I’ve been using pocket MAL for a few years now, but there’s a few things I don’t like about it and would like to find a new app.

My biggest gripe is it doesn’t let you know when new episodes are out for anime you’re watching and I also don’t like the numbering system for watched episodes - it starts at zero instead of one so it shows the last episode you watched vs the next episode you should be watching.( It’s relatively minor I know but that’s how I prefer my show tracking)

Features it does have that I need are displaying English titles and the ability to rank series (even if it’s just locally).

Any recommendations?

  • muhyb@programming.devEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    When MAL started to enshittify years ago, I moved over to Kitsu. It was easy because of the import option. I use Kitsune from F-Droid with it and it’s been a delight.

  • HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth
    6·
    2 months ago

    let you know when new episodes are out

    displaying English titles

    ability to rank series (did you mean rate series?)

    anilist.co has you covered, the mobile site is decent unless you really really need an app. If by ranking you mean like a 1st, 2nd, 3rd system that’s independent of score, then I guess you could use the custom notes fields or custom lists?

      • MeanyMellow@ani.socialEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        I might have to check that out. I’ve been using Aluminium, but it’s only on the Play Store and not open source.

    • MeanyMellow@ani.socialEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Big thumbs up to AniList. As a newer anime fan, I appreciate the feel a lot more than MAL. The MAL-Sync browser add-on can also sync between the two services, so if you want to keep your MAL up to date or bring it’s data over to AniList, it can help you with that. Also, it will automatically track what you watch, though it’s in a browser, not an app.

  • Unboxious@ani.socialEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    I’m using AL-chan, which is a frontend for anilist.co. Of course, there are various other frontends available, including just using anilist itself directly.

    My biggest gripe is it doesn’t let you know when new episodes are out for anime you’re watching

    AL-chan does this. It can also notify you when new seasons of shows you’ve seen have been annouced.

    I also don’t like the numbering system for watched episodes - it starts at zero instead of one so it shows the last episode you watched vs the next episode you should be watching.( It’s relatively minor I know but that’s how I prefer my show tracking)

    I’m guessing you’ll have a hard time finding an app that displays the number of episodes you’ve seen +1 instead of just showing the number of episodes you’ve seen. As far as I know, AL-chan can’t be configured to do this.

    Features it does have that I need are displaying English titles

    This is configurable

    the ability to rank series (even if it’s just locally).

    No problems there either

  • e0qdk@reddthat.comEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Probably not what you’re after OP, but here’s what I do to remember where I left off watching things.

    I use a plain text file called watch.txt that I stuck in my home directory. I jot down the name of whatever I was watching, the date, context about the disc/season/episode number, plus the timestamp I stopped at or “done” if I stopped at the end of an episode/disc.

    e.g. here’s a snippet from it:

      Evangelion  2026-07-20  Disc 4  29:25
  To Love Ru  2026-06-16  Disc 2  E14 done
  Konosuba    2026-06-27  S2      E01 done

    Nothing fancy, but it works for me.

  • Auster@thebrainbin.org
    1·
    2 months ago

    Watching Crunchyroll’s releases through Grayjay, if I follow a series as I would subscribe to an Youtube channel (they’re treated as the same by Grayjay), they appear in the subscriptions and can be hidden by toggling off the default filter “watched”. Also, you can generate a playlist of a series’ episodes, and remove each episode as you watch them.

    Grayjay’s Crunchyroll integration only works if you log in to Crunchyroll and have access to the episodes, though.

  • mrbn@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    I am self-hosting yamtrack which integrates with jellyfin (amongst others).I’m also hosting my which will send yamtrack notifications (like new releases) to my phone.

    Its a little like myanimelist except for everything: anime, movies, series, etc.

  • vole@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    I use the streaming services’ built in tracking to keep track of what episode I’m on. I use animeschedule.net for following weekly releases of airing shows. I use MAL to record when I start watching, stopped watching, rating, and tracking “plan to watch”.