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BookBuddy: My Library Manager Screenshots

iPad

iPhone

About BookBuddy: My Library Manager

BookBuddy is a powerful book management app that gives you access to your entire book catalog, anywhere. Using BookBuddy is fun and easy, allowing you to quickly find any book in your library, share your favorite books, and keep track of borrowed and lent books.

FREE VERSION

- BookBuddy has all the features of BookBuddy Pro with a 50 book limit.
- BookBuddy can be upgraded via In-App Purchase for unlimited book storage.

KEY FEATURES

• Adding Your Books
Add your books using the following options:
- Scan barcode
- Enter ISBN
- Search online by keyword
- Add manually
- Import from CSV file

• Organizing Your Books
Place your books where they belong:
- My Books — books you own
- Wish List — books you wish to own
- Borrowed — books you borrowed from others
- Previously Owned — books you no longer own

• Syncing Your Library
Sync your library across multiple devices using iCloud or Dropbox sync.

• Sharing Your Library
Share your library online via the BookBuddy Companion website and invite anyone to view it (requires a monthly subscription).

MORE TO LOVE

• Universal app — pay once and use BookBuddy on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Mac.
• Personalize — use categories and tags, mark favorites, add personal notes, and much more.
• Appearance — choose either list or grid view to best match your needs.
• Custom Filters — filter your library by multiple criteria.
• Advanced Sorting — apply multi-level data sorting.
• Loans — instantly track books that are currently loaned out.
• Multiple selection — apply batch operations using multiple selection.
• Reading Status — filter your books by their reading status.
• Quick find — instantly find books by entering search keywords or scanning their barcodes.
• Export — quickly export your library into CSV, PDF, or HTML formats.
• Print — easily print selected books to AirPrint-enabled printers.
• Backup — create backups to any cloud service.
• Activity History — view the full history of your reading and loaning activities.
• Duplicates — quickly detect duplicates and easily remove them.
• Privacy — your library is saved locally and privately on your device.
• And so much more!

CLASSROOM LIBRARY MANAGER (for teachers)

• Manage — use BookBuddy to manage your classroom library and track student checkouts.
• Checkout History — easily track checkout history and view statistics.
• Contacts — save your student names in BookBuddy Contacts rather than in your personal Contacts app.
• Reading Level Fields — use various fields to track the reading level of your books.
• Online Sharing — allow students to self-checkout books via the BookBuddy Companion website (requires a monthly subscription).

FEEDBACK

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What's New in the Latest Version 9.5.10

Last updated on Apr 18, 2024

Old Versions

- Online Sharing (Professional plan): added "User Name Entry" setting allowing to prevent users from manually typing their user names (i.e. forcing to select from a list)
- Online Sharing (Professional plan): added "Live Checkout Notifications" setting allowing to receive email notifications whenever a book is borrowed or returned
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

Version History

9.5.10

Apr 18, 2024

9.5.9

Jan 31, 2024

Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.5.8

Dec 24, 2023

- Allow sorting by "User-Supplied Descriptor" field
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.5.7

Dec 8, 2023

- Added swipe-to-right gesture on the Search and Pick Random Book pages
- Apple Silicon Mac users: improved CMD+N keyboard shortcut
- Apple Silicon Mac users: added CMD+UP and CMD+DOWN keyboard shortcuts for scrolling to top or bottom
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.5.6

Dec 1, 2023

- Added support for swipe-to-right gesture allowing to change reading status and current page
- Improved swipe-to-left gesture on iPad by showing popups rather than modal pages
- Bug fixes and stability improvements
** If you enjoy this update, please rate BookBuddy on the App Store! **

9.5.5

Oct 26, 2023

Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.5.4

Oct 11, 2023

- Bug fixes and stability improvements

What's New in 9.5.3
- Added iOS 17 compatibility
- Online Sharing: added "Filters" setting at Settings > Online Sharing > General, which allows showing/hiding any filter available in BookBuddy app on the website
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.5.3

Oct 11, 2023

- Added iOS 17 compatibility
- Online Sharing: added "Filters" setting at Settings > Online Sharing > General, which allows showing/hiding any filter available in BookBuddy app on the website
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.5.2

Aug 10, 2023

Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.5.1

Jul 11, 2023

- Allow resetting the Loan History to a specific date (via bottom bar > Loan History > filter icon at the top right corner)
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.5.0

Jun 14, 2023

This update brings highly requested features to make it even easier to catalog your collection!
Main features:
- Improved List View customization by allowing to show multiple fields in any order (via Settings > List View > Library tab > Fields).
- Added ‘Review when Finished’ setting on the ‘Change Reading Status’ page to allow reviewing a book once it’s finished.
- Allow picking a random book from the library (via the Search page > shuffle icon at the top right corner).
- Allow multiple selection while the book list appears in Cover View.
- Allow removing all tags in one step when editing the Tags field (via the “three dots” icon at the top right corner of the Edit Tags page).
- Improved data protection by showing a “Discard Info?” confirmation dialog when the Cancel button is selected while there are pending changes.
- Added ‘Default Dimensions Unit’ at Settings > General > Online Fields, to allow selecting centimeters or inches for the Dimensions field.
- Fixed issue where default category is not displayed in the Edit Book / New Book page.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements.

If you enjoy this update, please rate BookBuddy on the App Store!

9.4.7

May 24, 2023

- Online Sharing now supports even larger libraries
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.4.6

Apr 7, 2023

Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.4.5

Mar 29, 2023

Added annual option for purchasing Online Sharing subscription in discounted price.

9.4.4

Mar 16, 2023

Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.4.2

Mar 3, 2023

Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.4.0

Feb 27, 2023

This major update brings fully customized filters!

Main features:
- Added Library Filters page available at the bottom bar of the app.
- Any number of library filters can be added via Edit > Add Filter.
- Any library filter can be assigned with a specific sort item.
- Any library filter can be assigned with a single or multiple book lists.
- The entire library can now be browsed via filters (e.g. Reading Status, Favorites, Series, Tags) similar to the My Books page.
- Any library filter can be marked as a custom filter.
- A custom filter can include multiple sub filters to allow filtering your books by multiple criteria.
- A custom filter can be used to filter books by multiple tags.

Minor features:
- Allow adding tags to any book in the library regardless of its location (e.g. Wish List or Borrowed list).
- Allow adding books that are currently borrowed to the ‘Read Next’ list.

** If you enjoy this update, please rate BookBuddy on the App Store! **

9.3.12

Feb 22, 2023

Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.3.11

Feb 14, 2023

Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.3.10

Feb 8, 2023

- Books that are currently borrowed can also be added to the 'Read Next' list
- Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.3.9

Jan 4, 2023

Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.3.8

Dec 20, 2022

Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.3.7

Dec 6, 2022

Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.3.6

Nov 27, 2022

Bug fixes and stability improvements

9.3.5

Nov 23, 2022

Bug fixes and stability improvements

Feedback Report

BookBuddy: My Library Manager FAQ

How to download BookBuddy: My Library Manager if it’s not available in your country?

Click here to learn how to download BookBuddy: My Library Manager in restricted country or region.

What's the minimum requirements to run BookBuddy: My Library Manager?

Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of BookBuddy: My Library Manager.

iPhone

Requires iOS 16.0 or later.

iPad

Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.

What language does BookBuddy: My Library Manager support?

BookBuddy: My Library Manager supports English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese