BookBuddy Pro Overview
What is BookBuddy Pro? BookBuddy is a book management app that allows users to access their entire book catalog from anywhere. It offers various features such as adding books using different options, organizing books into different categories, syncing the library across multiple devices, sharing the library online, and much more. It is a universal app that can be used on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Mac.
Features
- Adding books using different options such as scanning barcode, entering ISBN, searching online by keyword, adding manually, and importing from CSV file
- Organizing books into different categories such as My Books, Wish List, Borrowed, and Previously Owned
- Syncing the library across multiple devices using iCloud or Dropbox sync
- Sharing the library online via the BookBuddy Companion website and inviting anyone to view it (requires a monthly subscription)
- Personalizing the library using categories and tags, marking favorites, adding personal notes, and much more
- Choosing either list or grid view to best match the user's needs
- Tracking books that are currently loaned out
- Applying batch operations using multiple selection
- Filtering books by their reading status
- Finding books instantly by entering search keywords or scanning their barcodes
- Exporting the library into CSV, PDF, or HTML formats
- Printing selected books to AirPrint-enabled printers
- Creating backups to any cloud service
- Viewing the full history of reading and loaning activities
- Detecting duplicates and easily removing them
- Saving the library locally and privately on the user's device
- Managing classroom library and tracking student checkouts (for teachers)
- Tracking checkout history and viewing statistics (for teachers)
- Saving student names in BookBuddy Contacts rather than in the personal Contacts app (for teachers)
- Using various fields to track the reading level of books (for teachers)
- Allowing students to self-checkout books via the BookBuddy Companion website (for teachers, requires a monthly subscription)
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Product Details and Description of
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). 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. • 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 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
Top Reviews
By Bongeth
a great app, but with so much more potential!
A great app! Fairly easy to import new titles. Some suggestions to optimize usability of the bookbuddy (and moviebuddy) app: 1) batch edit function. at present you can only edit items one at a time, field per field. provide for the ability, in list view, to select multiple items; then have the ability to apply an edit, to a single or multiple fields, to all selected items. 2) search query. at present the search function will only search the titles of items. provide a module that allows for a multi-parameter or multi-field search; for example by tag(s), genre, or combination of fields. 3) desktop app, or desktop web browser-based interface. a lightweight desktop app or desktop web browser interface that syncs with your mobile device(s). this would greatly aid in database management, as managing from the mobile device interface is clumsy esp. when needing to edit each record one at a time, field by field.
By Emccono
Best app on my phone
The process of uploading my library has been a nice way to end my day lately. One shelf at a time and I actually don’t want it to end bc it’s been relaxing and meditative! I’ve decided I will upload my teens’ books (under their own categories) bc of course I’ve wondered if they have a book when I see a great one. I love the ‘condition’ field: I made one called ‘terrible, replace’ so if I see a better copy of a book it’s just a click away to see if I should bring it home. I love my home library and I love this app!! I asked about ‘original copyright’ date bc a scan will fill in the date of that specific books publication. I like to know the original date even more so for context...the after publications are not so important. They said that feature would be coming within the year.
By Rachelskivich
Exactly what I needed
I wanted a way to record every book I read, both for my personal library and for homeschooling purposes. I have a day each week dedicated to reviewing children’s books and I wanted an app that would 1) easily import book details via a barcode scanner, 2) store my personal notes for future access, and 3) organize titles by a variety of sortable tools. This app delivers. I greatly appreciate how “tweakable” the app is. My usage of the app has changed since I honed in more on my specific library management needs. For example, I no longer consider the app to be a catalog of my physical library, but a log of every book I read and review. I am very pleased with the way the settings give me the freedom to customize my app experience. I once panicked, thinking that the app lost one of my books. It didn’t. I had changed the title’s rating and forgot that the library was being sorted by rating, thus moving the book to a different section. The backup and syncing settings give me great peace of mind that the hours I’m devoting to recording my book reviews will not be lost. This app is worth every penny.
