Sponsored: Using Jiiiii for keeping up with anime has been a treat

I've been following anime ever since I discovered Dragon Ball Z via Toonami on Cartoon Network in the late 2000s. With other shows like One Piece and The Ogre Bride, there's something for almost everyone in 2026. But I've always found it difficult to keep track of what's coming up.

This is where Jiiiii comes in, Springboard's first sponsor. Much like App Picks and TechRadar before, I won't recommend something if I don't use it myself, or if it's not any good to use. Apps have to fulfill a need whilst taking advantage of the features that Apple, Google, and others offer developers - and Jiiiii fulfills that brief.

A Kamehameha Schedule

Developed by husband-and-wife team Dimitri and Linh Bouniol, Jiiiii can be downloaded for free on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Vision Pro. There's a $3/ £3 or $15 / £15 monthly subscription that unlocks the ability to add shows to a queue, new episode notifications, and lots more, as well as your name on the About screen.

The name Jiiiii is an onomatopoeia to represent staring - a perfect way of summing up what this app can do. The development of Jiiiii was an interesting story, too, as their site explains:

Jiiiii is likely one of the very first non-educational apps that has been built from day one completely in the open. Almost every session has been streamed live while its developer, Dimitri, was watching their then baby get through the night, and was shared in the hope of demystifying the process of app development, answering questions live to any who had them. The whole process took 197 days and continues daily.

Having watched a few episodes, it's interesting how Dimitri creates certain features from scratch, but also works through solving some coding puzzles for Jiiiii - all without using AI. In 2026, it's incredibly refreshing to see, along with having the knowledge that as you use the app, it's not been helped by Claude Code or something else.

"Count the things that you still have"

As an avid watcher of One Piece, quotes like the above consistently stick in my mind. So when I was using Jiiiii to queue up some episodes, I heard that quote again during a watch. It reinforced the belief that using Jiiiii has been incredibly useful, solving an issue I didn't realise I had - finding and keeping track of anime.

The design is simple but elegant, no matter which Apple device you use Jiiiii on. Using the app for free won't be an issue for some, but I strongly recommend trying out the paid tier - there's a weeklong trial to see how it fits into your watch workflow.

You can add shows to a queue, take a look at shows for the current season, or look at a schedule for what's coming up later today, tomorrow, or this week. It's a dedicated anime guide that saves you time in searching for when your favourite show is on.

Jiiiii is already on my main home screen on iPad - it's already helped me enormously. If you're a regular watcher of anime like I am, I strongly recommend downloading it to keep track of or discover brand new shows that you may not have previously considered watching.

My huge thanks to Jiiiii for sponsoring Springboard for three issues.