BookBuddy Pro: Library Manager app for iPhone and iPad

4.4 ( 8944 ratings )

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Developer: Kimico, Ltd.

4.99 USD

Current version: 9.6.4, last update: 3 months ago
First release : 09 Oct 2010
App size: 27.79 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.

KEY FEATURES

• Adding Your Books
Add your books using the following options:
- Scan barcode
- 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.
• 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:

[email protected]
or visit: http://www.kimicoapps.com/support.html

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Pros and cons of BookBuddy Pro: Library Manager app for iPhone and iPad

BookBuddy Pro: Library Manager app good for

...if you enjoy this sort of thing, this is something youll enjoy a lot! You can use it to catalogue your books, but I find the "wish list" most useful. Im not sure it was technically worth the money, but Im very happy I bought it.

I like the app but Id like to see the option to post to Facebook what Im reading. Also would be nice to have a field for series title and number, and to be able to choose more than one genre for a book would be awesome.

Love this app. Its every thing I was looking for. I especially like the fact that it keeps track of books that have been borrowed or loaned out.

I really love this app and would be giving it a 5 star rating if not for one thing. I love to include publication years for my book lists but the only option is to add an entire publication date, day month and year...it is hard to find this for every book and I dont want to just make up the date. It would be nice if you could add only the year, or if you could create your own field to include.

Very, very useful for inventory on books. Easy to use and sort my books. As with the movie one, it would be great if you could add box sets and then see the individual books that the set contains, along with separate pictures and info. Otherwise a flawless app.

This app is simple to use and user-friendly. Its search engine could be greatly improved. Often, you search for an ISBN from a scan and it brings back nothing; but when manually enter that same ISBN, it works.

Some bad moments

I purchased this app because of the book barcode scanner. If Im lucky, the app recognizes 1 out of 5 of my books. They arent super obscure books either. In the end, this doesnt save me much time in tracking my books. Pretty disappointed.

Cover pictures are of poor quality, out of focus. Im going back to the previous application!

I used this app happily for years, until a catastrophic failure occurred. The company was unable to restore the corrupted database. Back ups were unavailable. Hundreds of book entries are lost. The company says this "rarely" occurs when the database structure is modified, as in the case of the last book buddy update.

Since the new update, my app keeps freezing. I love, love this app and would just like for it to work again.

Okay — I’m impressed. I bought this about 15 minutes ago and quickly — and accurately — scanned about 41 books. In low light conditions, the application automatically turned on the iPhone flashlight to illuminate the screen. One book came back with the title in Japanese, but otherwise accurate for cover and category. The editing function meant that small edits were quite easy. Adding in my dropbox account took all of about 10 seconds and I immediately did a backup of my data. It’s not CSV format, but a binary SQL format. But wait! It *exports* a CSV file to my dropbox — or let’s me email it. Or print it. Wow. This is pretty cool. NICE APPLICATION! This is going to be great.

I love this app. Im an avid reader & a lot of the stuff I read are books that are part of a series. This app not only keeps everything in check, you can also organize by series, so I know exactly which Ive read & where to pick up if its been awhile, or even to see if the author has added to the series. Perfect organizational tool. :)

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