MeineKrimi
A German-language companion app for crime-drama fans: morning digest of what aired across ARD/ZDF/RTL, 2-minute AI recaps for shows you missed, a plot-thread tracker for ongoing series, and spoiler-protected fan chat.
German crime-drama fans who watch 3+ episodes weekly across Tatort, Watzmann ermittelt, SOKO, and similar shows
- 'What aired last night' morning digest across ARD/ZDF/RTL/VOX
- 2-minute AI episode recaps so you can catch up on missed shows
- Plot-thread tracker that remembers where you are in each ongoing series
- Spoiler-protected per-show fan chat with auto-moderation
The trending story shows German crime-drama fans deeply follow actor updates (health, cast changes) beyond just episodes; multiple daily slots mean fans now juggle 3-5 shows and need help keeping up.
Tatort averages ~8.6M viewers/episode in 2024 with the top broadcast ('Unter Gärtnern') hitting 13.32M; Watzmann ermittelt pulls 3.3–3.5M viewers and a renewed 5th season, showing large active audiences across multiple daily Krimi slots.TV-Quoten 2024: Tatort-Reichweite stabil ↗Das Erste setzt „Watzmann ermittelt" fort und spendiert Spielfilm ↗
Existing Tatortometer is tiny (10+ downloads, free, ratings only) and the old Tatort app is stale; no dominant multi-show aggregator combines morning digest + AI recaps + plot threads + spoiler-protected chat.Tatortometer: Tatort Ranking - Google Play ↗Tatort App für Android und iOS - Heise Download ↗
No evidence of WTP for a niche Krimi companion; free public Mediatheken (ARD/ZDF) and free Tatortometer already serve fans, German consumers are price-sensitive, and the audience skews broad/popular rather than super-fan paying niches.Watzmann ermittelt | ARD Mediathek (free) ↗Krimi - ZDFmediathek (free) ↗
Tatort is a multi-decade cultural institution with confirmed 2026 continuation; Watzmann ermittelt renewed for a 5th season, indicating stable, structurally funded public-broadcaster crime drama pipeline.Tatort-Analyse 2025: Zuschauerzahlen, Highlights und Ausblick 2026 ↗Quotencheck: Watzmann ermittelt ↗
Buildable with EPG scraping, LLM summarization, and chat moderation, but German-language AI summaries, rights-sensitive clip use, spoiler logic per-show, and multi-source (ARD/ZDF/RTL) data plumbing add non-trivial complexity.Top Krimi-Filme und -Serien - Streaming-Guide (Spiegel) ↗