BookBuddy: Book Tracker

Name: BookBuddy: Book Tracker
Rating: 4.8 (13478 reviews)
Author: Kimico, Ltd.

Bookshelf & reading list

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

13K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Books
Developer

Kimico, Ltd.
Language

EN
+ 9 More
Size

30.9
MB

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. FREE VERSION - BookBuddy has all the features of BookBuddy Pro with a 50 book limit. - BookBuddy can be upgraded via In-App Purchase for unlimited book storage. 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

13K Ratings

Great for book collection and wishlist
10/29/2020

what what 82
I used to keep track of books, movies, and shows etc. on plaintext lists, but these apps designed specifically to keep those lists yet also provide additional information and a better interface are so nice, this is the best one I found for keeping track of books.The app is updated fairly frequently for this type of app also the developers seem to care about improving this experience.Update: using this app again after not using for awhile and book collection has grown exponentially. I love the variety of types of categorization (categories, tags, physical location, and many more options including custom fields you can create. This is helpful as my books are all over the place-multiple physical locations, kindle, Apple Books, audible, etc. There are also many options for tracking progress and status of books. The design of the app allows for vast complexity in organization while maintaining simplicity in user interface and makes it easy to edit the metadata on the fly. I also own book track app, which also has Mac app, but the design and usability of Book Buddy made me confident going all in with this app. Hopefully, with Catalyst and other developments on the Mac, this app will eventually be ported to the Mac also, which I would absolutely pay for again!
Great for book collection and wishlist
10/29/2020

what what 82

I used to keep track of books, movies, and shows etc. on plaintext lists, but these apps designed specifically to keep those lists yet also provide additional information and a better interface are so nice, this is the best one I found for keeping track of books.The app is updated fairly frequently for this type of app also the developers seem to care about improving this experience.Update: using this app again after not using for awhile and book collection has grown exponentially. I love the variety of types of categorization (categories, tags, physical location, and many more options including custom fields you can create. This is helpful as my books are all over the place-multiple physical locations, kindle, Apple Books, audible, etc. There are also many options for tracking progress and status of books. The design of the app allows for vast complexity in organization while maintaining simplicity in user interface and makes it easy to edit the metadata on the fly. I also own book track app, which also has Mac app, but the design and usability of Book Buddy made me confident going all in with this app. Hopefully, with Catalyst and other developments on the Mac, this app will eventually be ported to the Mac also, which I would absolutely pay for again!
Love it!
01/13/2025

LovelySweets450
Can’t express how much I love this app. I was hesitant on purchasing the Pro but I do not regret it. I can change the way I view my books (list, small covers, medium covers, or large covers). I can sort it in many different ways (title, series, date added, date read, genre, author, publisher… the list goes on). When adding a book sometimes the book doesn’t come up, but that’s okay because this app has multiple options to find the book— scanning barcodes, entering the ISBN, or adding it manually. Adding manually is such a good feature especially because sometimes the ISBN doesn’t work and I mainly read ebooks, so no barcode. BookBuddy also has different categories and tags that I can edit to help organize my books. It even has an option to add series. And when I add a book to the series, I can put the volume number of the book; BookBuddy then automatically puts it in order! My only complaint is that I wish the app setup was a little more “cuter” but that’s just the girly in me lol. Otherwise, this is just a few of many things BookBuddy has. I definitely recommend!
Love it!
01/13/2025

LovelySweets450

Can’t express how much I love this app. I was hesitant on purchasing the Pro but I do not regret it. I can change the way I view my books (list, small covers, medium covers, or large covers). I can sort it in many different ways (title, series, date added, date read, genre, author, publisher… the list goes on). When adding a book sometimes the book doesn’t come up, but that’s okay because this app has multiple options to find the book— scanning barcodes, entering the ISBN, or adding it manually. Adding manually is such a good feature especially because sometimes the ISBN doesn’t work and I mainly read ebooks, so no barcode. BookBuddy also has different categories and tags that I can edit to help organize my books. It even has an option to add series. And when I add a book to the series, I can put the volume number of the book; BookBuddy then automatically puts it in order! My only complaint is that I wish the app setup was a little more “cuter” but that’s just the girly in me lol. Otherwise, this is just a few of many things BookBuddy has. I definitely recommend!
We love books!
11/05/2023

Krys107
Happily paid the charge to put in as many books as needed I just spent a lot of time putting in one shelf worth and we have 148 already! It even shows our duplicates which I didn’t notice all of them right away I can add a format which is amazing as I have audible books as well! I am bummed that quite a bit on the first shelf had to be searched for I wasn’t able to use all of our barcodes I guess the ones that we had to search were older editions of Stephen king and dean knootz books but not a deal breaker I am constantly trying to guess which ones we have and now I no longer have to do that when I’m out searching at thrift shops I can add notes as well like hardback or missing cover or damage as well giving me the opportunity to replace ones that are damaged absolutely love it! We’re in the process of moving so I’m going to inventory all of the books that haven’t been packed yet and once we move I’ll inventory my daughters as they are already packed! I am so excited to have this app I’ll be using it for years!!!!
We love books!
11/05/2023

Krys107

Happily paid the charge to put in as many books as needed I just spent a lot of time putting in one shelf worth and we have 148 already! It even shows our duplicates which I didn’t notice all of them right away I can add a format which is amazing as I have audible books as well! I am bummed that quite a bit on the first shelf had to be searched for I wasn’t able to use all of our barcodes I guess the ones that we had to search were older editions of Stephen king and dean knootz books but not a deal breaker I am constantly trying to guess which ones we have and now I no longer have to do that when I’m out searching at thrift shops I can add notes as well like hardback or missing cover or damage as well giving me the opportunity to replace ones that are damaged absolutely love it! We’re in the process of moving so I’m going to inventory all of the books that haven’t been packed yet and once we move I’ll inventory my daughters as they are already packed! I am so excited to have this app I’ll be using it for years!!!!
Best app ever!
09/13/2022

kathleenpoole
This is the best app ever. Ease of use, fast, pleasant interface, a small learning curve, and friendly & very helpful customer service. I have an office, clinic, home, scanned books, Kobo & kindle, and the location field alone makes this app worth it. Within a day of testing the free version of BookBuddy I was ready to upgrade to Pro.(Nothing’s free and I purchase apps I use.) Entering data is really easy. The barcode scan works great, populating all default fields quickly. Typing in an ISBN for look-up and manual entry of book details are options, too. It’s easy to switch out the downloaded book picture with a pic that you prefer. If you want to move a book from one category to another, this is easily done without going into editing mode. There are enough fields to keep track of most data without cluttering the app. I love this app’s simplicity. I wish there were a Mac version. BookBuddy’s organization helps me keep track of where books are when I need them and whether I own a particular book so I don’t purchase duplicates or later editions of the same book. I’ve only input a fraction of my library so far, a little over 200 books, and there is no problem with delayed response or crashing. I expect this will be true once I have most of my collection catalogued. One tip - if you have multiple books from one location, choose that location before inputting book data. Otherwise the books will be unclassified and you’ll need to assign each a location individually. Unless there is a batch feature I missed.

Developer Response
Thank you for your kind feedback! Please note that batch editing is fully supported. To edit multiple books at once, tap the “Select” button at the top right corner of any page displaying a list of books, select the desired books (or tap “Select All”), and then tap the desired action at the bottom bar (“delete", “move", or "more…” actions represented by appropriate icons). To replace a field value (e.g. location), select the “More…” button and then "Replace Field”.
Best app ever!
09/13/2022

kathleenpoole

This is the best app ever. Ease of use, fast, pleasant interface, a small learning curve, and friendly & very helpful customer service. I have an office, clinic, home, scanned books, Kobo & kindle, and the location field alone makes this app worth it. Within a day of testing the free version of BookBuddy I was ready to upgrade to Pro.(Nothing’s free and I purchase apps I use.) Entering data is really easy. The barcode scan works great, populating all default fields quickly. Typing in an ISBN for look-up and manual entry of book details are options, too. It’s easy to switch out the downloaded book picture with a pic that you prefer. If you want to move a book from one category to another, this is easily done without going into editing mode. There are enough fields to keep track of most data without cluttering the app. I love this app’s simplicity. I wish there were a Mac version. BookBuddy’s organization helps me keep track of where books are when I need them and whether I own a particular book so I don’t purchase duplicates or later editions of the same book. I’ve only input a fraction of my library so far, a little over 200 books, and there is no problem with delayed response or crashing. I expect this will be true once I have most of my collection catalogued. One tip - if you have multiple books from one location, choose that location before inputting book data. Otherwise the books will be unclassified and you’ll need to assign each a location individually. Unless there is a batch feature I missed.
Developer Response 09/14/2022
Thank you for your kind feedback! Please note that batch editing is fully supported. To edit multiple books at once, tap the “Select” button at the top right corner of any page displaying a list of books, select the desired books (or tap “Select All”), and then tap the desired action at the bottom bar (“delete", “move", or "more…” actions represented by appropriate icons). To replace a field value (e.g. location), select the “More…” button and then "Replace Field”.

Bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 10.0.5

Jan 22

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