Book Tracking App

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I am worried that I might have to start using a different book tracking application on my iPhone. The app I’ve used for years (“Library List”) does not appear to be supported any more, and I need to look at other options. Anyone have thoughts? Minimum general functionality I’m looking for.

  • Track name, author, status (read/want to read), and be able to put in at least short notes
  • Ability to sort the list by name or author
  • Ability to import or export list of books from the app

Would be great to be able to:

  • Sort by status (so I could just pull up the unread stuff, for example)
  • Scan an ISBN and have the name & author populate
  • Be able to enter/mark the year I read the book (right now I put it in the notes and sort by the notes to figure that out)
  • Get metrics on what I’ve read
  • Maybe have some genre tracking of some kind so I could get metrics on that, too. :smiley:

I know a lot of people use Goodreads now to track their lists – for various reasons I’d rather not use them – but maybe that is what has knocked apps like this off the market? I don’t mind, I guess, if the data is stored in the Cloud vs on the phone. But it is super important data to me… so I don’t want to risk losing it.

Does anyone have any iPhone apps to suggest?

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I’ m also interested. I use to use Shelfari but then it was bought out by Amazon and then Goodreads ( or maybe Amazon bought Goodreads) either way, I didn’t like it as much.

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I have used Goodreads for years and it works for me. I like the lists I can create, the scanning feature, the friends feature, etc. I do think it’s a “go to” app for many people. Sorry you don’t want to use it!

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Just hate to give Amazon one more ounce of power in the publishing industry. They are already ruining it, and I prefer not to play any part in helping them along.