Altova MyCollections User Reviews

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Works fine

“Missing Page Sources” will stop me from adding/editing/viewing anything on the app pretty consistently. Not sure why or how to fix but it will stop eventually and the app works great after that

Not actually for personal use

So it’s an absolute nightmare to do anything to begin with but once you manage to get anywhere after finding ways around bugs and the nonsensical things it turns out you have only two choices. You can list it for sale or for lend. So calling it my collection is quite literally misleading and not accurate.
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Didn’t work

I literally just downloaded it. I create my account I go to create a collection and I am not able to because I’m supposed to add a field but it literally says it’s not an option when I click on anything to try to create a field I get a notification that just states missing page source. Every thing I click on is a missing page source. What’s the point of releasing a defective app?
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Really helps keep my collections documented and shared with my family!

Great for collectors. A bit of learning curve to use, but it’s been a godsend!

App concept is great, but it constantly crashes

I have been using this app to catalog my jewelry collection, and overall, I like the format and the concept. But there are a few issues that seem to keep coming up that prevent it from being amazing. The biggest problem is that it keeps crashing, especially when I try to use the “Search” feature. And often, I will try to click on an entry, only to have a pop up appear saying “Missing page sources” and then I have to reboot the app. The notes section also won’t allow me to say the same thing in multiple entries, which is annoying if I want to track something like what seller the piece was bought from. I really don’t want to have to switch apps, but I also can’t keep using something that crashes all the time.
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Beware

Found this app and immediately loved the set up. Simple and easy way to organize my record collection. After imputing 75 items I go to use it the next day and can only get a message prompt that says “Missing page sources” no explanation no help and no one to contact.
Hugh waste of time.

USED to love this app but..

**EDIT**
I have to lower my review to 1 star because it stopped working when I upgraded to iPhone 14. I just get this Cannot set ‘next process’ error. When I launch it. And it never loads. I tried to go into the forums but it won’t let me register with my gmail address. Please help. I’ll gladly raise my review back up if this can be resolved.

So far this app does nearly everything I want this type of app to do. I love being able to create my own fields for a collection. I have over 700 pc games and NEED to be able to see what I have so I don’t buy doubles. One thing that could be make this better is the ability to choose a default image compression percentage. Right now it’s 20% but I like 10 better and I have to change it for EVERY entry. Being able to set a default to 10 would be awesome. I hope I don’t run into the same problems as some others have. So far so good.
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Cataloging Fountain Pens and Inks

I’m using this to catalogue my hobby of fountain pens and their inks. The best thing about this is I can include pictures and determine the fields that I deem as important and am not forced to make my info fit into pre-determined fields. I like that it is cloud based so I can access my collection if I’m at a pen show, but can input the info via my iPad (which obviously has more screen space).
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As fancy as it needs to be

This is a straightforward app for cataloging whatever you enjoy collecting. It doesn’t have fancy graphics or elaborate interface because it doesn’t need those things. I like that the fields can be customized to input information about whatever you want. It is a single app for our diverse collections and collectors (we currently catalog a collection of guitars and a wrist watch collection.) I also appreciate that you can upload your own photos for each item.
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Good app for creating collections…but

I was excited to find this app and anticipated building extensive databases to track my collections. It is very versatile and user friendly. Everything was going swimmingly until recently. I encountered difficulties opening the app. Wouldn’t recognize my sign-in and I had to reset everything. When I finally was able to re-sync with the cloud, to my horror, all the data had been wiped from one of my collections. I had spent countless hours building it. I still like the app, but I’m very nervous about its dependability.

Update to my previous review:

I’ve taken away one star due to the latest (and only) update. It has really messed up my access. Some days it works, others all I get is the pop-up “missing page sources”. I can’t even sign in or out, or any of my collections. This app is in serious need of debugging.
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