App for collections -with import

dewalist · January 28th, 2010, 09:02 AM

Hi all,

I'm looking for an app that will let me store my lists -movies to watch/have watched, books to read/have read, music I have, music I want, etc. Right now they are in a spreadsheet format. I thought I could use Google Docs but editing a spreadsheet there is a lengthy process at best.

I tried Cards (-) which has a nice customizable data structure. I was able to create the fields as I wanted them to be, but without an import feature it would not be worth the effort. I also tried "My Collection Free" but the data structure isn't customizable, so I couldn't add fields like "read?" or "series".

I don't really need anything that scans, although that would be a bonus. Ideally if it could save or sync to a website that would perfect because I could make edits either on my phone or PC.

Any suggestions? Are there apps or even websites out there that would do this type of organization well?

dewalist · January 29th, 2010, 07:25 PM

I don't like to bump threads, but I'm surprised that no one has any suggestions. I hope I'm not the only one who carries around music and book lists... :-)

jeffdlb · January 29th, 2010, 09:27 PM

You are not the only one; I am struggling with this issue as well. I need to migrate from Palm OS to Android (or something), and am stuck until a good mobile database becomes available. I have been using Smartlist for Palm, and have databases for books, films, CDs, chord changes for songs, groceries, auto maintenance, mileage tracking, business expenses, weight tracking, inventory, ...

dewalist · January 29th, 2010, 10:00 PM

If you do find anything - please let me know! :-)

I really thought "Cards (-)" was going to work... Hopefully the developer will add an import feature soon.

jeffdlb · January 30th, 2010, 08:40 AM

Does the "Cards (-)" app have a website? The name is impossible to Google because the special chars are ignored and the word "cards" has so many semantic meanings.

jeffdlb · January 30th, 2010, 08:43 AM

What's really sad is that Android has an SQLite DB under the hood--it should be trivial for a programmer who knows SQL & Java to write a front-end that lets us manage our own DBs. I'd be tempted to try it myself if my non-work time weren't already so overbooked.

dewalist · January 30th, 2010, 09:18 AM

Yeah - having that (-) in the title wasn't a good idea... Here is the link:

Coder Minus

Hmm - I didn't know that. You would think that Google would have put some type of Access-like app from the start then...

Same here - my free time is already spoken for (and I'm a sucky programmer) but I'm going to try and make time to fool around and see what I can come up with.