# BookBuddy Pro: Book Tracker — user reviews > 324 indexed App Store user reviews of BookBuddy Pro by Kimico, Ltd., rated 4.80/5 from 5,903 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bookbuddy-pro-book-tracker/id395149950/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bookbuddy-pro-book-tracker/id395149950.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5,220 · 4★ 536 · 3★ 85 · 2★ 21 · 1★ 41 ## What do users think of BookBuddy Pro? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Easy to use - 🚀 Efficient scanning and cataloging - 🚀 Customizable organization - 🚀 Helpful customer support - 🚀 Affordable one-time purchase - 🚀 Syncs across devices - 🚀 Detailed book information - 🚀 Tracks loans and borrowing **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional syncing issues - 🐛 Limited search functionality - 🐛 Difficulty adding ebooks and audiobooks - 🐛 Inability to batch edit or assign multiple categories **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes after recent updates - Incorrect book information pulled from database - Scanning issues with older or international books **Most requested features** - Ability to add multiple authors per book - Option to sort by publication date or series order - Integration with ebook/audiobook platforms - Batch editing and multi-select capabilities - Online/cloud-based access to library - Recommendations based on reading history ## Newest reviews (19 of 324) ### 4/5 — Je ne peux pas accéder a mon NAS sur mon réseau ? Es-ce possible de changer DopBox pour mon NAS *2026-07-17, version 10.2.0* Belle application avec une limitation 4/5 ### 4/5 — Extremely useful! *2026-05-18, version 10.1.0* Been using this app for managing my library. Easy to use with a visually appealing interface. Bar scanning is quick. Have had trouble with the online search and it may take several tries to get a result. Only suggestion would be the ability to add magazines. Even the addition of volume and issue entries would be helpful. ### 4/5 — Good so far… *2026-05-13, version 10.0.7* However I have one issue. If I scan multiple books by the same author that is from the same series it doesn’t automatically number them. I’ve also tried rearranging them in order but it won’t work. If this could be added in an update I’d be soooooo ecstatic: it’s gonna take AGES to go through em all myself LOL ### 5/5 — One more feature please! *2026-04-17, version 10.0.7* I love this app! HOWEVER, can you please add a feature to where I can decide what fields I want to be standards/required? To have to manually add a field to each book is inefficient, and there are fields that I don’t use that I’d like to remove.🙂 *updated: the feature was there and somehow I missed it, thank you for responding! ### 4/5 — One more feature please! *2026-04-13, version 10.0.7* I love this app! HOWEVER, can you please add a feature to where I can decide what fields I want to be standards/required? To have to manually add a field to each book is inefficient, and there are fields that I don’t use that I’d like to remove.🙂 ### 5/5 — Ein wirklicher Helfer *2026-02-02* Ich habe mich lange darum gedrückt meine inzwischen beachtliche Privatsammlung zu katalogisieren. Mit Hilfe dieses einfach zu bedienenden und fantastischen Tools gelingt es mir sehr zu meiner Freude. Es macht die Arbeit so unendlich leichter. Aber es bleibt trotzdem Arbeit. ### 5/5 — Fantastic book collection app *2026-01-13, version 10.0.4* I really enjoy using this app. I migrated my library from a different system easily as BookBuddy allows import of csv files. The barcode scanning of new books works well and the user interface is clear and makes sense. I genuinely think this is one of the best designed and most useful apps I have ever had on phone/ipad. ### 3/5 — Seitenzahl *2026-01-03* Eigentlich eine tolle App! Übersichtlich und liefert viele Möglichkeiten seine Bücher im Blick zu behalten! Leider funktioniert das Tracking für die Seitenzahlen nicht mehr richtig. Angezeigt wird die Gesamtzahl der gelesenen Seiten eines Buches immer am aktuellen Tag. Dadurch erhält man keinen Leseverlauf. Bsp: am ersten Tag 50 Seiten gelesen, dann steht im Tracking „50 Seiten“; am zweiten Tag 30 weitere Seiten gelesen, dann stehen im Tracking „80 Seiten“ und für Tag 1 „0 Seiten“. ### 5/5 — Totally Worth the Price *2026-01-02, version 10.0.3* I recently bought this app as I wanted to keep better track of the books I bought for myself, my children, and my nieces and nephews. It took a little while to figure out how I wanted to organize everything, but now I have it down and it is AMAZING. I don’t think I’ll ever stop using this app. ### 3/5 — Good phone app *2026-01-01, version 10.0.3* I really like the app and it would have been my first choice for my library, but it doesn’t have a desktop option. I have a pretty extensive library and really want to be able to use all the features on my laptop as well. The online sharing option is fine for sharing with friends but doesn’t provide any app features so I can’t use it to manage my library. Disappointing because I do really like the app’s overall features. I’m going with Libib instead. ### 4/5 — Reading Stats Issue *2025-12-30, version 10.0.3* I love this app. It has so many great features for tracking and cataloging books. However, I noticed recently that in the reading stats page, it double counted a few of my books that I finished. It mainly did that on a small handful of rereads. ### 5/5 — Love *2025-12-29, version 10.0.3* Easy to use ### 5/5 — Great app💕 *2025-12-27* Good support as well. The paid version is worth it if you have many books ### 5/5 — Félicitations *2025-12-22, version 10.0.3* C’est vraiment la meilleure application que j’ai eue. Grandes félicitations Gilles-André ### 2/5 — A bit disappointed *2025-12-19, version 10.0.3* I am finding it difficult to add all of my books that I own. The app is not recognizing some Kindle books even when I search online. I have tried using the isbn number for these books and it tells me that they are not found. I spent the $10 for these books pro hoping for a better app, but not sure if it is worth it. Maybe I will just go back to Goodreads and be done…wish I could get a refund! ### 5/5 — Neatest Book App *2025-12-15, version 10.0.2* I have been using this app for five years to record my personal library and have currently entered over 9,600 books. It has been very adequate to record the information I want on each item. The app has continued to make improvements through the years. The ability to loan out books is a great feature. I’m glad to recommend it to my friends. ### 5/5 — Worth it *2025-12-10, version 10.0.2* I have never written an app review and may never do so again. If you’re an iOS user who loves to read books, own books, and catalogue them please buy this app. There’s also a smaller free version (up to 50 books I believe); I recommend you download that one, look around, and see for yourself. There’s so much to customize and change. This doesn’t have much of a “social” aspect; I tried the trial to let you share/see others’ libraries online, but it was too clunky. If social media isn’t a priority for you, this is the one! ### 3/5 — Adding Leslie/ Reading Levels *2025-12-05, version 10.0.2* This would be a great asset in an update! ### 5/5 — The best *2025-12-02, version 10.0.2* Love that I can add every edition of the book I own from special/limited/standard. The best book collection tracker I have found. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Копирование *2026-01-11* Почему на одном и том же аккаунте, но на разных устройствах (телефон и планшет) данные не копируются? На телефоне 885 книг, на планшете 0. **Developer response:** Please note that the library is saved locally on the device rather than on the internet while devices are not syned by default. If you wish to sync your devices, go on both devices to BookBuddy > Settings > Sync, tap Select Service > iCloud > Merge, and your library should get synced. Let us know if you encounter any issue! ### 1/5 — Family sharing not available *2025-07-27, version 9.8.1* Refunded as family app sharing not available on pro version. ### 1/5 — Does not work with scanner *2025-04-20, version 9.7.18* Tried scanning multiple books, both recent publishings and decades old publishings. About 1 percent of the scans were effective. Wasted money on the paid app based on reviews only to find it worthless for my needs. 0 stars do not buy this app. ### 1/5 — Don’t do it *2025-02-02, version 9.7.11* Shady in how they trick you into subscribing. I had no idea until I was charged. ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2023-11-02, version 9.5.5* Bought this app to catalog an extensive book collection. Most of the books scanned need to be manually input, which is a huge waste of time. There a no point to the app when most of the books are not listed in the ISBN database. Look elsewhere for an app for large collections. ### 1/5 — 购买是错误有决定 *2023-08-20* 只能手动录入书籍，扫描是无效的，购买会员也是一样，钱全花了，不要使用 ### 1/5 — Garbage *2022-08-21, version 9.2.6* Horrible! After loading over 600 books in here. One phone crash and they’re all gone! ### 1/5 — Decepcionado *2020-07-26* Aplicativo versão pro muito limitado , não encontra inúmeros livros, o scaneamento péssimo ! ### 1/5 — Bugs *2019-11-07* Depois de restaurar o último backup sumiram as capas dos livros! **Developer response:** Please note that you are using an old version of BookBuddy. Upgrade to the last version to fix this issue. UPDATE NOV-14-2019: we are following up on your issue to see if it was fixed after updating to the latest BookBuddy version. Can you confirm? ### 1/5 — 検索結果がおかしい。 *2018-01-22* 「オンラインで調べる」で検索すると関係ないものばかりが出てくる。 ISBNで調べても必要なものが出てこない。 **Developer response:** We just released a new version integrating Rakuten web services. This should improve barcode scanning results. Please give it a try and let us know what you think. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Félicitations *2026-08-02, version 10.2.0* C’est vraiment la meilleure application que j’ai eue. Grandes félicitations Gilles-André ### 5/5 — The *Buddy apps. *2026-08-01, version 10.2.0* I love these apps! I have them for books music and movies and they work great! ### 5/5 — Espectacular *2026-07-28, version 10.2.0* La mejor aplicación ### 5/5 — Great App *2026-06-23, version 10.1.3* I have over 600 books. This App is very user friendly. It allows me to even track my books that I have loaned out to people. It’s easy to scan new books in as well. All and all it’s a great App for keeping one’s library in order. ### 5/5 — Love this App *2026-06-15, version 10.1.3* I absolutely love this app, it tracks all of my books! I can use it across several platforms so while I’m out at stores, I can look at my book buddy and see if I already own a book that I was going to purchase because I have so many books, I can’t remember which ones I already have and do not have. It also lets me say where I’m storing the book because I store books in several places so I can put a location on it so I know exactly where to find my books. This has been an invaluable asset in my personal library. ### 5/5 — Best App Ever *2026-05-17, version 10.1.0* This is the best $4.99 my husband & I’ve ever spent! ### 5/5 — LOVE this app! *2026-05-15, version 10.0.7* I had no idea how many books I had or what they were worth until I catalogued them using BookBuddy+! At 1,300 and still counting—enough to add a rider to my renter’s insurance. ### 5/5 — Love this site *2026-05-04, version 10.0.7* Having fun. ### 5/5 — Fundamental *2026-05-01* App indispensável para qualquer biblioteca. ### 5/5 — Wonderful. *2026-04-29, version 10.0.7* I use this program often. It manages my crafting library. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*