LibraryThing Hack 1.2.3 + Redeem Codes

Let me start with my favorite thing: the barcode scanner! I am organizing my husband’s niche non fiction collection which is approaching 1000 books. Yes they have their own room. I was able to scan 90% of them in only a few hours! The rest were published before bar codes were a thing, but searching by isbn wasn’t too painful either!

Now for the app deficits: I wish the app had greater capabilities and personalization. On the web I can sort his collection using LOC call number. This is how we’ve organized the physical books in the office. It is so frustrating that I can’t view the books in that order on my phone. I can’t even see the LOC number when I click into a book. I can see it if I try to edit the book info, but that’s a pain. I can’t even change what data I see on the landing page for the book. Because I can get this how I need it on the web browser, I just use that on the computer most of the time but I crave portability and organization that the app does not accommodate.

This app is incredible, has about 96% of the features I want (including a bunch I didn't even know I wanted!), And makes it very simple to add books. However, the rest of the features (I.e. adding catalogues, tagging, etc) are very cumbersome to access. You can't do it right from the app, it opens a web based window which is difficult to navigate, with tiny text, and pop up windows that move outside your field of view.

One last feature I'd love to see (besides editing catalogues and tagging from within the app) is Library due dates. You can add which library you borrow a book from, and can add dates for when you received it, read it and finished it. But I wish you could add the return date, and possibly even receive a notification. Adding a sliding scale showing the percentage read when returned would be cool too.

Despite these issues, this is one of the best inventory apps I've come across, and therefore I'm still giving it 4 stars. I'd immediately jump it up to 5 if I could edit book details and add/reorder catalogues from within the app.

Thanks for the great app, looking forward to future updats!

Honestly, it is a decent basic app for my needs. First the good, great scanner for quickly adding books to your library list. It is connected to a couple sources and hits in the vast majority of books I scan. I have some very old books that are no longer in print, but I can manually add them with the isbn number. There are preset “collections” which allows for a wishlist, read, currently reading, read but don’t own, type options. While this is a nice feature, it is also what frustrates me as there are ZERO options to modify this list. I have libraries in multiple rooms and multiple houses and would live to be able to specify WHERE a given book is at any given time. For instance, “on loan to neighbor” or “kid’s college dorm”. 🤣. Please update to allow us to create our own collections and I will happily up my rating to 5 stars!

My personal home library consists of hardback books, paperback books, DVDs, VHS tapes, CDs, etc. I would like to see the ability to add different categories in this app.

The BIGGEST issue I have had so far is the app dropping off entries. I scan and save an item but when I look for it later, it isn't listed anymore. This is becoming a huge issue as my library grows and I depend on this app to know what I have and what I still need.

Update: I had to delete all of our (~2k) movies out of LT, because the list was never completely accurate. I have downloaded another app to track our collections of everything but books. The updates that this app DESPERATELY needs are: ability to personalize categories, a loaned to tracker, and the ability to see more detail, such as whether a book is a paperback, hardback or ebook. Developers — PLEASE listen to your customers! We are willing to pay for a PRO version with these features!

This app is great for scanning books to enter into your LibraryThing catalog and for searching for specific titles in your catalog. If that’s all you want, then you’ll be happy with it. LibraryThing’s website has so much more, including tags, reviews, and recommendations, that it’s frustrating to me that none of it is available through the app. You won’t browse your catalog, find suggestions for other books, or find reviews of books in this app. I was hoping to have that functionality since the website has it and since I was planning to switch to LibraryThing from the other bookish app I’ve been using. Unfortunately, while the website is great, I’ll have to stick to the other app for browsing and checking reviews when I’m not at my computer. This app is really only going to be useful to me for scanning new books into my catalog.

I love how easily the scan works to add books to my catalog. It’s not 100% but it gets the vast majority quickly without problem. Adding tags, additional info, etc is a bit slow but not bad. I do love having my library catalog on the go so when I’m shopping for books I can make sure I’m not accidentally buying a duplicate.

The one feature I really wish it had was a ranking system for my To Read collection. I would love to be able to put the books in order that I want to read them so I wouldn’t have to debate which book to start next every time and could just look at the list.

I'm redoing my review and adding a star because the previous glitch was fixed pretty quickly with an update. The app no longer closes after adding every book. Thank you!!! When adding numerous books from a series I still have to redo the same search for the same series every time. I started copying and pasting the same search in so I don't have to retype. A multi-add feature would be a very nice addition for very long series of books. (Other then that) the app is excellent!!! Now I prefer to use this app because it's much less annoying than the website.

I am so pleased with this app. I wanted a way to record my collection of children’s books so that I could refer to it when thrifting so as not to buy any duplicates. Using the phone camera to scan isbn numbers to upload the title info and picture is a breeze. Info is based on book sellers. In a couple of cases it did not provide cover art do I photographed and uploaded my own picture. I was also able to upload pictures from the internet. It’s actually fun and quick to use. I am sure there is always room for improvement in everything but to me this really suits my needs. Thank you!

The app is great for cataloguing your collection. It does have a few limitations like not being able to create a new collection, but you can get around that by visiting the website.

The search function is frustrating. Some books, it doesn't have. Sometimes when scanning barcodes, the wrong book will pull up. When typing titles, you can type out an elaborate title and be offered a completely different book with no similar title words until you type out the author name, but if you type a title and have one letter wrong like "if" instead of "of", it has no suggestions for you and doesn't even know what book you're trying to find even if you add the author name before discovering your typo. Quirky!

I LOVE this app for keeping my library, however, I noticed that I’ve missed a LOT of messages for Early Reader copies because the app doesn’t notify me of the messages! This app could be SO much better considering most people do more ‘managing’ on their phones than at a computer! I’m at a computer all day so I don’t find it feasible to stay on in the evenings to manage my books. Goodreads app has all of their features on their app - so I’d really like to see this app updated because I do prefer the “cover” layout of my scanned books (as opposed to a list-style that Goodreads does)! I’ll definitely upgrade this to a 5⭐️ rating once the app is upgraded to include more of the same features as the website.