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you probably realise that your main competitor is the spreadsheet I've written a version of this app for my own purposes three times. Then goodreads came along
by rdouble 13y ago
you probably realise that your main competitor is the spreadsheet
I've written a version of this app for my own purposes three times. Then goodreads came along. I think they are the main competitor to this sort of software right now.
- buro9 13y agogoodreads is great for discovery, but my girlfriend struggled and loathed it for cataloguing. I guess the real question is: Who is this aimed at? My girlfriend and her vast library is very likely not to be the most common use-case.
- rdouble 13y agoDid you use the mobile app? I used it to catalog about 600 books and was not amazed but it was probably the best free solution I have tried. The issue for the hobbyist developer is that the libraries to do the barcode scan on the iPhone cost money. Rolling your own is a pretty big undertaking for a niche app like this. Thus all the apps are about the same level of suck.
- DanBC 13y agoI'd have thought LibraryThing is the main competitor. (https://www.librarything.com/ https://www.librarything.com/)