iCollect Books

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R2] 5/5 · US Great for keeping track of books: I love this app for keeping track of my books because sometimes I forget which one I already have in a series and it’s nice to just be able to open my phone and be like ok I already have that one. Especially since I read a lot of manga. 🤣
2. [R4] 5/5 · US Multiple book purchases: I am so thrilled that I have this app on my phone. It has enabled me to almost completely stop me from buying multiple copies of the same book over the years. I say almost cause the times I buy the same book that I have is due to the fact that I don’t check my list before I purchase “said” book, but I’m getting better at remembering to check my list of books.
3. [R9] 5/5 · US The Best Digital Inventory System!!: The iCollect Suite of apps for the various types of items is the best way of quickly and efficiently cataloging a large collection. I have a large library of books, music, and games and all 3 apps let me quickly create and maintain an accurate database of all my collection for ease of reference wither its on the go when shopping and I want to make sure I don’t
4. [R24] 5/5 · US Absolutely the best app!: I cannot even express how much this app helps a bookworm like me! This keeps me organized with what books I already have so I’m not trying to buy duplicates. If I didn’t have this app I don’t know what I would do. 😬
5. [R5] 5/5 · US Great for Special Editions: Was looking for something to track my books, especially special editions. This has found every book but so far. The amount of editing you can do is great too.
6. [R17] 4/5 · US Love this app but there are some bugs: I love this app, I can take pictures of my books, organize them pretty much however I like, as well as change the organization easily. It helps me know exactly what I have, making it easy when I go book shopping what I have or need. There are a few annoying bugs in the app. Sometimes when I am putting in a new books info it changes to another book I have al
7. [R18] 3/5 · US Easy to use: The app is easy to use and has settings to set how you want your list to show. The app, only allows you to add 30 books. Once you’ve added 30 you’ll need to pay. It’s a little more than I was looking to pay, but over all is a nice app.
8. [R22] 4/5 · US Love!! Few Small Suggestions: I love that I was able to catolog all my books using this app! I am always buying books I already own, or getting confused about which books in a series I still need, and this has really helped. I also love that I now know how many books I own (465!). I don’t use this app to review books or rate them; I do all of that on Goodreads. As someone only using it to catalog
9. [R15] 5/5 · US Best I could find: I’ve got several thousand books that I’ve collected over the years. I had them in a database perhaps 20 years ago which crashed. It’s taken me thus long to get over that failure and get my collection organized. I reviewed multiple “best” lists for book collecting and this app was the best. What seemed unique was that I could add pictures of the actual book in the collection. For
10. [R31] 5/5 · US Love this App: I have used this app to catalog a library of books I gave away, then a new library as I have rebuilt. I also love the Wishlist feature and the fact that you get a photo of the cover. Makes remembering the books I want so much easier!
11. [R82] 5/5 · US Easy to use.: I haven’t explored all the features yet but I am finding it very convenient to use. I have finally started cataloging my large book collection because all I need to do is take pictures.
12. [R159] 3/5 · US Book lover: This is a great app. I have a lot of books. This helps me keep them organized, in order, and a place to store my wish list for future buys. I love this app! While I wish it had additional sort options, it works well!
13. [R168] 3/5 · US Love this app!: Love this app for organizing my classroom library and tracking who I loan books to. Most books scan right in, but if you have to manually enter a book, that is not difficult to do. Worth it to upgrade to the paid version.
14. [R220] 3/5 · US Works great but...: I've been looking for a library catalog app after almost losing a book I loaned to a subordinate and could not remember who had it. I wanted to easily catalog my books and see who had borrowed my books when I needed it back. After trying a few version, I decided on this app, which I somewhat regret. What I like about the app is that I can easily see which books are loaned out
15. [R8] 3/5 · US Nice app: This is a nice app but I wish it would have an unlimited option or let the purchaser know the number limits ahead of time. As a teacher I have many books and even after purchasing the supposed unlimited option was only able to put in 50 books and now asking for more money. Makes this teacher not very happy.
16. [R11] 4/5 · US Disappointed: Great app as long as you don’t have over 30 books. Free until 30. But 31+ will cost $29.99. That should be in description.
17. [R14] 1/5 · US Not free: You have to pay 29.99 to enter more than 30 books
18. [R16] 2/5 · US Only 30 books allowed for free: As of 7/19/24, the max allowed of books scanned in for free is 30. This is ridiculous, as anybody who is scanning ISBN’s to add to a list has a large quantity of books
19. [R35] 1/5 · US Scam!!!!: The app won’t stay open and they won’t refund me!! Useless also i did not have this issue until I paid for it. The free version did not do it. SCAMM!!!!! If you ask me.
20. [R60] 1/5 · US Nothing is working: Just bought this app and it doesn’t work. I’ve tried to use it and get a black screen or I get a scrambled mess. Not impressed .
21. [R65] 3/5 · US It was great until it crashed: I paid for the upgrade and it was great! I was looking at everything you could do in it and changed the theme color and it crashed. Now I can’t get it to open back up and I’ve scanned almost 400 books into it. I’m so mad I could cry. If I’m not able to get it to open again, I want a refund! I’m not paying $10 for an app that won’t open!
22. [R67] 1/5 · US Loading Wheel?: Bro, Tell me I didn’t just spend hours upon hours scanning my whole book, movie, and music libraries just for the apps to crash. $30 total for all 3 apps.
23. [R26] 1/5 · US Scam!: I purchased this app years ago to be able to add all my books. Then they get hacked, all my info in removed, and now I cant add more than 30 books because my account was wiped out and NOW they are asking for $30 to add my books! Its a complete scam! Its not my fault you guys were hacked! Do not get this app, they cant keep our information safe and then we have to pay more money for their mi
24. [R27] 1/5 · US Data is Gone! No Warning!: I have used Books for years. It helped me avoid purchasing duplicate for me and as gifts for others. Now, my list is gone. I would give a rating of 0 stars if that was an option.
25. [R28] 1/5 · US All gone: Data didn’t transfer when i changed to a new phone, years worth of cataloging all gone.
26. [R32] 1/5 · US Not happy: Cannot see my collection or log in to the app to see the books i own and I’ve been using this for years 🤬
27. [R1] 1/5 · US Wrong the book showed up when I entered the ISBN: The very first book I scanned, came up with the correct cover for the book. I am scanning, the description is for the wrong book. I’m scanning a vintage sunset book called kingdoms for kids, but the description of the book that comes up is for a story, not a how to, something completely different. I don’t know if that’s because I’m scanning a vinta
28. [R3] 2/5 · US Meh.: The scanning is clunky, but you can add pretty much any information you want.
29. [R40] 3/5 · US Not reliable: I’ve really tried to like this app, but it seems fairly clueless in finding e-books which I use due to frequent travel. I usually have to put most of the info in myself which is pretty time-consuming. I am out of the country frequently and do not always have access to internet. My database only shows without a connection about 10% of the time - making it an useless resource then. W
30. [R44] 2/5 · US This app was better before it changed….: I miss the “Books” app. Now that it’s changed to iCollect, I can’t get my isbn code reader to work and upload new books. It’s so frustrating because my entire classroom book collection- over 600 books- are listed in here and now I feel like I can’t use it the way I used to.
31. [R12] 5/5 · US Very good but need to get full version: I love it! I share all my books with my mom and now we share an account where we can keep track of what books we have and whose house they are at! Yes it was $30 for the full version. But I’ve bought multiple copies of the same book only to find out it was at her house. One book=$30=worth it. Girl math!
32. [R48] 1/5 · US I used to love this app: I used to love this app and then sort it switched to this. It sorts by author’s first name and not last. It also counts books by multiple authors twice when I sort by author. I paid $10 for the original app not this. The main pictures make it seem like they think people sort books by the title which most people don’t since it would separate series
33. [R50] 1/5 · US Used sort it app for years, looking for another option now: I’ve used the sort it app for years & have now been forced to this app. I hate that it sorts authors by their first name. That’s pretty worthless if I’m in a bookstore which always sort by last names. My reason for having an app like this is to avoid buying duplicates. I just wanted a relatively easy way to catalogue my books. I have 100'
34. [R52] 2/5 · US Update ruined this app: I have been using these apps for my books, movies, and games. They have been wonderful. Then the update. Now I can't get all of my books to load there, the supposedly transfer them but not all of mine did. I have to ask to load them all. The sorting is a nightmare. I have it set to sort by author's name. Well, you can't have it last name first. Which is not good. There are
35. [R91] 5/5 · US Great app, except for Indexing: This is an excellent app if you need to accumulate a listing of your book collection. There’s one thing that would make it a lot easier to use, though. Some of the listings have an alpha index along the right of the screen, allowing you to quickly access any title. With others, you have to scroll screens until you reach the desired title. It can be a hassle to go
36. [R45] 1/5 · US Perplexed: With the old app, I had books organized into genres. When the booms were uploaded to the new system, my categories disappeared. In addition, I have yet to figure out how to print my booklist. The Q & A is not not helpful and customer service is unresponsive.
37. [R55] 1/5 · US Don’t Update if you already have: Don’t update if you have the app already. They got me on the music one and they wanted me to pay for it again. They actually did this a few years back too! Why aren’t they responding to peoples issues? They know what they’re doing is wrong! It’s a scam! Apple needs to do something about these scam apps.
38. [R64] 4/5 · US How can I export the list of books?: How can I export the list of books? I don’t see any ways to do it
39. [R69] 5/5 · US Can’t access book list: I have tried to contact someone to get my new password but no one has responded
40. [R38] 1/5 · US Cannot be “private”: Your collection can only be “public” according to their terms of service. No way exists to keep your collection data private. That’s completely unacceptable and should be BOLDLY stated up front.
41. [R61] 1/5 · US Lacks privacy: Read the Privacy Policy before downloading. They seem to make $ by selling your list info.
42. [R41] 3/5 · US Bulk upload?: The bulk upload stopped working earlier this year. Now I’m stuck having to upload them one at a time. Thank goodness bulk upload was working under the old app name, when I had 100+ books to upload. If I had to do them one at a time back then, I would have deleted this app. It was better before.
43. [R42] 1/5 · US Good while it lasted: This app was great years ago. App worked great before I was forced to update my phone software and app. Now the new update is horrendous and annoying. Previous app had a few issues when scanning bulk images, but other than that it was easy to use and smooth when searching. Now it’s useless to me. Not sure who's approving changes or thinks this was a great idea, but they need
44. [R20] 1/5 · US Costs $30: $30 to have more than 50. $30. Insane.
45. [R21] 1/5 · US $30: You can add 30 books for free, after that you ha to lay 30 bucks?
46. [R74] 2/5 · US Disappointed: This app started out fantastic. I have so many books that it was great to keep track and see book images. I opened the app tonight to add two new books and noticed that out of 650ish books that I added, it deleted all but 156. Back to Excel.
47. [R51] 1/5 · US Update is garbage: I loved this app until you updated it within the last couple weeks now it is complete garbage. You can’t scan barcodes it won’t save things to my library it seems more bogged down. Very frustrating