Confirmed. Deleted Cinema TV and reinstalled the latest version. It's not as good as Kodi but way more links than the last version.
The ads are annoying as hell, but still way faster/better UX than Kodi though.
Catmouse has zero ads, and is as potent a clone as any i've used.
as far as Kodi ... not as intuitive or smoove as the apks, i'll grant that as fact. but the content available absolutely dwarfs what one will find on any sideloaded Franken-arium ... it's staggering how much more is at your fingertips on Kodi.
for my current setup, i blew Krypton the #### up, did a fresh install of Leia 18.5 - clean and lean - no "builds" or "skins" - just 2 addons (The Crew & Tempt TV) the former with such amazing and deep and eclectic content, the latter for the best IPTV options i've ever been presented with.
Venom was wonky a couple weeks ago, so did not bother on the fresh install ... but The Crew is jam packed with more glorious entertainment than i could ever hope to digest.
part of the Kodi gig is staying abreast and on top of what/who is working ... the level of participation from the devs is key (updates, bug fixes, logs, etc), which is what drove me so hard to Venom ... i will reboot it sometime this week to see if it's still clicking.
to summarize ... if one is only interested in the latest/popular movies/tv shows, then, yes - the apks are the way for them to go - and Catmouse is killing it atm.
but if one wants virtually unlimited options, and is willing to do the legwork (which is small price to pay for the content), then Kodi is a slam dunk.
RD strongly recommended for the apks, but
essential for Kodi.