Nice compilation @kristyglas! I will try and use some of your suggestions that I haven't tried yet!
I use https://steemnow.com by @penguinpablo for checking vote related stuffs; I guess it loads faster and busy.org for my posts; Easy to use and nice UI and best part the busy bot supports us with a grand upvote.
Thank you!
And fascinating! I had no idea that busy upvotes the posts if you post through it :O Good to know!
And yeah steemnow is great for vote stuff, I just check it rarely, because the other links give me enough information.