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Terrific and Easy
I am new to book collecting and focused on books about magic and magicians. I looked around to find a way to keep track of my collection after I inadvertently acquired the same book twice (ultimately, no worries). I have a close friend who is a professional magician who helps me find books so also wanted an app that could be used and synced across platforms including mobile. Last, if something were to happen to me I wanted to have a listing of the collection with relative values for my family.
In short, this app checks all the boxes and is easy to use. Highly recommended.Show lesslsntommy
This App has awesome support!
I purchased the CLZ Book App a few months ago. I have to say that they helped me upload my collection when I was having problems with the CSV file. Their support has been so wonderful. Just recently the App started crashing on me on my phone when I tried to edit a new entry to place it in a collection. I contacted support and they got back to me before the day was out. He asked me some questions and gave me a few things to try. Before I could even try those suggestions out, I got an email saying that they had found the bug and were submitting their solution to Apple. It was so nice to know that there was a real person on the other side of the App and not an automated message. I love this app, for it’s ease of entry and also for the support. I bought the full version and am very happy with it.
I am adding to my review just to say that I had a question about moving books from one collection to another so I emailed support. I got an answer back within 15 minutes and the directions were clear and concise. Support is amazing for this app. You can tell the owner/designer takes great pride in the app and in providing support.Show lessPippin414
Developer Response
Hi Pippin414, Thank you for your great review. Happy to hear you had a good experience with customer support. We're always here for support emails, suggestions, whatever you need with the app. And indeed, we have real people on the other side! Find us over at help.clz.com if anything else comes up for you!Awesome app & excellent support!
I've been using this app for about 2 months, and couldn't be happier. I'm using the app in a slightly unconventional way - not for a personal book collection, but for the school's PTO book collection. The cloud feature of the app allows me to upload all our books, for parents / students to view what's available, and the flexibility of the app allowed me to customize each record to allow for people to select books they wanted.
Populating the app was very simple by scanning barcodes, and even when a barcode wasn't available, a manual entry was very easy to do. I did do some editing of records to ensure consistency across our database, but this too was very easy. I also edited a number of cover images by adding my own - again very simple a straightforward!
I highly recommend this app. Not only is it comprehensive yet simple, it comes with a first class support team. On occasions when I have had questions, I have dealt with three different support analysts, and each has been highly responsive, knowledgeable and friendly. You can't go wrong with this app!Show lessPaulaclaire
User since 2014
I’ve been collecting books my entire life and always wanted a library database like my local library. However, despite my best efforts, cataloging everything in excel and FileMaker Pro took forever and lacked the functionality I craved. I joined the Navy, and while I was in boot camp, my house burned down. My books were in the basement, and were destroyed by the water used to put out the fire. My family looked for a way to easily track my books for insurance purposes, and they found this app. This app answered both their needs and my needs. As I worked to rebuild my library, I kept buying duplicate books since I had a hard time differentiating the books I had lost from the books I had repurchased in my mind. I am now back over 6000 books and counting and I rely heavily on this app as well as the desktop version to keep track of my library. Sure, the core doesn’t have the most accurate or cleaned up data available and many plots are missing, but that allows us the take the data provided and make it our own. It’s a pity they had to change to a subscription service, because whenever I go to book stores or sales, I’m always suggesting CLZ products to my fellow patrons.
The barcode scanner saves me tons of time, I just wish there was a mass entry form for isbn numbers instead of opening the entry window, selecting the number keypad, and entering the isbn number. It’d save me a lot of time.Show lessHale.Yeah
Thank you CLZ!
I am amending my review to reflect the wonderful customer service I have received, as well as the functionality of the app. Of all the apps I tried to catalog my antique book collection, CLZ Books is my favorite. I like all the various data you can input, including reading date and price. My collection is from well before ISBN numbers (being published prior to 1900), so ease of manually inputting all of the data I want is important to me. I did try out scanning on one current book and it worked very well, but I haven't explored that side extensively. Edited to add, I just added a sci-fi/fantasy collection and used the ISBN scanner and was wowed by the plot summaries that came up! It's so fun!Show lessRockyMtnSky
Developer Response
Hi Rocky, thanks for your review. I am happy to hear you like our app and our customer service! If you have any questions about the app, don't hesitate to contact us through help.clz.comAwesome app and support
I downloaded this app after trying many book tracking apps. I found this to be the best interface to help get my son interested in reading. The cover flow is a great way for my son to see what he has read and help him to keep track of his favorite books. While I was using the generous trial phase the app turned into a subscription. However the company was kind enough to offer me the previous purchase option since I had downloaded it prior to the change. What amazing support! I love this app and company.Show lessJwiens35
Great tool to keep track of books!
I’ve been using Collectorz Book Collector for many years now, first on the Windows platform and then iOS as soon as the app was available. It’s very easy to add and edit on either platform (but using the app to scan barcodes is the easiest IMHO) and even easier to sync between them. This app has kept me from buying tons of duplicate books for my daughter (since I don’t read hers it’s difficult to remember all the ones she has). Technical support is also top notch. Over the years I’ve only had to contact them a handful of times but every time they’ve responded within 24 hours and had a solution for my problem, if not immediately, within a reasonable timeframe. I highly recommend this product for any book lover/collector.Show lessMTPitPlayer
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I purchased my CLZ Book Collector mid-2005 to inventory my late husbands book collection which is now over 4000 and counting. First, I have to compliment the CLZ support team for their immediate and helpful response over these years to any inquiries, technical or otherwise. I recently purchased the CLZ Book app. I look forward to utilizing as going through my collection on the app I can maneuver easily, access any title, author, and readily add to the collection. The app provides convenience and flexibility away from the laptop. Props to the CLZ team who continually work to improve their product for the benefit of their customers. Cheers! CamillaShow lessProps to CLZ
Best product and customer service
Great product for book collector. If you got books this is the best way to record them. I use it across an iPhone, iPad, MacBook, and Mac desktop. Seamless. The flexibility of the program is so great that you can record your books in a fashion that highlights what is important to you. You are not pinned down to a specific method that some geek programer in a back room who never owned a book thinks you should use to record your collections. It has flexibility.
Further and just as important or maybe more important is the customer service. I have had this product for 5-10 years and have consistently received the best customer service in the business. Every email is answered. First they understand your question and then they answer it. Other software customer service people do not understand the question, and then give you an answer from some script that the mother ship office directs them to use regardless of whether it answers the question or not. Not so here. These guys are terrific. The best in the business. Buy the product.Show lessmathiasuppercove
Developer Response
Hi mathiasuppercove, thank you for your great review. Very happy to hear you've had such great experience with customer support, and that you've been enjoying our software for so long! Thank you!Greatest
I love this app. It is exactly what I need to catalogue my books. It’s very flexible and easy to use but provides lots of options for sorting and placing in folders. It also has multiple views of your information. I was really happy to have the free copy to check it out before buying the full version. It does everything I want. I have thousands of books so having the scanner work well is huge. I also like having it on multiple devices. The sync works well. I have been looking for an app like this for years. Can’t say enough good things.Show lessGmablake
