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I use Anilist. It has a nice clean and user friendly interface. The progressive web app also works well on my device.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I use AniList. I also have automatic tracking in Tachiyomi and on my Jellyfin server through a plugin. There's also a browser addon for that called MAL-Sync, which I used before. Without automatic tracking I'd be too lazy or forget to update my progress.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

started using anilist during that time MAL went down in 2018; liked the sleek interface, the choice in rating systems, the GraphQL API... i transfered my data over and never looked back.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you use any other tracking software, I would love to hear about it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I used to use MAL through the MyAniList app (not to be confused with MAL) but switched to AniList during the api outage in 2018. Nowadays I mainly track manga and anime automatically through tachiyomiJ2K and aniyomi respectively so I don't interact directly with AniList much, apart from browsing upcoming anime and discovering other series from writers, seiyuus, mangakas etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Been using Anilist ever since the MAL android app I was using went down a few years ago

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I moved to Anilist when MAL went down for several months a few years ago. I never looked back, its nice there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I use Anilist because the iOS App is great

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I used to use MAL but switched to AL when MAL wasn't listing a lot of Korean webtoons that I was reading since the start of the pandemic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Anilist after the MAL hack a few years back. Nice aesthetics are a plus for sure

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I use both but I personally prefer Anilist

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I switched from MAL to AniList a while back. I think it was back during the API outage, got tired of not having apps for tracking and wanted something with a more modern interface.

AniList is great, though I will say the more modern UI also made the page loading a bit more sluggish.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I use both, if MAL is down there is always Anilist to keep my episodes tracked.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I use a FOSS alternative to MAL, kitsu.io

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Android app isn't available for Galaxy S22+ :(

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Is there any "real" benefit to using it over MAL or anilist though? The main (and sole) public instance is riddled with more social media trackers than MAL itself.

I've been eyeing Ani.db, which is not open source to my knowledge but its barebones enough to not have trackers, but it doesnt work with MALsync.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I've been using MAL, but it's just until I find a good replacement. And by "good" I mean that data is stored locally, like the one from All Mangas Reader.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I moved my account from MAL to Kitsu.io a while back, and I quite like it. More flexible reviews, better UI — plus it’s open-source.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I use MyAnimeList, but I'm actually going to attempt to write my own soon enough using Laravel and Vue. I was planning on starting this week, but I've been completely knocked out with a viral infection, so I dunno when I will start on it, but I do plan on working on it at some point even though I seem to keep delaying it it's still something I really want lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Using MAL because I don't have any reason to change. Also like the older aesthetics and the ability to edit the CSS directly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

The biggest thing is being able to use decimal places in ratings. I can't believe MAL still hasn't added that after all these years. When I first imported my data I ended up moving a bunch of my 10s to 9.5 and so on because MAL had forced me to round up or down all the time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I use AniList, Anime-Planet, LiveChart, AniDB, and MyAnimeList

Reasons I use each:

AniList gives good stats and breakdowns of what genres, etc, you tend to prefer in a clean, user friendly format
Anime-Planet gives me generally good recommendations, based on anime I want to see something like, or my overall library preferences
LiveChart's just good at giving me what I'm looking forward to in a good digestible feed. Sometimes I scroll through past seasons to see what I may have missed, this is why I maintain a list there
AniDB gives incredibly detailed analytics, has a cool timeline of all your anime watching history. I think this is just really satisfying to look at

MyAnimeList honestly doesn't really have much I care about, just people tend to get squirmish if I link them anything else, so it's the easiest list to send to people without having to explain why I don't use MAL

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I've tried both, but abandoned MAL. Anilist has a much cleaner ui, and if you're a manga reader, a much fuller database of series.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Anilist plus taiga. Moved from mal do to it going down for like 2 weeks a couple years back. I can't remember why it went down but I fully converted to anilist because of it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Anilist is pretty good, I left MAL a few years ago and never looked back.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

As long as you don't participate in the forums, it's OK.

If you do go to the forums, be a sheep.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I use both Anime-Planet and MAL.

I joined Anime-Planet one time MAL had an outage, I think. Both sites have their advantages. A-P has a very rich database of tags, for both anime and characters, and also has a personal feed history that stretches back way longer than MAL's does. On the other hand, MAL includes metadata fields for when I started/finished watching something, and has some third-party sites that integrate with it, such as anime.plus, which I use to see stats on how much I've watched and when and how I've rated things.

So, for now, I just use both at the same time.

I once tried Kitsu, back when it was called Hummingbird, but I wasn't very satisfied with it. Haven't ever tried AniList or AniDB.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I primary used MAL for tracking, because people recommend this site for tracking all anime and anime episodes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Anilist for automatically syncs my Plex server and better app with slidebar rating but I like MAL more for community, anilist is just tracker.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I use anime-planet, just because it was the first thing I found back in the day and I'm not switching now. The scoring systems is a bit limited, using the five stars (essentially just 1-10). I do like the simple design, makes it very clear where everything is, and your profile has a nice big overview of how much of your life you have wasted :D

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

None (I forget to keep watching stuff halfway through the season)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Neither, AniDB.

Set up is a pain though, terrible defaults.

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