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  • RunPee 7.0, Code Name: Código Nom
    I have begun work on what will be the most significant update to the RunPee app ever. When version 7 is out, most people in the world will have access to the RunPee app in their native language. This is going to be a chunk of work; therefore, it will roll ...
  • Coming Soon to the RunPee app: Project P.E.R.A.
    For the past few months, I’ve been hard at work on PERA (Personalized Entertainment Research Assistant). It will be integrated with the RunPee app, but will also be a standalone website. Motivation I rarely go to the movie theater for fun. It’s pretty much work for me. By the time a movie ...
  • So, you want to work for RunPee?
    You want to become a Peep? (That’s what we call people who work for RunPee.) Here’s the gist of what we need and how the training process goes. First and foremost, no one is going to get rich from RunPee. Not even me. If you’ve seen the Full Transparency-RunPee app income ...
  • How do I decide which new movies to add to the RunPee database?
    This is one of the hardest management decisions I have to make for RunPee. It’s hard because I have incomplete information. I can’t know how popular a movie will be before it’s released. Here are the general guidelines I follow when making the decision. The Ease Choice If it’s a well-known wide-release ...
  • Tails from Asheville, North Carolina
    Many of you may know that RunPee HQ is based in our home in Asheville, North Carolina. Actually, if you’re familiar with the area we live just outside of Asheville in a small town called Swannanoa. Many of you have probably never heard of Swannanoa, or the Swannanoa River, until ...
  • Using AI to improve Peetimes
    AI is revolutionizing many professions, including our work at RunPee. While I’ve used AI (Copilot) for years to assist with coding, we’ve recently discovered its potential to enhance a crucial aspect of our service: crafting the perfect Peetime Synopsis. Our team still handles the essential task of watching movies to select ...
  • The brother and sister team behind the Peetimes
    A RunPee fan recently commented that he thought the RunPee app was just another app created by an app farm to make money. He was delighted to discover that it’s a bootstrapped company created and maintained by a small family. RunPee: A Brief History You can read the details here, but the ...
  • What to do when the RunPee app crashes or you spot a bug
    Monday night (August 5, 2024) was not a good night to need to use the RunPee app on Android. I updated the app in the Play Store and then much to my dismay got an email from a fan telling me that the app crashed for them every time they ...
  • RunPee Roadmap
    Here’s what’s to come for the RunPee app in the next year or so. Cleaning House I have a super busy summer and fall ahead of me with work on my day job (CTO at Mapt.co). I generally reserve Thursday’s as RunPee Day. That’s the day we go see movies and I try ...
  • RunPee at Google I/O
    Google invited and more importantly paid for me to attend their developer conference in San Jose this year. This is the place to be if you’re interested in technology and specifically AI. At the end of the keynote they used AI to count how many times they said AI in ...
  • How to help support RunPee without spending a penny
    Tell your friends and family The secret to RunPee’s success isn’t that we provide a unique service for a niche problem, but that RunPee is also a fun story for people to share with others. It’s the reason the RunPee user base has grown as wide as it ...
  • We Have WORM SIGN!
    It’s probably not a shocker that February is generally a slow month for movies. Every few years we get a Black Panther, Thor Ragnarok, or Deadpool movie in February, but those are the exceptions. This year (2024), February had some lackluster movies, to say the least. Movies like Drive-Away Dolls, ...
  • Meet the RunPee Family
    I get a few user support emails each week and it’s always amusing to me to discover that many people think that RunPee is a company. And that’s not really the case at all. We’re a family and a pretty small one at that. Maybe a few people out there would ...
  • Full Transparency-RunPee app income and expenses
    Above is a chart going back to January 2023 of the RunPee income and expenses, broken down by Google, Apple, and direct donations via PayPal/Venmo. September 2025 In Review We’re pretty much in-line with the income from September of 2024. Going up is better, but at least we didn’t go down, much. August ...
  • My New Day Job
    RunPee has been great to me over the years, but since the Covid pandemic, it’s not made a livable wage. RunPee has essentially become a time-consuming hobby. I go to one or two, occasionally three, movies a week, and manage the customer feedback and such. Fortunately, the app is pretty ...
  • What are the hardest movies to find Peetimes for?
    One of the most common questions I’m asked is, “What was the hardest movie to find Peetimes for?” When I get to the #1 answer—below—I’m sure you’ll say to yourself, “Yeah, that makes sense.” (Are you trying to guess the answer now? Remember, RunPee launched in 2008, so it’s a ...
  • RunFREE: no more Peecoins
    From day one, trying to figure out how best to monetize the RunPee app has been the biggest challenge. For better or for worse, I think the challenge is pretty much over. Sink or swim; I have crossed the Rubicon. After this, I don’t think there’s much I can do ...
  • Looking for a WordPress Master
    In case you haven’t noticed, this blog needs some TLC. I was searching for help managing this WordPress blog on Fiverr but I thought it would be better to consult the RunPee community and see if there’s anyone out there who can help. If possible, I’d like to keep it ...
  • RunPee Weekly Newsletter #100 (February 9th, 2022)
    The app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie without missing the best scenes. What is the Perfect Peetime? Your bladders have spoken, and we were listening. Infinity Peecoin owners who were using the RunPee Timer were given the option to record when they finished using ...
  • What is the perfect time to run and pee during a movie?
    Your bladders have spoken, and we were listening. Infinity Peecoin owners, who were using the RunPee Timer, were given the option record when they finished using a Peetime. Basically, there was a button on the Synopsis Screen that said, “When you’re back in your seat please press to record how ...
  • RunPee Weekly Newsletter #98 (January 26th, 2022)
    The app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie without missing the best scenes. Holy bladder-bursters Batman, your new film is almost 3 hours long The one-hundred and seventy-five-minute runtime make The Batman the third-longest movie since the RunPee app was created 13 years ago. You’re ...
  • Holy bladder-bursters Batman, your new film is almost 3 hours long
    The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson as Batman, is set to open in theaters on March 4th, 2020. Brace yourself, because the movie runtime is reported to be two hours and fifty-five minutes (175 min), with the last eight minutes being the credits. It’s currently unknown if there is an extra scene ...
  • 2021 Peeple’s Poll Year End Review
    For those who don’t know, the Peeple’s Poll is the rating system we have in the RunPee app. Because our app is meant to be used during a movie we can ask users to provide their Expectation Rating before they see the movie. Then after the movie they can add their ...
  • Spider-Man Peeple’s Poll results over time
    Spider-Man: No Way Home is, as of writing, the most popular movie ever in our Peeple’s Poll (92.6)—just barely squeaking past Avengers: Endgame (92.2). Something I was curious about is how the movie’s rating would change over time. Here is the After Movie Rating for Spider-Man: No Way Home, broken down by day. The ...
  • How I Became An Independent Film Reviewer
      So… the whole world was gripped by the pandemic and, due to medical reasons, I’m identified as “someone thought to be clinically extremely vulnerable and at highest risk of becoming very unwell if you catch COVID-19,” and, as a result, I was, essentially, housebound. I’d gone from going out every day ...
Don’t miss your favorite movie moments because you have to pee or need a snack. Use the RunPee app (Android or iPhone) when you go to the movies. We have Peetimes for all wide-release films every week, including Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Bugonia, Good Fortune, Black Phone 2, Tron: Ares and coming soon Predator: Badlands, The Running Man, Wicked: For Good and many others. We have literally thousands of Peetimes—from classic movies through today's blockbusters. You can also keep up with movie news and reviews on our blog, or by following us on Twitter @RunPee, or Discord, BlueSky. If there's a new film out there, we've got your bladder covered.
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