For anyone reading this in the future, if you use Steempeak instead of steemit.com, that will knock out the need for other websites by like 90%. Steempeak has notifications, a replies page, and really the only other site you might need to use on a daily basis is steemworld.org/@yourusername
Ginabot is still super handy for me and I use SteemPeak. I use her to notify me of new followers, mentions, and I am watching some authors and tags for new posts posted.
Steemworld.org has a mentions page though too!