BookBuddy Pro: Book Tracker

Name: BookBuddy Pro: Book Tracker
Price: 9.99 USD
Rating: 4.8 (5698 reviews)
Author: Kimico, Ltd.

Bookshelf & reading list

$9.99 · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

5.7K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Books
Developer

Kimico, Ltd.
Language

EN
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Size

30.9
MB

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BookBuddy is a powerful book management app that gives you access to your entire book catalog, anywhere. Using BookBuddy is fun and easy, allowing you to quickly find any book in your library, share your favorite books, and keep track of borrowed and lent books. KEY FEATURES • Adding Your Books Add your books using the following options: - Scan barcode (via iPhone camera or Bluetooth handheld scanner) - Enter ISBN - Search online by keyword - Add manually - Import from CSV file • Organizing Your Books Place your books where they belong: - My Books — books you own - Wish List — books you wish to own - Borrowed — books you borrowed from others - Previously Owned — books you no longer own • Syncing Your Library Sync your library across multiple devices using iCloud or Dropbox sync. • Sharing Your Library Share your library online via the BookBuddy Companion website and invite anyone to view it (requires a monthly subscription). • Unlocking Your Reading Insights Deep dive into your reading habits by exploring the following statistics: - Books Finished — Track the number of books you’ve completed - Pages Read — See your page count over time - Top Authors — Discover your most-read authors - Favorite Genres — Identify your preferred genres MORE TO LOVE • Universal app — pay once and use BookBuddy on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Mac. • Personalize — use categories and tags, mark favorites, add personal notes, and much more. • Appearance — choose either list or grid view to best match your needs. • Custom Filters — filter your library by multiple criteria. • Advanced Sorting — apply multi-level data sorting. • Loans — instantly track books that are currently loaned out. • Multiple selection — apply batch operations using multiple selection. • Reading Status — filter your books by their reading status. • Quick find — instantly find books by entering search keywords or scanning their barcodes. • Export — quickly export your library into CSV, PDF, or HTML formats. • Print — easily print selected books to AirPrint-enabled printers. • Backup — create backups to any cloud service. • Activity History — view the full history of your reading and loaning activities. • Duplicates — quickly detect duplicates and easily remove them. • Markdown Formatting — style your notes with headings, lists, bold, italics, links, and more. • Privacy — your library is saved locally and privately on your device. • And so much more! CLASSROOM LIBRARY MANAGER (for teachers) • Manage — use BookBuddy to manage your classroom library and track student checkouts. • Checkout History — easily track checkout history and view statistics. • Contacts — save your student names in BookBuddy Contacts rather than in your personal Contacts app. • Reading Level Fields — use various fields to track the reading level of your books. • Online Sharing — allow students to self-checkout books via the BookBuddy Companion website (requires a monthly subscription). FEEDBACK We love staying in touch with our users and we look forward to hearing from you! If you have any feedback, questions, or concerns, please email us at: support@kimicoapps.com or visit: http://www.kimicoapps.com/support.html Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KimicoLtd * Privacy policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/12652322 * Terms and Conditions: https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/12652322

Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

5.7K Ratings

Batch Edit: it IS possible (instructions here)
06/24/2019

Minimus inter alios
This is a sensational app. It is in fact mega-sensational if you take into account the absurdly low price of $4.99—comparing that just to the vast stores of bibliographic information that are at your fingertips once you start using it. Up to a few weeks ago I was drowning in my own books, and had lost all control over the piles of newly-acquired items that made navigation in my workplace at home a hazardous affair. It gave me a feeling of quiet despair, of powerlessness, and actually it started to inhibit my research. Now, several weeks later, I already have 2,070 books scanned in, with something like two thousand still to go. On my iPhone I can sort the books, and arrange them in the order that works best for me, instead of having to constantly move books from one shelf to another. It feels empowering.Now for the batch edit function. (1) Tap “Select” in the top right corner. (2) Check the items you want to select for batch-editing. (3) Tap ••• at bottom left. (4) Tap “Replace Field.” (5) Choose the field you want to batch-edit. (6) Edit that field just like you would edit it for a single item. (7) Confirm the edit and hey presto, all the selected items have the relevant field updated. This is a really clever app, well thought-out, with no glitches that I can see. Chances are that your every need is anticipated, even if you have yet to find out how to locate the particular function you need. At $4.99 BookBuddy is a gift to humankind that will make the world a better place
Batch Edit: it IS possible (instructions here)
06/24/2019

Minimus inter alios

This is a sensational app. It is in fact mega-sensational if you take into account the absurdly low price of $4.99—comparing that just to the vast stores of bibliographic information that are at your fingertips once you start using it. Up to a few weeks ago I was drowning in my own books, and had lost all control over the piles of newly-acquired items that made navigation in my workplace at home a hazardous affair. It gave me a feeling of quiet despair, of powerlessness, and actually it started to inhibit my research. Now, several weeks later, I already have 2,070 books scanned in, with something like two thousand still to go. On my iPhone I can sort the books, and arrange them in the order that works best for me, instead of having to constantly move books from one shelf to another. It feels empowering.Now for the batch edit function. (1) Tap “Select” in the top right corner. (2) Check the items you want to select for batch-editing. (3) Tap ••• at bottom left. (4) Tap “Replace Field.” (5) Choose the field you want to batch-edit. (6) Edit that field just like you would edit it for a single item. (7) Confirm the edit and hey presto, all the selected items have the relevant field updated. This is a really clever app, well thought-out, with no glitches that I can see. Chances are that your every need is anticipated, even if you have yet to find out how to locate the particular function you need. At $4.99 BookBuddy is a gift to humankind that will make the world a better place
Makes organization easy; wish syncing was better
04/23/2020

Little Bobby Blue
I am using this to document and organize my book collection. Entering and duplicating records is straightforward and reasonably quick. I have also tested the export capability, which allows you to send a spreadsheet via email, which is very convenient. I don’t find the auto-fill (scan barcode, internet search) option to be particularly useful. I don’t know where they’re searching, but I don’t think it ever found the right edition I was looking for. One improve my I’d like to see is in how the app handles syncing. I have an iPad and an iPhone. I like to use the iPad for initial data entry (typing in a bunch of titles and authors, for example) but then I use my iPhone for taking pictures and filling in the details. There is no indicator that tells you the sync status, which can be annoying. If I add new titles on my iPad, and the tap the “Sync Now” option, the app will show a progress bar that counts to 100%, and the sync time stamp will update. If I then take out my iPad and sync, it will do the same thing, but the data on the iPad doesn’t change. The new records appear on the iPad eventually, but there does t seem to be any rhyme or reason. Sometimes it happens 5 minutes later. Once, after hours of waiting, I had to disable syncing on the iPad, and then set it up again, and the data finally synced. It would just be nice if there was some indicator that says something like “We found the synced file from your iPhone. It’ll take 10 minutes for the database to update completely, but it is safe to proceed.”
Makes organization easy; wish syncing was better
04/23/2020

Little Bobby Blue

I am using this to document and organize my book collection. Entering and duplicating records is straightforward and reasonably quick. I have also tested the export capability, which allows you to send a spreadsheet via email, which is very convenient. I don’t find the auto-fill (scan barcode, internet search) option to be particularly useful. I don’t know where they’re searching, but I don’t think it ever found the right edition I was looking for. One improve my I’d like to see is in how the app handles syncing. I have an iPad and an iPhone. I like to use the iPad for initial data entry (typing in a bunch of titles and authors, for example) but then I use my iPhone for taking pictures and filling in the details. There is no indicator that tells you the sync status, which can be annoying. If I add new titles on my iPad, and the tap the “Sync Now” option, the app will show a progress bar that counts to 100%, and the sync time stamp will update. If I then take out my iPad and sync, it will do the same thing, but the data on the iPad doesn’t change. The new records appear on the iPad eventually, but there does t seem to be any rhyme or reason. Sometimes it happens 5 minutes later. Once, after hours of waiting, I had to disable syncing on the iPad, and then set it up again, and the data finally synced. It would just be nice if there was some indicator that says something like “We found the synced file from your iPhone. It’ll take 10 minutes for the database to update completely, but it is safe to proceed.”
Worth it!
01/17/2020

snelsonbookgirl
I did not want to pay for an app to organize my books, so I tried about 10 different free methods and apps. Hated every single one of them. Someone on a Facebook group suggested Book Buddy, even sent me a video of them using it, I was cautious but within a day I was in love. Easy to scan in new and old books, create separate libraries for your kids, keep track of loaned books, and best of all, you can personalize the categorization of your library! Need a 1,000 word novella, no problem. Need a grade 12 standard, no problem. I am loving it. Only downside is textbooks. But to be honest only a few of us are likely to keep to many of them anyway, and you can always manually search by title, author, or isbn. And you can link up with other app users, so yeah. I kinda recommend if you have more than 100 books, after that I couldn’t memorize them well enough, but hey. You do you. But seriously, why try a free app that limits the books you can catalogue when Book Buddy is cheap enough and worth so much more. Bask in the glory of a well catalogued book collection!
Worth it!
01/17/2020

snelsonbookgirl

I did not want to pay for an app to organize my books, so I tried about 10 different free methods and apps. Hated every single one of them. Someone on a Facebook group suggested Book Buddy, even sent me a video of them using it, I was cautious but within a day I was in love. Easy to scan in new and old books, create separate libraries for your kids, keep track of loaned books, and best of all, you can personalize the categorization of your library! Need a 1,000 word novella, no problem. Need a grade 12 standard, no problem. I am loving it. Only downside is textbooks. But to be honest only a few of us are likely to keep to many of them anyway, and you can always manually search by title, author, or isbn. And you can link up with other app users, so yeah. I kinda recommend if you have more than 100 books, after that I couldn’t memorize them well enough, but hey. You do you. But seriously, why try a free app that limits the books you can catalogue when Book Buddy is cheap enough and worth so much more. Bask in the glory of a well catalogued book collection!
Works like a charm!
04/10/2018

WanderMisr
This app fits by needs by far. It can catagorize books by, name, price, publisher, etc. The app gives you unlimited amount of books in you personal library. The best benefit of this app is the barcode scanner. It can always find the name and other information about your book just by scanning the barcode! If your book can't be scanned, they even give you a little internet to search for your book. If it isn't on the internet or it can't scan on the barcode scanner, you can add it manually. I only had to do this once for a local book I bought. As you might see, I did take off a star. I took of this star just because it costs money. I don't think it is necessary to cost money. Newsflash, you're not going to make a lot of money with this app! They even have a free one that I originally had, but it only let you have forty books in your library. Guess what?! They didn't even tell you about the forty books only rule. Consequently, when I had took my time to scan 40 books, it shut me off! Telling me only 40 books! Anyways, that is their problem. The rest of the app was really good, if I could I would give it a four in a half rating. But now I'm happy to give it a 4 out of 5 star rating!
Works like a charm!
04/10/2018

WanderMisr

This app fits by needs by far. It can catagorize books by, name, price, publisher, etc. The app gives you unlimited amount of books in you personal library. The best benefit of this app is the barcode scanner. It can always find the name and other information about your book just by scanning the barcode! If your book can't be scanned, they even give you a little internet to search for your book. If it isn't on the internet or it can't scan on the barcode scanner, you can add it manually. I only had to do this once for a local book I bought. As you might see, I did take off a star. I took of this star just because it costs money. I don't think it is necessary to cost money. Newsflash, you're not going to make a lot of money with this app! They even have a free one that I originally had, but it only let you have forty books in your library. Guess what?! They didn't even tell you about the forty books only rule. Consequently, when I had took my time to scan 40 books, it shut me off! Telling me only 40 books! Anyways, that is their problem. The rest of the app was really good, if I could I would give it a four in a half rating. But now I'm happy to give it a 4 out of 5 star rating!

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Version 10.0.5

Jan 22

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