# Bancha — Your anime log, kept for life

> Your anime log, kept for life (iPhone/iPad app by YUAN JIE LIN.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bancha/id6791304128 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [YUAN JIE LIN](https://appshunter.io/developer/6789005966)
- Category: Entertainment, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 22 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2026-08-18
- Data updated: 2026-09-28
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bancha/id6791304128/reviews.md

## What is Bancha?

Write down every anime you watch, and keep it for good.

ONE SCREEN FOR RIGHT NOW
Episodes, hours, titles completed, and the next episodes you can log — all on the screen you open into.

WHERE YOU LEFT OFF
Watch histories don't stick around forever. Drop a show for a few months, come back, and you have no idea which episode you stopped on — worse for something that ran several seasons, or a few hundred episodes. Note where you got to and when you watched it, and it stays on your device.

EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE
Some shows are only in one place, some only in another, and you might switch halfway through. Where you watch doesn't matter — the records all sit in Bancha. You can add things you finished years ago too, so the totals cover everything: titles, episodes, hours.

DETAIL WHERE IT COUNTS
• Put a date on any single episode — the exact day if you remember it, just the year if you don't
• Write your own note on any episode
• Rewatching starts a separate run: the first time through and the second keep their own dates and notes

THE SHOWS YOU'RE ON
• Calendar: what airs next, and how many episodes you're behind
• New Episode Alerts for the shows you're following
• Logging reminders on the days and time you choose
• Watch Summary: episodes, hours and your top genres, as a card you can share

BACKUP AND SYNC
• Everything stays on your device — no account to sign up for — and exports in full to JSON or CSV
• Optional two-way sync with an AniList account
• Bring a MyAnimeList list over in one go

CREDITS
Anime data from the AniList API. Traditional Chinese titles compiled from Wikipedia / Wikidata (CC BY-SA).


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.2.0 — 2026-09-27

This update redesigns the Home screen and adds logging reminders, Shortcuts, and Lock Screen widgets:
• Home: episodes, hours, titles completed, and the next episodes you can log, all on one screen
• Logging reminders: choose the days and the time under Settings > Notifications
• Rewatches: each run keeps its own progress, and the Library list shows which run you're on
• Settings: grouped into AniList, Notifications, Appearance & Language, Data, and more, with details one tap in
• Plus button action: the ＋ in Explore can add to Watching, Plan to Watch, or Completed
• Episodes: type in which episode you're on, for any title
• Search: suggestions as you type, a list of recent searches, and close names when nothing matches
• Marking episodes: tap an episode to mark watched up to it, long press to mark just that one, and use Select to mark several at once
• Backfilling several episodes: you're asked which day you watched them, and the calendar follows
• Shortcuts and Siri: Log an Episode, Check Progress, and Open a Title
• Lock Screen widgets: a circular one counting down to the next episode, a rectangular one for what to watch today
• Spotlight: titles in your Library turn up in system search, and a result opens that title
• Share: send a title's name, your progress, and the links from the detail page or the preview card
• Long press: log an episode or change the status from a row on Home, in Library, or in Calendar; long press the app icon for Up Next, Explore, or Calendar
• Calendar and title detail pages pull to refresh air dates
• Tapping a new-episode notification or a Home Screen widget opens that title
• iPad: content stays centered in a single column
• At the largest text sizes, the numbers on Home and in Watch Summary scale up with the text
• Backups include your profile and preferences, and Settings shows the date of your last export
• When the data source is down, Settings shows its current status

### 1.1.0 — 2026-09-07

This update adds dark mode, series watch order, and Home Screen widgets:
• Dark mode: choose System, Light, or Dark under Settings > Appearance
• Watch Order: the detail page of a series title lists the entire series by air date and marks your current progress
• Home Screen widgets: available in small, medium, and large sizes, showing the next episode's air time, the number of episodes you are behind, and this week's schedule
• Deleting a title can also remove it from AniList

### 1.0.1 — 2026-08-27

修正同步與穩定性問題,並改進一批操作體驗:
・作品介紹頁可以直接記下「看到第幾集」
・+1 按錯了可以撤銷
・詳情頁新增「作品介紹與相關作品」
・行事曆可以直接跳到任一個月份
・評分可以用滑的
・紀錄頁下拉就會同步

### 1.0 — 2026-08-18

No release notes.

## More apps by YUAN JIE LIN

- [Dumpling Counter](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dumpling-counter/id6790771252)

All apps by YUAN JIE LIN: https://appshunter.io/developer/6789005966

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