Bookshelf Scanner Reviews: Is It Legit?

Name: Bookshelf Scanner: Spines
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)

Bookshelf Scanner: Spines

True Story Limited

🛍️ Shopping

📚 Books

Customer Experience

Positive experience36.4% of reviews

Neutral0.0% of reviews

Negative experience63.6% of reviews

~ Based on 11 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Bookshelf Scanner Safe?

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Is Bookshelf Scanner Legit?

Bookshelf Scanner: Spines has limited verification signals. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Bookshelf Scanner is 58/100.

Based on 58 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Greedy

It’s not worth what they are charging

Mmsgdgdh

23 days ago

Response from developer

Sorry it didn't feel worth it. Honestly curious: what would have made it worth paying for, or what price would've felt fair? I read every email: support@spinesapp.com

Spines Review

I cannot thank the people who made this app enough! I needed this years ago. Not only do I use it when I am at thrift shops, I also use it when my friends send me pictures of shelves and ask me what I want. It saves so much time and gives me some reassurance that I won’t miss that book I’ve been looking for.

Ppennyslat

a month ago

Gem finder 💎

Such a great concept! There's no way I would have even NOTICED some of the great books its recommended to me

LLou-Jane-1980

2 months ago

I love this app

Many days I’ve spent trawling through book shelves in charity shops wishing for an easier way to find the books I’m looking for. This app is amazing. It cuts the time down so I can spend more time reading and visiting other shops.

RRosiewigglechops

2 months ago

Flash required

I appreciate the developers addressed an update glitch reported earlier. However, my iPad doesn’t have a flash so it’s said the camera can’t be enabled for the app.

UUniqLoMa

3 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the follow-up. Spines is built for iPhone, but it can be installed on iPad in compatibility mode — and you've hit a bug there: on iPads without a flash, our camera setup fails when it shouldn't, since the camera doesn't actually need one. A fix is going into the next update. In the meantime, if you try it on an iPhone it should work great — let us know if not.

Unable to update

Open and it directed me to AppStore for an update, then nothing happened and no subsequent action indicated.

UUniqLoMa

3 months ago

Response from developer

Sorry about that! A server change on our side sent the app looking for an update that hadn't been released yet — completely our fault. It's fixed now, so if you reopen Spines it should work normally (a force-quit and reopen will clear it if not). We'd really appreciate a second chance — and if you hit any other issues, we're at support@spinesapp.com. Thanks!

Not worth it

So the concept is an app that helps you find books more easily when sorting through large amount of books. Sounds good until you see it’s $50 a year? I don’t want another subscription. There’s gotta be a better way to monetize this service. Maybe like a one time $10 price for full access but I cannot get behind paying for another subscription

A3All the names were taken 321

3 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the honest feedback — we know another subscription is a hard sell. Just so you know, you don't have to pay to use Spines: the free tier gives you scans every month at no cost, so you can keep using it as-is. We're also actively looking at our pricing options, and feedback like this directly shapes that. Hope you'll stick with the free version in the meantime!

A bit steep

£5/month for a book scanning app. Maybe if it was £1, was expecting free with ads. Neat idea, but over monetised.

SASome dude that used this app!

4 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the honest feedback — glad the idea landed even if the price didn't! Worth knowing: there's a free tier (3 scans a month, with personalised "For You" matches), and the yearly plan works out around £2.90/month. We went subscription instead of ads because each scan runs AI processing that costs us per use, and we didn't want to clutter a cosy book-hunting app with adverts. Happy hunting either way!

Idea is great but still needs work

Doesn‘t have all books searchable. would be nice to have the ability to add grabbed books into favourites.
The search text to add to favourites is in white and therefore i can’t see what I have typed and if there are spelling mistakes.
I also can‘t find all my favourite books in the search and some of which are bestsellers.
The photo search of my bookshelf was ok, not fully accurate (missed some books completely or misidentified some books) but decent.
Just my first hours use of the apps issues, of course there could be more limits to it that I haven’t noticed yet.

..Smitty14

6 months ago

Outstanding

An indispensable app in my library, whilst I enjoy perusing through a book shelf I find myself tiring very quickly. This app has enabled me to source a number of titles on my personal wishlist which I’d initially failed to spot on the shelf! A brilliant idea and super easy to use. Five stars.

D1Deep poison 13

6 months ago

Great Idea, but shuts down before scan

Love the idea, I hope you guys get it fixed.
I can‘t even start scanning, as the app gets shut every time i try.
I‘m using an iPhone 17, outdated OS should not be the issue.
I love the Idea and concept. But right now it‘s just useless.

AAntoniasr

6 months ago

Response from developer

So sorry about this — you caught a crash that affected some iPhone models around launch, and it was fixed shortly after in an update. If you give Spines another try with the latest version, scanning should work perfectly. We'd love to hear how you get on — and thank you for the kind words about the idea. Happy book hunting!