Has potential, but falls short in a few key areas
I actually like the app. It’s not the easiest to use, but once you get it down, it’s not too bad. That being said, there are some key areas that need to be fixed. 1. I had to update the app to get the import from Goodreads function to work. That is fine, except now the option for lifetime purchase is no longer available. I will not buy a subscription based plan. I believe in supporting a program, but it is all too easy to get multiple forgotten subscriptions running and cancelling them can be a problem. Being on a fixed income due to medical issues, I buy once and expect things to continue to work how they did at time of purchase - and it should stay working for several years. 2. The import of Goodreads was basically pointless. The dates that are within the Goodreads system showing when I read a book, got changed in this system. It would say it completed both the correct date and another area stated that it was that date through the day of the import. Rather pointless if it’s not correct. Very few of the covers came across, maybe 25% of the 3000 imported. It also seemed to be short on details for many books, nor did it import all fields from Goodreads. But it did not say what would or would not be imported. Very frustrating. 3. It did not bring across any of my reviews from Goodreads. That was the whole point for me to switch to an app like this. I want one location for all reviews, then I always have a copy of what I said about what book, even if that system crashes, loses data or is shutdown. I don’t want to have to go in and modify hundreds of books to include prior written reviews, as well as have to fix read dates. I also want something so I can add more finished books and reviews through an import. If I could write it here and push it to Goodreads, that might work too, but that doesn’t seem to be an option. 4. Ideally I would like an app that can handle both books and comics. Goodreads falls short on that which is why I want something that is a local based system that I can keep updated. Though I can add manually, it’s not ideal when you are dealing with potentially thousands of comics plus thousands of books. 5. Modifying data isn’t easy. Deleting books is not easy, if I can even do that. Found an option to archive, but not delete. Streamlining the entire process would be helpful. I haven’t even tried to see if there are merge functions or duplicate finding. Those functions would be necessary. 6. The stats about reading overtime is interesting
