BookBuddy: My Library Manager App Reviews

This app is life changing!! It really is-- I have my 300+ books organized now for my classroom library. You can organize them however youd like, make your own categories, tags, label by series and you just scan a book and the app fills in all the information for you using online sources! You use your phone to scan bar codes to check books out to students, check books in- it keeps track of who has which book and how long they have had it-- I can not say enough good things about this app! Its a classroom must have.

I really liked this app when I downloaded last week. It does at times not recognize some barcodes which I can understand but when using the scan multiple books option it wouldnt allow me to scan those books. I kept hitting save but it wouldnt budge. Also, one book it recognized but made me look up the author which wasnt listed so I COULD NOT save this book. Off to look for something worth my time.

Im very picky about how I list my books and Ive tried other apps but I love this one the best. Yes if you have more than 50 book you have to pay 4.99 but I think its worth it. ❤️

I love how book buddy keeps me organized and on top of new books. My favorite feature is the online information.

I downloaded this app after spending $20 of my used bookstore credit to buy books I already had! I have over 600 books in my personal library not to include the childrens library. This app is amazing! I was able to use the scan feature to enter most of my books, list the location of EXACTLY where theyre at on my bookshelves. Now with my grandchildren ask me about a particular book, we can find it quickly without frustration! While inventorying the books, I could mark them as read, unread, or being read. This was awesome for me as I discovered many books I had enjoyed but hadnt finished reading. So now I have a reading list! This app is amazing and I highly recommend it!

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 – – I like todo movies and and ITV shows for the others--this app is updated fairly frequently for this type of app also the developers seem to care about improving this experience

Its great to keep track of your personal library!

Started using this ap to track what I have read. When I reached 50 books it said I reached my limit and it would cost $4.99 to increase it. Think Ill just create a simple spread sheet.

This is the best library scanner ever !!!

This has kept me from purchasing a book by my favorite authors that I already have. This has been an excellent purchase and prevents duplicate purchases. Love it and wouldnt go into a bookstore without it.

This is the most useful book database I have come across so far. It is easy to use, incredibly organized and great for people who have a tendency to buy the same book twice. :-) Definitely worth the money.

I am very happy with this app. It is by far the best book cataloging program - and Ive tried many. They are very quick to answer emails. As a collector and avid reader this app has become essential for me to keep track of all my books (and I have about 5000 Hardcovers alone) and also be able to set up a wish list when I find books that will be published in the future. The only thing that would make the app absolutely perfect would be to be able to sort books with multiple sort options. So that I can sort by author - as well as being able to sort books by series/publication date as well - so that they are in order no matter when I enter them. I suggested this feature and was told they would look into it. Highly recommend this app!!! =}

In the free version, they limit the number of books that you can input; so to inventory your whole library you have to pay $4.99. Plus, doesnt recognize Barnes and nobles ISBN numbers, so you have to manually search them.

I was practically raised on books, and while things like the kindle are great, I prefer real books over anything else. This app has really been great for keeping track of the books I own, and the books I really want (among other things). Its kinda like my own personal library system!! Highly recommended.

This app is great for organizing a classroom library. It is simple to use and I always know who has my books now. Thank you.

I have read reviews and decided to try Book Crawler and BookBuddy. BookBuddy is so easy to use, just pick up your device and start scanning. (Reminds me of the Fitbit app in its format, so simple.) I love how you can use your entire screen to scan, not having to align to an outlined box. And you can scan multiple books at once, before needing to review and save. There isnt a good option for marking a book as read, however, without having to choose an exact date (which is annoying if, like me, you are just starting to catalog a large home library). Thats only a little thing, but I really had to think hard about choosing this app over others as it didnt recognize about 25% of the first batch of books. Of those, a few it did recognize did not have cover pics. Maybe my choices were obscure, youre thinking. Umm, no. Two were Newbery Medal winners! Really? It couldnt find Number the Stars by Lois Lowry? The Newbery and Caldecott book lists should be a priority! Same for other award lists. That being said, it did recognize a book I doubted it would find, as it is from a local author more regionally known. Books that werent recognized can easily be searched for and added, which makes this app workable enough for me to keep using it. With updates, I assume increasingly more books will be able to be recognized.

... really great!

As a teacher I have many books in my classroom that are mine. This app makes it easy to track we are my books are in who borrowed them. It also lets me keep multiple lists. One for the schools books and one for mine.

Love this app. It is so easy to use. I have so many books that I cant keep track. sometimes I buy books I already own. This helps to eliminate that problem. Keeps track of what I read, what I want to read and my wish list. Also keeps track of what is borrowed. Great app. Only thing was it only holds 50 books. I have way more than that and I had to upgrade for $4.99.. Not a big deal. It was well worth it for me. Im working on entering 200 +.

Ive only had the app a few days and its very easy to use with a lot of features. I will update this review more later once i play with the app more. Things I would like to see added and fixed. - I would love to create my own categories as (Uncategorized, Personal & Professional) are not enough categories for me. - The book database is missing a lot of books that have been out on the market for a few years now. I did upgrade to the pro version from the free version.