# ISBN Book Scanner & Library — user reviews

> 8 indexed App Store user reviews of ISBN Book Scanner & Library by Runar Ovesen Hjerpbakk, rated 1.00/5 from 1 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/isbn-book-scanner-and-library/id813124189/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/isbn-book-scanner-and-library/id813124189.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 0 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1

## Most critical reviews (8 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Pointless really

*2024-03-06*

Scans the code to tell you what the title and author of the book you’re holding is.

Bibtex export doesn’t work at all.

Links to Amazon US site.

### 1/5 — Useless for sharing lists

*2017-12-23*

Scans a whole bunch of books and creates a “history” list, but doesn’t allow you to share the whole list at once. You can only share one book at a time. Pointless.

**Developer response:** Thanks for your idea of sharing the entire history. I'll consider this for future versions.

### 1/5 — Don't bother! There are better out there

*2017-11-12*

Only one scan allowed before it asks you to purchase premium version. It won't keep the scan either- no history. So pointless!

**Developer response:** This means the book wasn't found in iBooks, but in one of the other premium sources. All history is preserved and the book will appear in the history after a premium purchase.

### 1/5 — Poor

*2016-10-11*

Doesn't Work - poor customer support. Disappointing.

**Developer response:** I'm sorry you didn't like the app. If you want, you can send more specific feedback to runar@hjerpbakk.com.

### 1/5 — Don't bother

*2016-08-19*

Free version does nothing but invite you to buy the premium version...

**Developer response:** Books found in Apple Books will always be visible, even without Premium. The pop-up is there to let you know that the book can be found, but not in Apple Books. If the book is not available in Apple Books but exists in other sources, the book will appear in history if Premium is purchased.

### 2/5 — Does what it says but to what purpose?

*2018-07-30*

I really wanted an app that I could scan the barcode or isbn and upload it to, say’ mendeley’ or create a list to export. No such luck. 

I can see it as good for when your out and about and see a book and want to save it for future purchase.

**Developer response:** Thanks for your suggestion. The ability to export the history of scans in various was will be considered for future version. As I've been away from academia for a long time, services such as Mendeley are new to me.

### 3/5 — Great but ..

*2026-07-27*

I really like this app. It is very intuitive and easy to use . So much so that ,when prompted,  I purchased the premium version for 2.99 as I was cataloguing all my books. This was easy and quick . However, every time I went back on the app I had to restore my purchase . This was a little frustrating at first . I’ve just tried again today and it is not allowing me to restore my purchase so I’m unable to export any more of my books to a CSV file. I don’t know if this is a bug . If this wasn’t the case this would be a 5 star review .

**Developer response:** Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I'm fixing this is the next release, submitted it today.

### 5/5 — Intelligent and useful

*2015-01-01*

Interesting and intelligent app. Works well, even better after paying .99 for premium. Out of 20 scans at bookstore, only one not found. Great time saver for finding and remembering books.

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