Near Mint vs Collections Database

Your collection’s sidekick. Near Mint is fast and local-first, keeping your collection available on your device. No Near Mint account or separate login is required. There are no subscriptions, in-app purchases, or additional fees. Near Mint is a home for cataloging, exploring, and enjoying your comics. Record the details that matter, add cover photos, and keep even a large collection easy to navigate. FIND ANY COMIC FAST Search by exact issue number or the beginning of a title. If there is no direct title match, Near Mint can find titles from letters in order. Advanced filters let you combine title and Notes searches with grade, Reading, Selling, and cover-photo criteria—including while adding comics to a Stack. ORGANIZE IT YOUR WAY Keep dedicated Reading and Selling lists, then create custom Stacks for anything else—favorite runs, conventions, creators, boxes, wish lists, or whatever fits your collection. Touch and hold a comic for quick actions, or swipe through the issues in a Stack. SEE THE COLLECTION BEHIND THE NUMBERS The Stats tab summarizes comics, titles, cover photos, grades, recent additions, Reading, Selling, and custom Stacks. Tap an actionable card to open the comics behind the number. PUT THE COVERS FRONT AND CENTER Add cover images from the camera or photo library, browse them in a dedicated Covers tab, and share the original locally stored file. Choose the cover size used in lists without changing the underlying image. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Recently Visited titles appear at the top of Collection, while recently viewed issues appear within each title. Choose how much history Near Mint remembers or clear it without changing your collection. LOCAL FIRST, WITH ICLOUD WHEN YOU WANT IT Your collection remains available locally. Collection details can sync through iCloud when available, and optional iCloud Covers can keep recovery copies of locally stored cover images and restore missing files. Import or export a Near Mint collection document whenever you want a separate portable copy of its details. BEYOND THE MAIN APP Use Featured, Stats, and Covers widgets. Add and find comics with Siri or Shortcuts. Find collection entries from Spotlight. Check Near Mint on Apple Watch, and use it on Mac as well as iPhone and iPad. Whether you have a focused pull list or shelves of back issues, Near Mint keeps the collection yours, understandable, and ready when you need it.

Collections is a personal database app to organize anything. 1. A field for every use Collections supports over 20+ field types: • Text, Number • Boolean • Picture • Select • Email, URL, Phone • Password • Date, Time • Color • Barcode And with the Pro version you can use even more advanced fields. • Document reference - Link documents together • Group - Add multiple values for a field • Formula - Create a formula for calculated values. Powerful formula editor with full support to math functions like SUM, AVG • Sources - Import documents from external APIs with Javascript 2. Customizable • Add and reorder fields • Add a separator between fields to better visualize them • Fields have different display styles like primary, secondary, thumbnail • Filter and sort data 3. Templates Collections includes basic templates to get started: • Books • Contacts • Expenses • Subscriptions • Credentials • Inventory • School 5. Advanced management Collections has different tools to help you creating the data model. SUBCOLLECTIONS Organize data into collections and subcollections. Simply said, they are like folders. LISTS A list contains items used in documents and it's very flexible. It could represent a Genre for a book or a Status like 'Available', 'Out of stock' for an object in the inventory. 6. Security • Protect collections using a password, Face ID or Touch ID • Sensitive data such as passwords are encrypted by default 7. iCloud Sync Data is synced automatically between devices through iCloud. 8. Apple's Shortcuts support Expand the app capabilities with Apple's Shortcuts support. 9. Pro version features • Add unlimited documents (free version is limited to 100 documents) • Add files to documents • Add advanced fields • Views • Grid • Use Summary to perform calculations across documents