Blockbuster has always lagged behind Netflix in just about everything, and iPhone apps have been no different. And now, finally, an official Blockbuster app (free, iTunes link) is available in the App Store. It allows Blockbuster Online users (like me) to manage their queue on your iPhone.
With the app, you can add and remove movies, change the order of the queue, search, and browse top 10 lists and categories. There is also a store finder that uses GPS to find the nearest Blockbuster. The one feature I’d like to see added is the no wait/short wait/long wait status that appears next to each movie in your queue on the website.
Overall, it’s a solid and well-designed app—kudos to Blockbuster for getting it right the first time, they just sure took their sweet time to do it. Better late than never (just don’t say that Blockbuster’s shareholders).
Blockbuster is a free download from the iTunes App Store.