Nemu vs AnimeDB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nemu
Organize your anime watching with this beautiful and fast tracker. Keep your anime shelf tidy, mark episodes as watched, and discover new shows. Your viewing progress is always at your fingertips.
- Organize anime by status
- Track watched episodes
- View airing calendar
- Discover new anime
- Track viewing stats
- Privacy-focused, no account needed
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Nemu is the anime tracker you've been waiting for. Beautiful, fast, and built for iOS. Track everything you're watching, plan what's next, and never lose your place. Your anime shelf, finally organised the way it deserves to be. YOUR SHELF A beautiful cover art grid of everything you're watching. See your progress at a glance, pick up right where you left off, and keep your list organised by status: Watching, Plan to Watch, Completed, and Dropped. Track up to 10 shows free, forever. EPISODE TRACKING Tap to mark episodes watched as you go. Progress bars, episode counts, and a continue watching banner so you always know what's next. Works with currently airing shows, episode by episode, as they release. AIRING CALENDAR See exactly when new episodes of your shows drop. Browse everything airing this season to discover what to watch next. STATS Hours watched, favourite genres, weekly activity, and watch streaks that celebrate how you watch. FIND ANIME Powered by AniList's database of 10,000+ titles. Search, browse trending shows, and discover what's popular this season. PRIVACY FIRST No account required. Your data lives on your device, never on our servers. No ads, ever. Free to download, and genuinely useful free: a 10-show shelf, status tracking, season browsing, and season return alerts — yours forever. Every new user starts with two weeks of full Nemu Pro, on us. Nemu Pro is $3.99 once, forever: unlimited shelf, episode tracking, personal airing calendar, stats, and daily episode digests. No subscription, no catch.
AnimeDB
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AnimeDB — 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 • Trending right now. See what everyone is talking about this week, refreshed straight from AniList. • Browse by genre. 14 hand-picked genres in a single tap — Action, Romance, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life, and more. • Seasonal calendar. Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall — see what's airing this season at a glance. • Watchlist & recently viewed. Save anything for later, pick up where you left off. • Trailers in-app. Tap a card, watch the official trailer without leaving AnimeDB. • Deep detail pages. Score, status, studio, episodes, synopsis, related series, and "you might also like" recommendations. • Search that keeps up. Type-ahead results with smart debouncing — never wait on a stale result. • Share anything. Send a series to a friend in one tap. • Built for night. True dark theme by default. Easy on the eyes during marathon sessions. • No signup, no subscription. Ads stay conservative — capped frequency, minimal placement, and you can opt out of personalisation in Settings. COMING SOON • Push notifications when a new episode airs • Character & staff pages • 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 — we read every email.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AnimeDB at none against Nemu's 1. AnimeDB also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Nemu's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Nemu sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AnimeDB asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Nemu | AnimeDB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anchorpoint Software LLC | Fozilbek Imomov |
In-app purchases
Nemu
- Nemu Pro$3.99
AnimeDB
No in-app purchases








