I LOVE how I can easily edit everything to suit me. The borrowed and loaned stuff is great too. BUT it crashes 9/10 times after adding something to it. It does however save what you put in before it crashed, so minor annoyance at worst. If this could be fixed it would be a five star app for sure.
Developer Response
Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad to hear you're enjoying Pocketpedia! Of course, the crashes shouldn't happen, especially on a regular basis like that. Do please email us directly (you'll find our email on the Bruji Support page) and we'll take a closer look at the problem.This is a good app that helps keep track of your music collection. Also, you can search whether you have a particular song in your CD collection; however, the search function is very basic compared to the desktop (Mac) version. Specifically, you can only search by the song title only; in fact, it has to be worded EXACTLY, meaning, you must include ALL words in the song title, and in the correct order. On the desktop (Mac) version, you can search using just keywords, in any order, and most importantly, you can search using a combination of words in the song title AND artist, which comes in handy when, say, you want to know how many times an artist's song appears across your CD collection. Lastly, if you simply want to search how many times an artist (no particular song) appears in your collection the app only displays CD's solely by that artist only, but not any compilations that may have that particular artist on it, whereas, the desktop (Mac) version does this effortlessly. Until the search feature matches the desktop version (if ever) I'll keep the rating at its present state.
On the plus side, I’m happy to be able to sync with Bookpedia so I have my book list on the go to avoid buying duplicates.
On the minus side, there are some areas where the app needs work: 1. Syncing is manual rather than automatic and continuous like Apple’s apps with iCloud. 2. The menu for delete, edit, etc. is under an icon like Apple’s share icon, which is confusing. 3. There is no way to search within my own library.
I use the desktop DVDpedia app and have grown to like its versatile sorting features. So when I saw Pocketpedia I thought it would be just as versatile. Pocketpedia syncs very well with DVDpedia but you can ONLY sort by movie title and director. In my case I would love the option to sort by Collection ID or just any other field populated by the desktop app. More sorting and customization options would make it very powerful. Also add more database search options other than Doghouse. It does not seem to difficult to add that ability next update.
I really like the idea of this app but it has issues with syncing. When I add something on the iPhone or iPad and do a sync it will lose any cover art that was associated with the entry. The search via doghouse using the isbn or upc codes never finds an item but entering the name manually works many of those times. I have all of the pedia apps on the Mac and they are great and get much more information then this app can provide. They need to work on the search and sync issues to make this work the price.
Always know what you own already - no more duplicate purchases of CDs or books (or DVDS or games). Help locate your media. Can't remember the author? you can keyword search. This software lets you carry your libraries on your phone and iPad, syncing with your laptop. Easily move things you donate to keep a record of gifts. Keep track of things to loan to friends - you can even send them email to nudge them to return something.
Have been using the desktop software for several years...very good app. However, this iPad app is mediocre at best. As another reviewer stated, it looks good at first site but after using it, especially with a sizable collection, you'll quickly notice it's mediocrity. It took 2 years after the first iPad was introduced to get this app and since then the company has only released very minor updates with most of those being bug fixes. You don't even have the ability to view your collection in grid form! How can something as necessary and elementary as that be overlooked with it being 2 years late to the game. There's no ability to add movies or edit directly on the iPad (something that I was immediately able to do once I went with Collectorz). As a once-loyal customer, I got tired of the lack of updates and sub-par app and moved to a better competitor!
I love this app because it allows me to track my library of over 4000 books. I frequently use it in bookstores to see if I already own the book I'm looking at! It works great in conjunction with the desktop version. I'm not sure how useful it would be without that.
I would rate it as 5 stars if:
It had iCloud sync and
You could edit entries from the app. I like to include date purchased, price paid, and date read. For almost 9 months, developers have said that editing was coming. Please complete this task.
Library needs to be expanded. I'm not sure why books I find easily on Goodreads cannot be found here.
I have been using this program for years so please continue to improve it. Bookpedia really is one of my favorite apps!
It's easy to get all the basics up and running and create something that looks good at first glance. It's when you use it and start getting into details that this falls over. Syncing worked once for me, now it's broken. If you just want to scroll through a library of many hundreds (in my case about 2,000) titles then that thin strip down the left hand side of my iPad to view everything in just doesn't cut it. Because the wonderful App Store forces me to buy without trying I'm writing this review to help others. I would not purchase this until maybe another version or two has ironed out the bugs.
A great addition to the Pedia family that makes the other Pedias far more useful. It's far easier to make a selection from 600+ titles by using Pocketpedia3 on a iPad than to pour over shelf after shelf of discs or even than firing up your Mac.
A must for Pedia users who own an iPad, the app works beautifully, and allows you to browse your collection comfortably, displaying almost all the detail stored on your Mac in an easy to access form.
I'd like a few more sort options (e.g. by genre or running time), but the app is too good the way it is to allow a nitpick to lower my rating.
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