I used 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
I do. I know there is a plugin for chrome which syncs both platforms but I am not lazy enough for that, or maybe I am too lazy to install it, who knows.
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
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.
Was using MAL for the longest time until it went down for like a few days. That caused me to look for others and I found Anilist. I have been using it ever since I found out you can customize your rating system.
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.
Anilist with al-chan android app. It's lightweight and offers a enough information. I do miss MAL and Anyme X for seeing the OP/ED info though. (I stand corrected OP/ED was added recently in Anilist/al-chan)
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.