Plumerie vs Restricted Section

Your books deserve better than a spreadsheet. Plumerie is a home library app for people who own physical books. Catalog what you have, share with family, and lend to friends — all without ads, affiliate links, or Amazon. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Family sharing that actually works. One shared library where everyone can browse, with separate reading histories. Built for households that share shelves. Lending that doesn't require a group chat. Lend a book to anyone — even friends who don't have the app. Plumerie tracks who has what so you don't have to. Scan to add in seconds. Point your camera at a barcode. Done. Plumerie looks up the cover, title, author, and description automatically. AI-powered search. Can't remember the title? Describe it. Plumerie finds it. 45 languages supported. ISBN-routed to the right book data source automatically. THE PHILOSOPHY Read what you own. Borrow before you buy. Plumerie isn't trying to sell you books. There are no recommendations engineered to drive purchases, no affiliate links, no ads. Just your library. Free tier: up to 100 books (individual) or 500 books with 5 family members. No trial period. Permanently free. Built by one person in Helsinki. Terms of Use: https://www.plumerielibrary.com/terms

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.