BookBuddy vs LibraryThing
March 13, 2026 | Author: Maria Lin
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BookBuddy is a powerful book management app for iOS, giving you access to your entire book catalog. It lets quickly find any book in your library, share favorites, track borrowed and checked-out books. It also allows to manage classroom library, sync it across devices, export book lists to Excel and Numbers. The app features a built-in barcode scanner for adding books. It supports split-screen multitasking on iPad.
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LibraryThing is free cataloging and social networking site for book lovers. LibraryThing allows to create online catalog of books and access it from anywhere - even on your mobile phone. You can upload own book collections and parse metadata from Amazon, track your reading progress, rate and review books. Because everyone catalogs together, LibraryThing also connects people with the same books, comes up with suggestions for what to read next. You can check out other peoples' libraries, see whose library is most similar to yours, swap reading suggestions, and more. You can also turn your library into a real online catalog for visitors. Available in over 50 languages.
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BookBuddy vs LibraryThing in our news:
2017. LibraryThing gets own Android app
LibraryThing, the online service for managing personal libraries, has launched an app for Android. It replicates the iPhone/iOS app. You can explore and search your library overall and by collection, add books, CDs and DVDs by scanning barcodes (barcode scanning is EXTREMELY FAST), add items by searching by title, author, ISBN, etc., browse and upload covers using your Android’s camera and perform minor editing, such as adding books to collections and rating them (major editing is done via a link to LibraryThing.com). It’s designed for a phone but will also function on your Android tablet. Additionally, LibraryThing is offering lifetime memberships to anyone who uses the app.
2013. LibraryThing offers free accounts
Following Amazon’s acquisition of Goodreads, online book organizer LibraryThing (which typically charges users for a subscription to manage more than 200 books) decided to offer some complimentary memberships and enhance customer retention. The service is giving away free annual accounts to everyone who registers before the end of Sunday. After a year, your books will remain accessible, but you'll need to purchase a subscription—pay-what-you-want—to add more than 200 books. LibraryThing is an online service designed to help users catalog their books easily. You can access your catalog from anywhere—even on your mobile phone. Since everyone catalogs collectively, LibraryThing also connects users with similar books and provides recommendations for what to read next, among other features.
