Comparison

My Book List vs BookScanner Libro2Mano

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

My Book List

Effortlessly catalog your personal book collection with this library organizer. Easily add books by scanning barcodes or searching online, and view your library with customizable sorting and filters. Keep track of reading status, ratings, and notes for each title.

Highlights
  • ISBN barcode scanning
  • Online book search
  • Customizable library views
  • Read status and ratings
  • Multi-device syncing
  • Import/export library data
Features
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Catalog your entire home library in an afternoon. Snap a photo of any shelf and the AI adds every title. No typing, no spreadsheets, no scattered notes. Trusted by 600+ readers and rated 4.1 stars on the App Store since 2011. • Catalog a 200-book shelf in five minutes. Point your camera. AI reads the spines and adds the books. • Add a single book in seconds by scanning the barcode on the back cover. • Bring your Kindle library across in one tap. No CSV juggling. • Find anything in plain English. "That biography about the architect" works. • AI sorts your shelves by genre, mood, and theme so you stop tagging by hand. • Read on iPhone, edit on iPad, look something up offline at the bookstore. Sync handles the rest. How it works: 1. Point your camera at a shelf and let AI populate your library. 2. Sort, tag, and mark books as Read, Reading, or To Read. 3. Pick up on any device. Share with friends, join a club, ask for a recommendation when you want one. Coming from another app or a spreadsheet? Import CSV, TSV, JSON, XLSX, BibTeX, or RIS files. Field mapping is built in. Real review: "I had a bunch of books I needed to inventory and the barcode scanner made it incredibly easy. Great app." BuckeyeCityCates, App Store review, 2024 Free to start with twenty books and three barcode scans. Open the app and add your first shelf. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when purchasing a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://BigBalli.com/privacy

About

BookScanner Libro2Mano

Easily scan used books to find their ISBN and related data, or manually enter details. List your books for sale on the dedicated webpage to give them a new life.

Highlights
  • Scan ISBN barcodes
  • Manually enter book data
  • Find book information
  • List books for sale
  • Webpage integration
Features
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In Libro2Mano we want you to give another opportunity to all those books that no longer fit on the bookshelf, that you have stored, or that you no longer want but that, like us, you would never throw away. We take care of everything Choose the books you want to sell, scan the ISBN with the app (we will provide you with all the data we find), or fill manually the data, go to the webpage www.libro2mano.com and that's all .

Screenshots

My Book List4 screens
BookScanner Libro2Mano4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BookScanner Libro2Mano at none against My Book List's 14. BookScanner Libro2Mano also leads on iOS requirement (10.3 vs 17.0). My Book List's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. My Book List sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. BookScanner Libro2Mano asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

My Book List holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Book List has 639 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 49% of My Book List's written reviews are positive against 50% of BookScanner Libro2Mano's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Book List ships an update every 4 days, BookScanner Libro2Mano every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
My Book List versus BookScanner Libro2Mano: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Book ListBookScanner Libro2Mano
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (639 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews48.7% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings639 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.010.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBigBalli Consulting llcRafermedia SL.

Customer experience

My Book List

All ratings639 ratings
Positive78.1%
Neutral6.9%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews339 reviews
Positive48.7%
Neutral10.9%
Negative40.4%

BookScanner Libro2Mano

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

My Book List

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Books disappearing from user libraries
  • Scanning and importing issues
  • Crashes and freezes when using certain features
  • Inconsistent behavior across iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to sort books by series or genre
  • Option to manually add book details
  • Offline access to book lists
  • Improved search and filtering capabilities
  • Sync across multiple devices

BookScanner Libro2Mano

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

My Book List

Subscriptions3
  • Full unlock$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly Offer$14.991 Year
  • Full unlock$24.991 Year
One-time11
  • extra details for all books$0.99
  • Barcode scanner$0.99
  • remote database & device sync$1.99
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  • CSV Import$3.99
  • Amazon Kindle eBook import$3.99
  • BibTeX and Zotero export$4.99
  • 500 Tokens$4.99
  • 1000 Tokens$9.99
  • 10000 Tokens$49.99
  • Lifetime Full Unlock$49.99
  • 20000 Tokens$79.99
None

BookScanner Libro2Mano

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Book List free?
My Book List is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BookScanner Libro2Mano free?
BookScanner Libro2Mano is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My Book List or BookScanner Libro2Mano?
My Book List is rated higher. My Book List averages 4.1 out of 5 from 639 ratings, while BookScanner Libro2Mano averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do My Book List or BookScanner Libro2Mano have ads?
Neither My Book List nor BookScanner Libro2Mano shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Book List or BookScanner Libro2Mano?
My Book List ships an update every 4 days, and BookScanner Libro2Mano every 2 months. Most recently, My Book List was updated on October 17, 2026 and BookScanner Libro2Mano on October 3, 2026.

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