Anime Vault vs AnimeDB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Anime Vault
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Anime Vault is where you talk about anime, keep your list and never miss an episode. COMMUNITY, FREE Five boards by season and topic. Post a star review, a photo, a thought or your whole list as a post. Reply, upvote, and there is a new daily topic every day. Report posts, block people and delete your own posts with one tap. YOUR LIST Watching, Completed, Planned, Dropped. Check off episodes, see your progress, share titles. Import your list from a photo or text and Anime Vault recognizes the titles. Two-way sync with AniList and MyAnimeList. NEXT EPISODE ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Widgets show you which weekday the next episode drops: Next Episode, Week Plan, This Week, Today and After. On the lock screen too. Pick one anime per widget or your whole list. Plus a weekly calendar with a notification the moment a new episode is out. SMART SEARCH Say what you feel like: mood, genre, how adventurous you are, how much time you have. Four quick questions, up to thirty matches from a curated catalog of over 3,600 anime and donghua, all rated 7.0 or better. Five searches a day for free. SEARCH TOGETHER Invite a friend or bump your phones and search as a pair: both pick a mood, then swipe until you like the same anime. Match. Friends by QR code, a friends list in your profile. LEVEL From newcomer to legend: your level grows with anime watched, posts and upvotes. PREMIUM Anime news for the titles on your list, unlimited Smart Searches and starting a search together. Whoever you invite joins for free. Community, list, widgets and sync stay free. Try Premium free for 3 days with the monthly plan, or start the yearly plan with a first month at an introductory price. Both offers are for new subscribers. You see the price in your currency before you confirm, and you can cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Streaming links show where a title is available in your region. Dark mode, because you watch at night anyway. Privacy: https://getklar.org/animevault/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
AnimeDB
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AnimeDB โ Discover your next obsession AnimeDB is a fast, free, beautifully dark mobile catalogue for the anime you love and the ones you haven't found yet. Powered by AniList. No signup. No subscription. No bloat. WHY FANS CHOOSE ANIMEDB โข Trending right now. See what everyone is talking about this week, refreshed straight from AniList. โข Browse by genre. 14 hand-picked genres in a single tap โ Action, Romance, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life, and more. โข Seasonal calendar. Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall โ see what's airing this season at a glance. โข Watchlist & recently viewed. Save anything for later, pick up where you left off. โข Trailers in-app. Tap a card, watch the official trailer without leaving AnimeDB. โข Deep detail pages. Score, status, studio, episodes, synopsis, related series, and "you might also like" recommendations. โข Search that keeps up. Type-ahead results with smart debouncing โ never wait on a stale result. โข Share anything. Send a series to a friend in one tap. โข Built for night. True dark theme by default. Easy on the eyes during marathon sessions. โข No signup, no subscription. Ads stay conservative โ capped frequency, minimal placement, and you can opt out of personalisation in Settings. COMING SOON โข Push notifications when a new episode airs โข Character & staff pages โข Localised UI in more languages MADE BY AN ANIME FAN We built AnimeDB because every other tracker felt slow, dated, or stuffed with ads. AnimeDB is what we want to use ourselves. Got a feature idea or found a bug? Tell us โ we read every email.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AnimeDB at none against Anime Vault's 2. AnimeDB also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). Anime Vault's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Anime Vault sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. AnimeDB asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Anime Vault | AnimeDB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | โ |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alain Kessler | Fozilbek Imomov |
In-app purchases
Anime Vault
- Premium Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Premium Yearly1 Month trial$29.991 Year
AnimeDB
No in-app purchases






