Artwork on a book’s detail view is too low-quality currently.
Icollections app shortcut series#
There’s no series functionality, so you can’t tell the app that books belong in a series together and should thus be grouped together.
Sorting options are also too limited – currently you can only sort by insertion date, book title, or author’s (first) name. For example, there’s currently no way to perform bulk actions on books, so if you wanted to tag several books in your Library, you’ll have to tag each book individually. iOS 13’s system dark mode is employed well, as are context menus, which let you long-press a book to see a few convenient options for adding that title to either the Library or Wish List, removing it from there, or marking a book as read.īook Track’s novelty can also be a negative, as it’s currently lacking several features I would hope to see in every book tracker. Like every modern iPad app should, Book Track supports Split View and Slide Over multitasking. iCloud sync ensures your database is effortlessly kept up-to-date wherever you are. On the positive side, the app recognizes the importance of being multi-platform so it exists on iPhone, iPad, and the Mac. Each tag you create be assigned a different color, though the color options are currently pretty limited so I hope that changes in the future.īook Track follows your device’s system appearance setting.īeing a new app gives Book Track some advantages and disadvantages. Book Track includes a feature to mark a book as read, but it doesn’t keep track of completion dates, so I’ve found tagging a valuable option for tracking my reading over the years. Apple Books, Kindle, etc.) but also to track when I read a title. I’m currently using tags not only to indicate where a book lives (e.g. You can assign any number of tags to a book, then easily filter to see only books with one or more of your selected tags. Book Track solves that problem for me with its tagging system. When I’m looking for a particular book, or just checking to see if I own something already, I have to check all of these separate places. For example, I own books in Apple Books, Kindle, Audible, a platform called Logos, and of course, physical books are a thing too.
Keeping track of your personal book library can be difficult in our present day, because you might have books living in all sorts of siloed platforms. Tags are the standout feature that has made Book Track work for me. Library displays your books in a grid featuring the book title and author, cover art, an icon indicating that the book’s in your Library, 1 and any tags you may have assigned. However, it’s a very simple place to save titles you want to own and/or read some day. I typically save “wish list” books inside Apple Books’ Want to Read section, so I haven’t used the Wish List feature in Book Track much. Book Track, with a few exceptions, largely succeeds at that.īook Track is divided into two main sections: Library and Wish List. When it comes to utilities like book trackers, I prefer that apps keep complication to a minimum while still providing the key functionality I need. One new option that debuted recently is Book Track, an app designed to provide key library management features in a clean and simple interface. Book tracking, for example, features a few solid choices that are still actively developed, but largely this category receives less developer attention than I’d hope.
The App Store contains millions of apps, yet for some app categories there can be a real scarcity of quality options.
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