Solid companion app for a nice set of OSX apps
Pocketpedia itself is solid - does what it needs to do, what you’d expect. It’s strength lies in the fact that it is a single companion apps for multiple inventory applications. I use Bookpedia, Gamepedia, CDpedia and DVDpedia. Pocketpedia syncs with all of them and provides access to all within a single application. Just what I was looking for. I walked away from the Collectorz (CLZ) series of applications when they went to a subscription model. Bruji provided me with a solid replacement without a subscription.
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Decent Companion App But Needs IPhone X Update
It has been a year since the app has been updated and still does not support the new screen layouts for the iPhone X line. It’s frustrating to look at my collection on my phone. That on top of still having to manually sync with my computer and no iCloud or Dropbox support has me seriously considering a new app after using the desktop app for over 10 years now.
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Search is broken
Comes back instantly with nothing found, suggesting that it’s not even trying. The MacOs version searches through about 8 different sources and manages to find all my media no problem (but it’s far less convenient holding up to that camera than scanning with my phone).
Avoid.
Avoid.
it’ok but...
... version 3 doesn’t syncronize with new version 5.6.1, please advise
Response from developer
Do restart all devices and make sure there is no firewall setting that might be stopping the Bonjour message getting across, so that the devices can find each other. If that does not solve it, please try a dedicated network from under the wireless menu on your computer. Select "Create Network" and then connect your iOS device to that network and try the sync again. Should you still have trouble with the sync after that, please email us directly (support@bruji.com) so we can get into more details about your particular setup to solve the problem.
Okay but needs an update
This app is a great companion to the desktop app however there are several things that it lacks.
- adding games will only search the one database instead of giving you options from other websites.
- syncing is a nice feature, but having to do it manually every time seems old school
- adding some different view options would be a great help as well.
- adding games will only search the one database instead of giving you options from other websites.
- syncing is a nice feature, but having to do it manually every time seems old school
- adding some different view options would be a great help as well.
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Excellent
Does a fine job of cataloging CDs and LPs (and books and DVDs)
Easy to use, easy to input, syncs across phone, iPad and iMac very easily.
I always have my song listing with me, useful when hunting down rare singles.
Most importantly, customer service is really good should you have any queries.
Easy to use, easy to input, syncs across phone, iPad and iMac very easily.
I always have my song listing with me, useful when hunting down rare singles.
Most importantly, customer service is really good should you have any queries.
Almost perfect
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.
Response from developer
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.
Not bad for a portable db library, but...
The major problem is it can't find half the books I try to scan. It gets the ISBN correct but can't find any listings in online databases. Why I don't know, all are new books published in the last year, well known titles.
That's disappointing and a problem as a library grows, you can only add so many books manually before you give it up. If the developer can improve that feature it'll get 4 stars.
That's disappointing and a problem as a library grows, you can only add so many books manually before you give it up. If the developer can improve that feature it'll get 4 stars.
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Response from developer
At this point Pocketpedia3 only has access to Doghouse, our own online database built by our users' input. We hope to add more in the future to match the search scope of our Mac apps.
Does what it says and does it well
Maybe the folk at LinkedIn should give you call and get some advice on how to build an iPad app. I'm sure you could make it understandable for the beginner. :-)
Useful app but the search feature is lacking
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.
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