xLibrary vs Restricted Section

xLibrary is your personal home library manager, built for readers who want everything about their collection in one place. Whether you have 50 books or 5,000, xLibrary helps you catalogue, track, and rediscover your physical collection, and now comes with a private ebook library built right in. SCAN AND SEARCH Scan any book barcode to add it instantly, or search by title and author. Rich metadata loads automatically: cover, synopsis, publisher, genres, page count and more. TRACK YOUR READING Tag books as Currently Reading, Next to Read, Must Re-Read, Read, or Wishlist. Log your current page and watch your progress bar fill up. Rate every book out of 5 stars and write personal notes. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY Browse in list view or switch to a 2 or 3-column grid. Filter by reading status, genre, or star rating. Search instantly across your entire collection. READING STATS See your library at a glance: total books, pages read, favourite genres, top authors, and a chart of your books by publication year. WISHLIST AND STORE AVAILABILITY Connect your favourite bookstore, and your wishlist checks live availability as you browse, so you always know which books you can pick up today. SHARE YOUR WISHLIST Tap one button to generate a shareable link to your wishlist. Anyone can open it in any browser, no app required. Perfect for sending to friends or family before your birthday. NYT BEST SELLERS Browse the New York Times Best Sellers lists and add books directly to your library or wishlist with a single tap. EBOOK MODE Tap and hold the xLibrary logo to switch into your own private, on-device ebook library, kept completely separate from your physical collection. Import your own EPUBs and PDFs, browse and download thousands of free classics from Project Gutenberg, or connect your Calibre-Web server to bring in your existing ebook collection. Read with a built-in EPUB and PDF viewer, adjust fonts, themes and layout to your liking, highlight passages and jot down notes, and track your ebook reading stats separately from your physical library. Switch back any time, the same way you got in. CLOUD BACKUP Sign in with your email, no password needed, just a 6-digit code. Your entire library is securely backed up and syncs across devices automatically. Works fully offline too. CUSTOM COVERS Not happy with the automatic cover? Take a photo of your physical book and use the built-in perspective crop editor to get a perfect shot. xLibrary works offline from the moment you open it.

Never buy a book you already own. Restricted Section is your personal book catalog for iPhone. Scan the barcode on any book to add it instantly — cover art, author, series, and metadata included. When you're browsing a store or a friend's shelf, scan to check ownership in seconds. SCAN TO ADD Point at any book's barcode. Restricted Section looks it up via Google Books and adds it to your library automatically. No typing required. ENTER ISBN MANUALLY Can't scan the barcode? Type the ISBN directly and get the same instant lookup. CHECK BEFORE YOU BUY A single tap launches the Check scanner. Scan any book for an immediate answer — green checkmark if you own it, red X if you don't. No more duplicates. TRACK YOUR READING Mark books as Unread, Reading, Finished, or Wishlist. Add a 1–5 star rating and personal notes to any book in your collection. BROWSE BY SERIES Group your books by series and see which volumes you have — and which are still missing. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Everything stays on your device. No account. No cloud sync. No analytics. The only network requests the app makes are ISBN lookups to fetch book metadata — nothing personal ever leaves your phone. Restricted Section is free, open source, and built for people who take their bookshelves seriously.