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Nov 5, 2020 3:42 AM

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What a great birthday gift!
Nov 5, 2020 4:16 AM

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Nice :), finally I can update my anime data in my phone, directly from the app :)

Nov 5, 2020 4:44 AM
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Well, i didn't like the app at all, there are missing features, you should learn from this recent app i discovered on playstore recently:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=anibook.app.com
Nov 5, 2020 4:45 AM
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Arghhh, I'm Android 4.0.4.
Ancient, I know.
If you support Ice Cream Sandwich, the app will run on approx 100% of android devices.

Android 4.0 -> 4.3 make up roughly 2% of android users. Would be nice supporting that. Not very necessary.

But, Android Kitkat 4.4 makes up 4%, which is a significant percentage I'd say. So that should be your bare minimum requirement at least.

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Nov 5, 2020 5:06 AM
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How about letting us open the characters and people pages directly on the app instead of redirecting to browser?
Nov 5, 2020 6:16 AM
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It would be nice if you could add air dates for seasonal anime’s in the Watchlist, like myanilist has it
Nov 5, 2020 7:30 AM
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Will you PLEASE make it so that one can remove titles from the list by simply swiping left?

I’m very happy we have an official app now, and besides the above issue I really appreciate what you’ve done with it!
Nov 5, 2020 8:21 AM
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OOH FINALLY~~~
The long awaited app is finally here...

Dark theme/mode ✔✔✔

Hell yeah!!

Agree with other lists too,

b u t . . .

To use the app, you need a minimum of:
Android 8.0


Oh okay.. Aah too bad I can't..
Nov 5, 2020 9:02 AM

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I'm android 5...thanks for your hard work
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Nov 5, 2020 11:04 AM
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First of all, nice! Finally an mal app for IOS, for android I had the mal lite app so it less of a big deal there for me.
Second of all, could a iPad version maybe be made, it looks really stretched out if you use the iPhone app on iPad and then press the zoom button thingy in the botter right. Thanks :)
Nov 5, 2020 11:06 AM

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I hope there are plans to add the Forum on the app too! (now it redirects you to the website).
Nov 5, 2020 11:32 AM
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For the R-18 stuff, could you possible make it up pop up to a browser to search from the app like with account information?
Nov 5, 2020 12:53 PM
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Hope the dark mode is Amoled type of dark mode, where the background is pitch black.
One suggestion I can give is that you can have some quick toggle button (IMO in the bottom middle, circular button) to change from manga list to anime list, but both of them have different themes/colours (for easy recognition of manga/anime list).
Nov 5, 2020 2:07 PM

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I changed my Steins;Gate score on app, but by doing that, my episode counter lowered to 12, also and most important, my start and finish date was deleted 🤔🤔🤔🤔

gladly I perfectly remember the day I started and finished this show, and there was also the episode counter history 🙏, but it could happen with other shows I have no way to find out the dates, fix it please 😉
Nov 5, 2020 3:50 PM
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I downloaded the iOS version of the app today on my iPad. Here are my opinions on what I think should be high priority items. Below this, I've also commented with my opinions on the already proposed high priority items as well.

These are what I think should be high priority items for new additions.

1) Optimizing this app for iPad, not just iPhone.
---- a) It's nice that you can fit to screen, but it doesn't fit the entire 4:3 screen of the iPad. It would be good to be able to have the screen size and proportions -- as well as the keyboard layout -- to be optimized for iPad screens.
---- b) You can't use the app in Landscape mode. It would be nice to use the app in landscape mode. Especially on an iPad. (If it were phones only, that would be one thing -- but my iPad is almost always in landscape mode).

2) Ability to use the forums in the app, not taking the user to an outside browser.

3) Full functionality of user profiles.
---- a) Ability to see the "about me" section of user profiles in the app.
---- b) Ability to see, reply to, and post public comments on profiles in the app.
---- c) Ability to read and send private messages in the app.

Here are my opinions on the already proposed "high priority" items.

-- Manga + Manga Lists - of course that is a good thing, I don't read manga but I think it is important to add that since it is a major part of the website. So I agree that this should be a high priority item.

-- Anime List Sorts/Filters -- I don't know what that is, so I have no opinion on it, for or against.

-- Dark Mode - In my opinion, Dark Mode is not a priority at all, but I've seen many many people comment on it, so I guess it is. I don't get people's obsession with dark mode as a priority first, rather than having priorities of "using the forums" and "seeing full profiles and commenting on profiles" and "sending private messages." In my opinion, those are more important.
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Nov 5, 2020 4:34 PM

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Kineta said:
NSFW/Hentai/R18 anime are currently unable to be searched in the app or viewed on your list. Since iOS/the App Store will not allow this under its terms of use and we designed both apps to work the same, this applies to both versions. In the future, we will consider whether to treat the Android app separately after reviewing the Google Play terms more thoroughly and considering user demand when compared to other missing features.

How are you guys deciding what anime to exclude from the app?

From my limited search it seems to be anime with an Rx rating and ecchi anime with an R+ rating. However, certain R+ ecchi anime like To-LOVE-ru and High School DxD are still on the app. Also for some reason the Prison School OVA is allowed while the TV series is not, but they both have the same R+ rating.
Nov 5, 2020 5:12 PM

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Finally I can use MAL on my phone!!

Nov 5, 2020 5:16 PM
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omg this exist now fjid
Nov 5, 2020 7:07 PM

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Aurakin said:
Will you PLEASE make it so that one can remove titles from the list by simply swiping left?

I’m very happy we have an official app now, and besides the above issue I really appreciate what you’ve done with it!


Because you swipe left and right to switch between tabs, having that as an option would be poor app functionality and would be difficult. But thank you for the kind words!

@Murrin, thank you for the detailed feedback and suggestions! Unfortunately, as Kineta stated earlier, because of the low overall demand for iPad/tablet optimization, it is not currently a high-priority issue. However the MAL team will monitor requests and reevaluate the need in the future. Also, regarding anime list sorts/filters, e.g. sorting your list by score rather than only alphabetically.

@LFGaming, see above^ = )

@ArtaxerxesCC, phone model/OS?
ImperfectBlueNov 5, 2020 7:48 PM
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Frat_Snap said:
How are you guys deciding what anime to exclude from the app?

From my limited search it seems to be anime with an Rx rating and ecchi anime with an R+ rating. However, certain R+ ecchi anime like To-LOVE-ru and High School DxD are still on the app. Also for some reason the Prison School OVA is allowed while the TV series is not, but they both have the same R+ rating.


There are a few titles that other users have reported that got excluded by the NSFW filter but should be included in the app. If you could send the titles of the anime that have been affected to app support, then they can get them corrected: https://myanimelist.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Nov 5, 2020 7:50 PM
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What happened to the old one that was released in 2018?
Nov 5, 2020 8:07 PM
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I used to use an old myanimelist app (released back in 2018) that only allowed me to view, add and remove anime from my lists. But this new one is just awesome. Really love it (Waiting for the dark mode upadate)
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Nov 5, 2020 8:25 PM

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It's great! It's so good that I can finally get notifs from MAL on my phone.
Nov 5, 2020 9:08 PM
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O my god o my god . I was waiting for a app thank you for listening us .
Nov 5, 2020 10:45 PM
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That´s great! Sadly I'm stuck on Andoroid 7.0, but as soon as I get a new phone I'll download it.
Nov 5, 2020 11:13 PM
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dark mode on the site and app should be a priority. moreover im still getting the bad request error during login. manga lists/profile/forums too are features i look forward too intensely
Nov 5, 2020 11:43 PM
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Could you add the recommendations feature for the app, other than that it’s amazing!!!
Nov 6, 2020 1:54 AM
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Murrin said:
I downloaded the iOS version of the app today on my iPad. Here are my opinions on what I think should be high priority items. Below this, I've also commented with my opinions on the already proposed high priority items as well.

These are what I think should be high priority items for new additions.

1) Optimizing this app for iPad, not just iPhone.
---- a) It's nice that you can fit to screen, but it doesn't fit the entire 4:3 screen of the iPad. It would be good to be able to have the screen size and proportions -- as well as the keyboard layout -- to be optimized for iPad screens.
---- b) You can't use the app in Landscape mode. It would be nice to use the app in landscape mode. Especially on an iPad. (If it were phones only, that would be one thing -- but my iPad is almost always in landscape mode).


+1 for the iPad experience as a priority, for all the reasons given. Design optimisation is one thing, but basic support for iPad screen sizes really isn't a lot of extra work once you have a working app, and you get a whole extra user-base out of it (as in, iPad users will stop instantly deleting/ignoring the app).

Was excited when I heard the news, but I prioritise having a consistent experience between devices above all, so I'll sadly be sticking with the website for now.
Nov 6, 2020 2:24 AM
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You can use the app in lower version s lmao, if you know the trick
Nov 6, 2020 2:36 AM

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Moto G5S Plus/Android 8.1.0
Nov 6, 2020 3:39 AM
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ImperfectBlue said:
Aurakin said:
Will you PLEASE make it so that one can remove titles from the list by simply swiping left?

I’m very happy we have an official app now, and besides the above issue I really appreciate what you’ve done with it!


Because you swipe left and right to switch between tabs, having that as an option would be poor app functionality and would be difficult. But thank you for the kind words!


I hear you. The core issue for me is that after I remove something further down the list, I get bounced back to the top of the list. Highly annoying, since I have hundreds of titles on my lists and you can't load and scroll through the list in one go. So fixing this is what I'm ACTUALLY asking for, whatever form that takes :)
Nov 6, 2020 5:00 AM
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There is actually an open source unofficial client for MAL, it's called MALClient. It's on play store, idk about Apple app store
Nov 6, 2020 5:24 AM
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I think there should be a way to open pages in the app, if it opens on the website, I might as well use the website for now.
Nov 6, 2020 6:14 AM
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MikunoNaka said:
There is actually an open source unofficial client for MAL, it's called MALClient. It's on play store, idk about Apple app store


I’m using that as well, but there’s been alot of issues with it the past few months/year.
Nov 6, 2020 7:58 AM
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I will say yes, I still have mal applications on the phone in beta version on android and in my opinion it looks worse but it works much better it does not load after switching tabs still only everything in one go, additionally there are all titles, even hentai, and in the current one there is no strike witches which in The tv version is censored and has no age limit, and shows the latest season of strike the blood iv, which is released in the form of ova on CDs, but it has an age restriction due to the lack of censorship, additionally in the beta version, how quickly you go between covers, there is no lag because as I mentioned earlier, the whole list is loaded immediately, so optimization for improvement, the same to throw out this censorship filter on android and on ios, as I read above, do a workaround and that's it

What do I like about the new app?

First of all, the look is nice and modern judging etc is also done modern

Summarizing

The application is not bad, however, you will take care of the news, you have to work on optimization and the removal of this filter because without it the application does not make sense, since there will probably be more than one anime ecchi missing

Edit

I also miss the absolute basis here, which is sorting even alphabetically or after grades, gentlemen, this is the basis that was already in the beta ...
Nov 6, 2020 8:31 AM
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Congrats and thank you guys for your hard work!
Nov 6, 2020 9:46 AM

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its kinda lackluster to say the least as theres much left to be desired but i guess kudos for the half-arsed effort?!.
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First, congratulations for the first stable iteration of the new MAL mobile app!

There are already quite a lot of useful features implemented which I really honor to be there, as it makes life already easier and faster, as using the browser version on mobile or desktop mostly needs a lot longer, to get where you want.
And not to forget the design looks really clean and structured!
As I'm using iOS 14 I'm strictly speaking about the iOS version.
Before I was using the iMAL app, which was kind of broken at the end (but usable for updating surprisingly), but as the design was so simple and beautiful I even surpassed this time with it until I switched now.

If I'm allowed I would have some comments and feature/improvement requests:

  1. In the first hours with the default configuration it is quite noticeable that there are a sheer unlimited amount of notifications received, as all the notification options are enabled by default. Maybe there should be a first usage guide in which you have to choose your preferred notification settings so your phone doesn't overflow from notifications.
  2. It was already mention some times here, but the links which direct you to your default browser are just annoying. I would suggest, if there is a function not implemented in the application, please use the in-app browser API which is provided by Apple, so you don't get kicked out of the app and decide yourself if you want to quit the app via the provided button then. (I noticed this is actually already used for videos!)
  3. Also already mentioned, choosing the default pane would be really welcome.
  4. Speaking of videos, they really should be played in a real player not a browser window, even if they are YouTube videos.
  5. Some Icons are somehow bigger than others
  6. The big elefant in the room forum support, I think a lot of people would like to have that in the app :)
  7. On devices without the physical homebutton in some views there is just a white bar on the bottom, this could be easily removed so the content reaches until the bottom. (e.i. in the entry view)
  8. The "More information" view of entries has an unintentional overflow which lets you scroll horizontally.
  9. The status editing view is a complete "page", which means also the bar on top which should be locked on the top moves.
  10. The "back-button-list" which is accessable via long-pressing the back-button on the upper left corner shows a blank list, even if the list works.
  11. Recommendation entries aren't opened in the same context as the previous entry, instead they are opened in popover view. (the usage of popover windows and same context view forwards could be streamlined, so to differentiate between temporary views, i.e. more info, and "longer living" entry pages)
  12. Oh, and there is a typo in the side-panel in the name of the "Build version".
  13. Physical or visual feedback is not that much used up to now, this could improve the usability really much. Links already have force-touch feedback but that kind of feels unintentional as nothing special happens.
  14. I would really appreciate it, if the app would leverage iOSes long-press/force-touch functionality to quickly view the content of an entry (also called Quick Look in Apples Guidelines) or set more quick functions like setting to completed, iMAL used this for the anime and manga list and this made the app a lot faster to use.
  15. A really minor request would also be to use iOSes homescreen actions, it would be so cool if the always overseen Quick add functionality could be accessible right from the homescreen! (and maybe there is then also already time to create a beautiful homescreen widget as this is now available since iOS 14)
  16. The performance of the app is sometimes slow, but that's mostly the internet connections fault, maybe this could be improved so we don't have to see loading screens that often
  17. And finally, yes the design is already really beautiful, but it could be even cleaner, maybe it is just my obsession with the design from iMAL but I did kind of like that more because of its simplicity :)


And about the functions mentioned high-priority features:

  • Darkmode would be welcome but for me it isn't strictly a highest priority over real functionality which can only be found on the web version right now.
  • The Manga-List would be my highest priority right now, as this is a core feature of MAL, which I'm also leveraging nearly every day.
  • List Sorting and Filtering are features which are helping to overview the list, but if you know where you want to go it can also be achieved by using the search up to now.


One more time, thank you and all the participating so much for this app!
I'm really looking forward to any future update and its new features even if the start is already that good!
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Nice one ! However some animes don't show off in the app ( I think about Given for example )
But above all, great job
Nov 6, 2020 11:01 AM
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1.Adding Top anime,popular anime,top character,top people list in the app.
2.Being able to review and recommend anime by using the app.It will be a great feature for app.
3.Sorting anime list by my given score.
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Looks fine to be the first version, keep it up!
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I think long before a dark mode is added, the priority of the feature implentation should be for the app to be able to be used as an all in one for all things MAL. Essentially, anything you can do on the website would be possible on the app. The most essential features first, and eventually getting down to the smallest little features. This includes everything from the manga list, to the top and most popular anime rankings, to the ability to buy and read manga, watch anime, access and post on the forums, keep track of rewatching, see statistics for your anime list on your profile, among many others.

Once the need to stop using the app and go onto the website to do something is gone, then things like a dark mode should be added.
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I’m on Android 7, so I guess Pocket MAL is staying my best friend… That’s weird because the old official app you’ve released before worked fine on my phone. I wonder what this one has that needs 8.0 and if you could make it compatible with older versions in the future.
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i don't think you should put dark mode at high priority, maybe try to integrate forum, but thats up to you, thanks for your great work anyway.
Nov 6, 2020 2:51 PM

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Finally it is here
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Nov 6, 2020 2:55 PM
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*Cries on Android 5.1.1*
I'll have to continue using the web version, but...it'll be very nice if you can lower the app to... android 5? pls.

I'll be following the future of this app, that surely will be greatly helpful.
Nov 6, 2020 3:06 PM

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Thank you so much !!!!
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Not on my phone much lately so will probably wait for later releases.


Kineta said:

[*]This means that many features are currently missing, but will be added with time. Our current high-priority list includes (in unspecific order):
  • Dark theme/mode
  • Manga + Manga Lists
  • Anime List Sorts/Filters

If you agree or disagree with this list, let us know below.
Dark theme/mode can be lowest or at least lower priority if it is indeed a higher priority. I do not use any extensions to make the website any other custom style, so I don't care much for anything looking different in the app with regards to theme.
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Nice. Downloading now
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A quick easy way to get a hard link to your list from the app would be nice.
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