Decimator User Reviews

Decimator
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Kosada Incorporated

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Good but needs updates

I love being able to look find the Dewey decimal number for certain topics for certain books but it needs to get more detailed. So many of my books are categorized under 813 or 823 but I know there is more after the decimal point. The app won’t tell me. I have to find other resources to tell me.

Not impressed

I wanted to find the number for "calculus". No luck. "Vietnam War". Nope. "woodworking". Nada. I'm not sure what this app is supposed to do, but it doesn't look up dewey decimal numbers for any but the most basic topics (or one of the detailed topics it has on file, such as "International migration and colonization").
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Great for What it's Meant to Do

It's always nice to have Dewey in your Pocket.

Great! But Search function limited

Very handy while browsing at the library. Wish the search function would include more than just the official categories. For example, including 'cheetahs' instead of just mammals. Searching for 'cheetahs' should direct you to the mammals section instead of giving 'no results'

Searchable Dewey!

I very much appreciate being able to search by topic or Dewey number. I've spent 30 years in libraries using the Library of Congress classification system, and am now re-learning the Dewey system. I could have used this app at work yesterday, but am happy to now have it in my toolkit. If this app was updated to be optimized for the iPad Retina display, I would give it 5 stars.
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The first thing I looked for was FILM

I must have misunderstood. This app will not help me find a book in the library, at least not readily. I searched for a book titled Film but first I had to know that film belongs to Arts and recreation. That makes sense. Then I had to know the subcategory, I picked sports games and entertainment thinking it might be one of those. Next I had to pick from another large group of options and since I already knew that the book would be in the 791 range I picked Public performances because you can't watch a film in private. Ah...there it is, Motion Pictures. Goodbye free app, it was a brief relationship.
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Works Like 793.8

Magic!

Nice and useful app

I would never have known the dewey decimal number for the Arabian peninsula /for free/ without this app.

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