Examples of Design Views

SIMKL offers three primary layout views—Table, Card, and Poster—to help you efficiently browse, manage, and discover your TV shows, anime, and movies.

Each view comes with powerful filtering and sorting options, allowing you to customize your experience based on your preferences, designs, filters, sorting, etc - Which you can save as a Layout view!

Below you will find curated screenshots, animated snippets and ready-made ideas that demonstrate how SIMKL can look and behave after only a few clicks—and how you can automate view switching per page.

Quick-Switching Between Core Views

1. Open any page: Discover page, Watchlist or custom list on SIMKL.

2. Click the View dropdown in the top-right corner above your list.

3. Select Table, Cards, or Posters to instantaneously change your layout.

4. If you have any layouts saved, you can also choose according to your choice.

5. Refine your selection further by applying sort options and filters.

Below all examples, mainly is focused on View Designs (How the page looks..). There are sorting & filtering options also available which you can try and customize as per your needs for each page, to save your layout according to your designs.

Default Views

(Add your own screenshots / gifs here – community submissions welcome!)

1. Poster Layout (Across All Discover Pages)

Default Poster Layout across all Discover Pages

• TV Shows: https://simkl.com/tv/discover/

• Anime: https://simkl.com/anime/discover/

• Movies: https://simkl.com/movies/discover/

2. Card Layout (Across All /Best/ Pages)

Default Card Layout across all Best (Type) Pages

• TV Shows: https://simkl.com/tv/best-shows/

• Anime: https://simkl.com/anime/best-anime/

• Movies: https://simkl.com/movies/best-movies/

3. Table Layout (Across All User Watchlist Pages)

Default Table Layout across all My User Profile Pages

• My TV Shows: https://simkl.com/51/tv/watching/

• My Anime: https://simkl.com/51/anime/watching/

• My Movies: https://simkl.com/51/movies/plantowatch/

Demo Examples

Below titles, are all made up names to easily summarize, for practical viewcase.

Have a killer design? → Post a screenshot in Discord. We may feature it here (with credit).

A. Poster View, Layout Designs Ideas

1) Clean Simple View

• Maximized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Hidden (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Poster Size View: Small

• More Spacing: Enabled

• Hide Watchlist Icon: Enabled

2) Simple View, With Titles

• Sidebar Filter: Hidden (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Poster Size View: Medium

• Text Inside Poster: Enabled

• Hide Watchlist Icon: Enabled

• Hide Rank or Rating (Your choice)

3) Boxed Style , With Position Order

• Minimized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Hidden (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Poster Size View: Small

• Text Inside Poster: Disabled

• Hide Watchlist Icon: Enabled

• More Spacing: Enabled

• Hide Position: Disabled

4) Just Watch It Style

• Maximized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Hidden (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Poster Size View: Large

• Hide Watchlist Icon: Enabled

• Hide Rank (Your Choice)

• Hide Rating (Your Choice)

• More Spacing: Disabled (Your Choice)

• Hide Position: Disabled (Your Choice)

5) Advanced Filtering View Style

• Minimized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Not-Hidden (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Poster Size View: Medium

• Hide Watchlist Icon: Enabled

• Fade Watched: Enabled

• Hide Rank Enabled

6) Tracking / Checkin Style

• Minimized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Hidden (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Poster Size View: Large or Extra Large

• Hide Ranked: Disabled

• Hide Rating: Disabled

• Hide Position: Disabled

• More Spacing: Disabled (Your Choice)

B. Card View, Layout Designs Ideas

1) Simple Wide Card View

• Minimized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Hidden (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Card Size View: Wide

• Compact: Enabled

• Hide Position: Disabled

• Hide Watchlist Icons: Disabled (Your Choice)

2) Advanced Wide Card View

• Minimized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Enabled (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Card Size View: Wide

• Compact: Enabled

• Hide Position: Disabled

• Hide Watchlist Icons: Disabled (Your Choice)

3) Advanced Compact Card View

• Minimized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Enabled (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Card Size View: Wide

• Compact: Disabled

• Hide Position: Enabled (Your Choice)

• Hide Watchlist Icons: Disabled (Your Choice)

4) Compact Simple Mini View

• Minimized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Hidden (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Card Size View: Mini

• Compact: Enabled

• Hide Position: Enabled (Your Choice)

5) Mini Summary Card View

• Minimized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Hidden (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Card Size View: Mini

• Compact: Disabled

• Hide Position: Enabled (Your Choice)

6) Tracking in Mini Compact Card View

• Minimized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Enabled (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Card Size View: Mini

• Compact: Enabled

• Hide Position: Enabled (Your Choice)

7) Adv Large Compact Card View

• Minimized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Enabled (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Card Size View: Large

• Compact: Enabled

• Hide Position: Disabled (Your Choice)

8) Maximize Large Card View

• Maximized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Enabled (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Card Size View: Large

• Compact: Enabled

• Hide Position: Enabled (Your Choice)

• Hide Watchlist: Enabled (Your Choice)

9) Article Styled Card View

• Maximized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Disabled(Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Card Size View: Large

• Compact: Enabled

• Hide Position: Disabled (Your Choice)

• Hide Watchlist: Enabled (Your Choice)

C. Table View, Layout Designs Ideas

1) MAL Styled Explore View

• Minimized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Hidden (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Table View: Modern

• Compact: Disabled

• Hide Position: Enabled (Your Choice)

• Hide Watchlist: Enabled (Your Choice)

• Hide My Rating: Enabled

• Sort By: Number of Votes

2) Box Office View (Movies)

• Minimized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Hidden (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Hide Watchlist: Enabled (Your Choice) - Important

• Sort By: Revenue - Important

• Table View: Modern

• Compact: Disabled

• Hide Position: Enabled (Your Choice)

• Hide My Rating: Enabled

3) Highest Budget View (Movies)

• Minimized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Hidden (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Hide Watchlist: Enabled (Your Choice) - Important

• Sort By: Budget - Important

• Table View: Retro

• Compact: Disabled

• Hide Position: Enabled (Your Choice)

• Hide My Rating: Enabled

4) Airing/Releasing View

• Minimized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Hidden (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Hide Watchlist: Disabled

• Sort By: People Plan to Watch - Important

• Filter By: Hide Released - Important

• Table View: Modern

• Compact: Disabled

• Hide Position: Enabled (Your Choice)

• Hide My Rating: Enabled

• Hide Type Rating: Enabled

• Airing Status After Title: Enabled

4) Quick Retro Tracking View

• Minimized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Hidden (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Hide Watchlist: Disabled

• Sort By: People Plan to Watch - Important

• Filter By: Hide Released - Important

• Table View: Modern/Retro

• Compact: Disabled

• Hide Position: Enabled (Your Choice)

• Hide My Rating: Enabled

• Hide Type Rating: Enabled

• Airing Status After Title: Enabled

• Year After Title: Disabled

5) Quick Simple Text Tracking View

• Minimized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Enabled (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Hide Watchlist: Disabled

• Sort By: Number of Votes (Optional)

• Table View: Modern/Retro

• Compact: Enabled

• Hide Position: Disabled (Your Choice)

• Hide Poster Image: Enabled

• Hide My Rating: Enabled

• Hide Type Rating: Enabled

• Year After Title: Disabled

• Airing Status After Title: Enabled

• Year After Title: Disabled

6) Detailed Text View

• Minimized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard)

• Sidebar Filter: Hidden (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard)

• Hide Watchlist: Disabled

• Sort By: Number of Votes (Optional)

• Table View: Modern/Retro

• Hide Position: Disabled (Your Choice)

• Hide Poster Image: Enabled

• Hide My Rating: Enabled

• Hide Type Rating: Enabled

• Year After Title: Disabled

• Airing Status After Title: Enabled

• Year After Title: Disabled

• Full Memo Text: Enabled

If you have more interesting Layouts saved, that you think looks cools, you can post those previews on Discord channel or Reddit. We would love to add those showcases layout to this page and credit you :)

More Examples:

Its not just limited to User Profile page for My Movies, My TV Shows, My Anime - This works for all different pages on SIMKL

And with filters and sorting, there is more further customizations that you can try!

1) Multiple Saved Layout Customization That Auto Switch Views on Different Pages

What if you want to have different view layout on different pages on SIMKL, without having to always switch between saved layouts - Yes this is possible

What if you are looking to have different layout designs for "Watching", "Plan To Watch", "Completed", "On Hold" and "Dropped", without having to always switch between saved layouts - Yes this is also possible!

2) Recently Watched / Last Watched View on Profile Page

How to View Watched Dates in V2 Beta Table View

1. Navigate to My TV Shows, My Anime or My Movies from your Profile.

2. Ensure you are in Table View.

3. Hide filters to reveal the watched date column.

4. Sort by Last Episode Air Date or other preferences.

(Note: Only Shows in User's Watchlist - My TV Shows, My Anime, My Movies)

• Sidebar Filter: Hidden (Shortcut: Hit letter "F" on Keyboard) - Important

• Hide Watchlist: Disabled - Important

• Minimized or Maximized (Shortcut: Hit letter "M" on Keyboard) (Your Choice)

• Table View: Modern/Retro (Your Choice)

• Hide Position: Disabled (Your Choice)

• Hide Poster Image: Enabled (Your Choice)

• Hide My Rating: Enabled (Your Choice)

• Hide Type Rating: Enabled (Your Choice)

• Year After Title: Disabled (Your Choice)

• Year After Title: Disabled (Your Choice)

If you find any bugs or issues related to filters or sorting, you can contact SIMKL Support

Choose the view that best fits your workflow—whether you require the data-rich precision of a table, the balanced clarity of cards, or the visual immersion of posters. With SIMKL’s flexible layout options, you can seamlessly organize and explore your entertainment library.

Enjoy a personalized and efficient entertainment experience with SIMKL’s versatile layout views!