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?

  • e0qdk@reddthat.comEnglish
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    1 day 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.