Libib 4+

I love buying books and adding them to my collection. As my collection kept growing though it became difficult to remember all the books I already owned so that I didn’t purchase them again. So I tried several apps to catalog my books, but haven’t really loved one yet. I found Libib through a blog post by a book lover and decided to give it a try. At first glance it ticked a lot of the boxes that the other apps didn’t, such as a cute aesthetic and easy to use. I was able to scan my books super fast and have a count of how many I have.

Although I am liking Libib right now, I am still on the fence if this is going to become my book app. I really wish that instead of just having a list of the books that I have that it would show the cover of the book. Sometimes when I’m searching for a book I can recognize the cover a lot easier than having to read through all the titles. I wish there was an option for a list view or a library view. Book lovers love a good book aesthetic and we love admiring our book libraries and wish that Libib could add a virtual book library that looked like our real one.

I have over 1000 volumes and it’s honestly so easy to track everything with Libib. I scan the barcodes before I put them on the shelves and as far as tracking what I have, I’m pretty much done. I will say using the app to scan stuff in and then using the web version to enter whatever data it is you want on the item is the optimal way to use Libib in my experience. App work well enough if I’m at the store/on the go and I don’t remember which volumes I do or don’t have, makes it easy to double check before I accidentally buy a duplicate.

I love the way it displays covers on the web and my only minor gripe with the app would be to add a similar layout as a display option in app as well, but for me, it’s really not an issue considering I just use the app on the go or to scan new items in. The company cares too, I even remember when they changed the site a while ago, it changed the default title length when viewing your library, I couldn’t find an option to change it, I emailed them asking them to maybe consider an option to display titles how they did before the site update and within a day they responded and had changed. I was floored. Love the product and service they provide on the whole, been using it for years now and would never use anything else.

I’ve recently started to use this app to catalog my library. I really appreciate how quickly and efficiently I’m able to do this. Even with some of my older books that do not have a barcode on the back, I’m still able to easily enter the information manually. Not to mention, 5000 is quite a large number for us to be able to use it for free. A lot of other apps I’ve found has severely limited me. What really sold me on this app is their customer service. I had a question about using it and whenever I click on the “contact” button, it allowed me to send an email to somebody who sent me an email within an hour of receiving my request. After he answered my questions throughout the day, he took my suggestions as to how to make the app better. I would like to see a little bit of improvement on the next update about user interface and having the app portray the same visual as far as alphabetizing and groups that that web browser had, but the customer service and willingness to receive my suggestions over email makes me put them at five stars regardless. He said he would consider what I had said as a builder new update.