iCollect Books Pro App Reviews

In general this is a fair app for cataloging your Library but i am constantly running into things that dont make sense or just frustrate me unnecessarily. For starters, the Google cover look-up function is awkward, twitchy and poorly laid out. Its almost more trouble than its worth. Secondly, the Title Format issue. You ask it not to alphabetize "The" or "A" and then it does. ive found two workarounds: 1) go into Settings, turn it off and turn it back on, repeat for every applicable title; or 2) Save you entry, wait for it go back out to the list, tap that title, tap Back and watch it format the title correctly, repeat for every applicable title. Clearly Option 2 is easiest but you shouldnt have to do either. Third (and most annoying to me), if youre looking at your list arranged by Author, the Titles are arranged in the order you entered them, i.e. it does not sub-alphabetize by Title. I have a dozen books by Neal Asher. When I go to Neal Asher in my Alpha by Author list the Titles are like this: G..., P..., V..., C..., S..., G..., L..., etc. because thats the order i purchased, and subsequently entered, them. The only way to fix this is to delete them all and re-enter them in proper alphabetical order manually. And do that again every time i buy a new book by an author i already own. Kinda ludicrous. It makes it a little difficult to tell if i have a book if i already own many books by that Author. These are the three issues that frustrate me the most. There are several more which is why i cant give it more stars. Its also why Im looking for another app...

For the most part I like the app. I like being able to catalog my library. I realize not every time Im going to be able to scan a book in. My only issue is the search function to be able to quickly find a book. Being able to put the library in either alphabetical order or by author would be helpful.

This app is AMAZING!!! Truly a teachers dream when it comes to cataloging books. I can write reading levels on each book, record who took it home, and the last time I read it to the class. I can also input lessons I used along with it. LOVE love love this app!

In general the app is great! The only thing I dont know how to do is how to make the books so you know if you have read them or not. Thats what it said it could do in the description before I bought it and I still dont know how or where it is.

Had a very easy time learning to use the app most of my books scanned with all fields filled in only a few had to be entered manually for the low price tag is a must for avid collectors.

Ive scanned 3 books and its gotten all wrong after multiple scans. I hope the accuracy improves. I could have just typed the isbns into excel and it would have been a better use of my time and money.

I like the app. Ive run into a few isbns that werent accurate, but its easy enough to put the info into the app manually. Most of my books are quite old and the isbns have probably just been recycled to new books. Overall Im quite happy with it.

When I first got this software last year it worked great. Now every other book I try to scan comes back as something totally different. The app is almost useless. I have to enter books manually and I can do that with a spreadsheet. I think a herd of drunks has been entering books into their database with the wrong ISBN numbers. Total crap app.

Ive had problems before with this app, but then there was an update that fixed those. So, I used this for quite a while and was very happy with it. Now, since one of the recent updates, it wont scan the barcode on my books - this is the only reason I purchased this app. I tried to find some help on their website, and found a page that said to e-mail them. What do I get in response? An e-mail that says they do not respond to e-mails!

This makes the software useless. I did a test and 17 out of 20 books were wrong. There is some kind of perturbation in the algorithm bc it gets books in a similar genre.

Good price, good program, a few glitches and small bugs but overall works very well.

I have a really large book collection featuring old and new books when I downloaded this app I was very excited to have it however I was very dismayed when I had to enter a vast majority about 15 out of 18 books manually into the system most of the time the books they came up with were dead wrong I do not recommend this app

I see reviews of people trying to scan and it not working...happens on some books but if you manually enter the isbn it comes up.

The developers of this app make a comic book app. That app directs you this app whenever you scan a graphic novel or comic collection it recognizes. Problem is, this app doesnt differentiate between a graphic novel and a normal fictional prose book.

This app is so misleading!! I thought this was an app i could use to read my books electronically but it just lists a bunch of crap i dont care about! I want my money back!!!!

This is my first book app, so I really dont have anything else to compare it to. I like it in terms of having everything in one place, and I like the wishlist feature. I do wish it was more interactive, like maybe a button that links you to other books by an author in your library, or that links you to other books you might like based on your collection. I also wish it was more customizable on the home page, and with an ability to create custom categories easily. Buy overall, its a nice efficient app for my growing book collection. I agree with others that lately non of the books I scan come up automatically. But since I only buy a few books at a time, Im not finding this to be overly burdensome.

LOVE this app!!

Love this app its great

I like this...just havent figured out a few things!

Unless you want to enter all the information yourself for each book, dont buy this app. The camera scan and ISBN search consistently generate a different book from the one you input.