this happens, either switch to Wi-Fi, or move to a location with better cell reception.
ABOUT CRACKLE
Crackle is one of the fastest growing digital entertainment networks, offering quality movies and TV series from Columbia Pictures, Tri-Star, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Classics and more. Crackle is available via web, mobile, gaming systems and set-top boxes. For more information, visit www.crackle.com. Crackle is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
* Movies and TV series updated monthly; titles subject to change. Current content list is available on the app or at www.crackle.com
Version
Free or Paid
Compatibility
Device(s) App Was Tested On
Accessibility Comments
Most buttons are labeled gibberish. Very difficult to use.
VoiceOver Performance
Button Labeling
Usability
Other Comments
There are literally hundreds of gibberish buttons that represent movies or shows. You could take the time to relabel these button if you wish but I only find this a waste of your time. If you randomly double tap on one of those gibberish buttons you will be able to find out what movies you have selected. Thus, can be turned around to relabel. So watching the movie isn't impossible because once you have selected a movie or show. You can watch it still. Just be advise that doing anything but watching the movie will be very difficult to use. Also, be advise if another update comes out. All of your hard work in relabeling those buttons will be erased and you will lose all of your hard work.
I only hope that the developers will fix this for us in future updates. So I will keep this app up to date and let you know if anything changes.
Comments
#1 Version 3.0.0
The new v3.0.0 has now made this inaccessible. Really a darn shame as this was once most accessible and great to use.
What's New in Version 3.0.0
* Completely redesigned based on feedback from our 11 million users
* Exclusive mobile app access to the newest episode of Seinfeld's COMEDIANS IN CARS GETTING COFFEE, with guest star Alec Baldwin Thursday 8/16 at 6pm EST through Monday 8/20
* Easier to discover your favorite movies and shows
* Watch on your TV via Airplay or HDMI out
* Now playing: THE FAN, S.W.A.T., MR. DEEDS, SNATCH, and more
#2 It used to be this app had
It used to be this app had the title of the movie with the rating and the length of it. I wouldn't call this app inaccessible, because if you click on the gibberish of each movie, like 654ghkl; you get the actual movies, and you will actually get the name of the movie along with the usual play button plus information about the movie. What I was doing to make the app on my phone more accessible, is after I know what the movie is, I scrubbed two fingers on the screen to go back, and label the weird gibberish representing each movie. this is done by double tapping with two fingers and holding onto the screen, here a weird sound indicating that I must label the element. I delete the weird gibberish written there, and write the actual title of the movie. This is very helpful, to do it for at least 10 movies. But who has the time to label all of the movies on this app. They must make it more accessible to us. They don't think that blind people actually watch TV like everybody else!
#3 Jibberish
Yes, I suppose you could take the time to relabel all of those moves and shows if you want. However, be advise when an update comes out for this app that all of your hard work will only be erased.
So I admit it can be used if you really want to figure out everyone of those gibberish buttons but it is very close in being borderline of being usable.
So I will make the proper changes above based on our discussion.
#4 Speaking of labeling
Speaking of labeling elements, I wish there was a way that they could be a share point exchange for all iOS voiceover users to give the sheriff the labels that people have made for certain elements in certain applications.
#5 Crackle
Actually this problem is very annoying! The Crackle is a very good service, but they should consider that the blind do not use Smartphones, Tablets or don't watch television...
We will do everything possible to correct this problem. I have contacted. Help me too, please! We will contact them via email, Twitter, Facebook...
I found an email address to contact with them, but I'm not sure if this address is valid. But I sent an email to them and got no error message. Suppose it is working.
ios@crackle.com
Send Tweets to the Crackle reporting the problem:
www.twitter.com/crackle
@crackle
We will indicate the Crackle to the campaign of the month!
#6 huh?
Hmmm, lots of blind folks I know use smartphones, so i'm not sure where that came from?