Comparison

Libinvenio vs Book Catalog

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

Head to head
About

Libinvenio

Features
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Libinvenio helps you catalog and organize your personal library and find good prices when you want to buy. SCAN β€’ Cover: photograph the cover and the book is identified automatically. β€’ Barcode (ISBN): point the camera and add it in seconds. β€’ Whole shelf: photograph the spines and add several books at once. ORGANIZE β€’ Create shelves and collections your way. β€’ Keep a wishlist for what to read next. β€’ Reading status, tags and notes. β€’ Edition details: publisher, translator, year, series and original language. COMPARE PRICES (new and used) β€’ See prices from a selection of Portuguese bookshops, second-hand dealers and marketplaces. β€’ Some stores show prices in the app; others open the store's own search. PRIVATE BY DESIGN β€’ No accounts, no sign-up. β€’ Your data stays on your device. β€’ No ads, no tracking. β€’ Back up your library to a file whenever you like. ACCESSIBILITY β€’ Three themes (Classic, Sepia, Midnight). β€’ Adjustable text size. Available in Portuguese and English.

About

Book Catalog

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Point your camera at a bookshelf. Book Catalog reads the spines and adds up to 40 books in one pass. Every other book app makes you scan barcodes one at a time. That is why people who own 400 books never finish cataloguing them. Book Catalog takes a photo of the whole shelf, recognises the spines on your device, and hands you a review list where you confirm the matches before anything is saved. A 500 book library is about 13 shelf photos. One afternoon. SCAN A WHOLE SHELF Photograph one shelf and get a list of what is on it, with a cover, title and author for each spine. Every match shows a confidence, and anything the camera was unsure about is flagged for you to check rather than guessed at. You approve the list, then the books are added. Recognition runs entirely on your device and the photo never leaves your phone. Prefer one at a time? Scan an ISBN barcode, search by title or author, or type a book in by hand. All of it is free and unlimited. BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO OWN THE BOOKS Most reading apps stop at a star rating. Book Catalog tracks the copy on your shelf: First edition and printing number Dust jacket present Condition, graded Fine through Poor Signed copies Provenance notes Purchase price and date Estimated value, and a running total for the whole collection Print an insurance inventory as a PDF with cover thumbnails, ISBNs, conditions and valuations, suitable for a homeowner's policy rider. Values are your own estimates and the document says so plainly. NEVER BUY THE SAME BOOK TWICE Book Catalog warns you at the moment you add a book you already own, and tells you which copy it collides with. It knows the difference between a second copy of the same edition, which is usually a mistake, and a different edition of the same work, which for a collector is often the point. There is a duplicates report for the whole library too. BRING YOUR LIBRARY WITH YOU Import a Goodreads or StoryGraph export, or any CSV, and keep your ratings, shelves and read dates. Import is free and unlimited, because a catalogue you cannot move into is no use to anyone. Export back out to CSV whenever you like. Your library is yours. TRACK THE READING TOO Shelves for read, reading, want to read and your wishlist, plus any custom shelves you want Reading progress by page or percent, with a session log An annual reading goal that shows whether you are on pace and by how much Streaks, pages per day, genre breakdown, and a year in books Saved quotes with page references A lending tracker for the books you have lent out and the ones you have borrowed Everything is stored on your device. Sign in to iCloud and it syncs privately to your other devices. There is no account, no sign up, and no server of ours holding your library. ACCESSIBLE BY DESIGN Full Dynamic Type support up to the largest accessibility sizes, VoiceOver labels on every book and every scan result, and status shown with a symbol and a label rather than colour alone. The camera is optional: manual entry and import cover everything. FREE AND PRO Free, with no limit: unlimited books, barcode scanning, manual entry, shelves, reading progress, statistics, the annual goal, iCloud sync, and Goodreads, StoryGraph and CSV import. Shelf Scan is free three times a day. BOOK CATALOG PRO Pro unlocks unlimited shelf scanning, the collector fields and collection valuation, the duplicates report, advanced statistics, and CSV and insurance PDF export. Pro is available as a weekly or yearly auto-renewable subscription, or as a one time purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew until canceled. Cancel anytime in your Apple ID Subscriptions settings at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Privacy policy: https://app.innovaapps.ai/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Libinvenio4 screens
Book Catalog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Book Catalog at none against Libinvenio's 4. Libinvenio's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Libinvenio sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Book Catalog asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Libinvenio versus Book Catalog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLibinvenioBook Catalog
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size45 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPedro AraujoAlex Gameli Heyman

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Libinvenio

One-time4
  • Small tip$1.99
  • Libinvenio Supporter$2.99
  • Medium tip$3.99
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  • Large tip$8.99
None

Book Catalog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Libinvenio free?
Libinvenio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Book Catalog free?
Book Catalog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Libinvenio or Book Catalog have ads?
Neither Libinvenio nor Book Catalog shows ads.

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