A personal librarian, at your service, to go... and FREE! Booxter for the Mac has always been the app of choice for serious collectors. Whether it's books, movies, music or comics, you will love the way in which your items are organized. Carry your collections with you with Booxter from the App Store! Scan barcodes with your iPhone or iPod Touch and send them to Booxter on your Mac! (Barcode scanning can be done with books, music and movies; comic book barcode scanning is not currently supported). Download the newest version of Booxter for the Mac, and enable Sharing in the Preferences. When you run Booxter on your iPhone/iPod Touch you will see your shared libraries and be able to export to your mobile device over a WiFi connection. In Booxter on your Mac, choose either Item->Add Multiple Items… or View->Code from the Main Menu to enable barcode scanning. Then on your iPhone/iPod Touch, tap the camera button at the top to start scanning barcodes over WiFi. It's that easy! Like the Mac version, Booxter will display your library and lists, and let you filter by numerous criteria so you can find what you are looking for quickly and easily. Searching is also supported so you can find what you are looking for instantly. Histograms provide insightful information on the structure of your libraries, and links to Amazon and other sites make purchasing from your shopping lists easy. Send items by email for reference later.
Waste
I got this app to carry my library from Booxter on my Mac. I bought the desktop version for just that purpose. It was a $30 app - very expensive for an app, but I thought it would be worth it to have my libraries sync and have my complete library with me on-the-go. It does not work, so it was a complete waste of money. There should be refunds available for dissatisfied customers when the vast majority of reviews are so bad. Update:: still a 1-star review, as the iOS version only shares with the Mac version. There is not a stand-alone app for iOS.
United StatesNo drag and drop
The drag and drop feature for web browsers (i.e. for Amazon purchases) doesn’t work at all in the latest release. Reduces utility to near zero.
United StatesGreat for scanning barcodes on books/CDs/DVDs
If you have Booxter on your Mac, you can easily use this app as a mobile scanner for books, CDs or DVDs in your collection. Thanks for updating it so it works on iOS 11!
United StatesGreat app, missing 2 big features
I'd been using Booxter on my Mac for several years before the iOS version was released, and was very excited to see it come out. It works great, but adding these two features would make it mind blowingly great! 1) Live editing of the database - When I find that one issue I'd been searching for, I would really like to be able to open this app on my iPhone and click "Owned" when I buy it. The app would then move that issue from one list (my missing issues list created on the desktop app) to the list displaying those I already own. I don't want to wait to get home, edit the DB on the desktop app, and re-sync. Of course, it would also... 2) Auto-magically sync the whole DB via iCloud, Box or Drop Box. Adding these two features would really raise the already great app into the stratosphere.
United StatesHorrible app
Was hoping to use this app with the desktop software to keep a library. Getting books into the database so painful I'm just giving up. Need some instructions or something.
United StatesUpdated review
UPDATE: I feel I should note that the most recent update to the program fixed the sharing/loading problem completely. It works like a dream now and it is one of the most useful things I have on my phone. Five stars. The desktop application is by far the best of its kind, which is why the spotty performance of the mobile app is such a disappointment. The problem is updating, which, in my experience works about 4 times out of 10 attempts. When it fails, the app is useless and won't even display any library. You have to delete the entire app, reload and re-install and start from scratch: and this will be unsuccessful at the same rate, around 6/10 tries. Just keep doing it till it finally works. This is, in fact, the way I use it. Every update requires several deletions and re-downloads. If you have lots of patience and time, it can work. Just make sure you have an hour or so to spare when you attempt an update. In my experience, it always works eventually.
United StatesMostly functional
Let me echo some of the other reviewers and say that the desktop version of the program is fantastic; I haven't tried any other personal library management programs but I wouldn't be at all surprised if, like a few people have said, Booxter was the best of them. The mobile app is badly in need of bug fixes, though. I've found that I am only able to sync my library to the desktop version by deleting and reinstalling the app. The app consistently crashed when trying to delete or sync libraries. Booxter Mobile also seems to have some unfinished elements, which is weird for an app that's been out so long (the last update was in October 2011). I am not exactly sure what the camera function is for; when you scan a barcode, the app vibrates the phone and displays the book's ISBN on the screen but doesn't feed that information anywhere that I can tell. If you get past those problems, though, it's still a useful app. As I mentioned, the desktop version of Booxter is excellent and a couple of minutes spent deleting the mobile app, reinstalling it, and syncing your library will give you a searchable list of all your books to consult while you're at the bookstore. With any luck the developers will finish putting a little polish on the app.
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- Supports iOS 13. - Supports Dark Mode in iOS 13. - Bug fixes.
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