LitList vs Many Displays

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LitList compared with Many Displays
Detail	LitList	Many Displays
What it does	Reading tracker with spice ratings and trope tagging built for romantasy and BookTok readers	Mac windows back in place after sleep or unlock, automatically and instantly
Stage	Not given	Established
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	CA	Not given
Pricing model	Not given	Not given
Pricing	Free forever: unlimited library, series tracking, reading timer, streaks, journal, quotes, spice ratings, trope tagging, friends, unlimited buddy reads, daily pick, and CSV export. LitList Plus: $5.99/month or $34.99/year for unlimited recommendation batches, mood and spice filters, all stats card t	$19 USD one-time payment for one person on up to 3 Macs. Includes one year of updates; last version of that year works forever. Free 14-day trial.
Key features	5-pepper spice scale for rating book steaminess 46 tropes searchable across your library Series tracker finds missing books in reading order Track physical books, ebooks and audiobooks together Unlimited buddy reads with spoiler protection Reading journal with mood tracking and quotes Shareable reading stats cards for social media Import libraries from other reading apps via CSV Family profiles to track children's reading	Automatic window restoration after wake, unlock, login or monitor reconnection Distinguishes identical monitors by system UUID and physical port Fast restore without app communication, around 20ms for hundreds of windows Restores display arrangement including resolution, refresh rate, rotation and HDR Restores windows across all virtual desktops (Spaces) Visual feedback with soft blur and countdown during restore No setup required, learns layout automatically while you work Private by design with no network access or analytics Goes idle with no external displays connected Distinguishes layouts per display combination
What makes it different	Spice data only from readers, never scraped or AI-generated Private journal entries never used to train AI models Built by a single independent reader-developer in Canada	Works reliably with identical monitors that macOS cannot distinguish by standard means Fast and never hangs because it reads the window server directly instead of querying each application Open source code published under Functional Source License with MIT conversion after two years
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	1 no change since last check	1 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	4	13
Citation Flow (Majestic)	15	23
Referring domains (Majestic)	4	13

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