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. [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.
2. [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.
3. [R14] 1/5 · US Not free: You have to pay 29.99 to enter more than 30 books
4. [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
5. [R98] 3/5 · US Good but could be better: You can only scan a certain number of books before being asked to upgrade. For $9.99 If someone else only partially entered a book it wants you to make changes like add the author before you can save it. The only way to make changes is to pay the upgrade fee. $9.99. I’ve only got 74 books in so far but when I got to about the 70 mark it gave me issues with each entry.
6. [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
7. [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.
8. [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.
9. [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!
10. [R149] 3/5 · US Good (3.5) but....: The app engine is really good, and it is very helpful. You can scan the barcode of most books. I would rate it 5 stars if the app would has a better UX: searching for your own library is not easy after 200 Books. The desktop app is almost a robbery, paying 25 USD if you already paid for the iOS app.
11. [R330] 3/5 · CA Don't get the desktop: It's great on the phone. When I go to the comic store or conventions I know what I have. I got the desktop version. It's suppose to link from my phone. It doesn't work for the book. Save your money.
12. [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!
13. [R20] 1/5 · US Costs $30: $30 to have more than 50. $30. Insane.
14. [R21] 1/5 · US $30: You can add 30 books for free, after that you ha to lay 30 bucks?
15. [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. 🤣
16. [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.
17. [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
18. [R10] 4/5 · US Wonderful App!: Absolutely Love it! I’m a huge collector, and the sort it apps are the best. I absolutely love them! They keep my various, huge, collections organized. If you are a collector sort it apps are a must have.
19. [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.
20. [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
21. [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
22. [R79] 4/5 · US Organize: Just started to use the app. I love that you can batch scan and that the scanner is fast. One thing I would like is if there was a way to add tags and somehow organize books into a bookshelf type folder. So I can figure what book is where in my house lol. And I could organize my manga from my regular books.
23. [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.
24. [R346] 3/5 · CA Good, but could use improvement: Good barcode scanner, attractive interface. Really needs more customization options, though - a book's page has a huge number of data fields, most of which the average user wouldn't care about. It's good that they're available, but the user should be able to select which ones they see and in which order. Also, having the Personal information at the very bottom i
25. [R6] 2/5 · US Awesome app for large collections!: To tell you how much I love this app, let me start off by saying I don’t pay for apps. If it ain’t free, I don’t use them. But this one so impressed me after reaching my “free limit” of books that I decided to purchase the full version. And I have zero buyers’ remorse! And the one time a feature was added that was inconvenient, they responded quickly and chose t
26. [R34] 5/5 · US Great App: Love, love, love this app! I have over 500 books and this is a great app to load my library so I can have all the information at my fingertips. The founders of the app are very helpful and respond quickly to questions. Highly recommend this app.
27. [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.
28. [R28] 1/5 · US All gone: Data didn’t transfer when i changed to a new phone, years worth of cataloging all gone.
29. [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 🤬
30. [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
31. [R3] 2/5 · US Meh.: The scanning is clunky, but you can add pretty much any information you want.
32. [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
33. [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.
34. [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
35. [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'
36. [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
37. [R293] 3/5 · GB Sort it book scanner: Nice app, would be good to sort books by author. Not linked to a database but to users inputs.