Greg Haglind Greg Haglind

Version 2.6 Released

We've added the following features and fixed some issues:

-Adding books is easier as you now have a popup to either try scanning your barcode or entering manually.

-Redesigned the reading progress screen for each of your books. Manually saving is no longer needed as the progress is automatically stored. The UI has also been updated in this section and looks great!

-Moved the author search to the filter menu to easily search in your library for a specific author or remove your author filter. Filtering by authors also shows in the top menu bar which author you've selected.

-Fixed so you can't accidentally mark a book as being read if it's still TBR or DNF.

-New widgets for your reading streak! We've added new home screen and lock screen widgets for viewing your current and longest reading streak, as well as a new widget button for marking you've read today. We also have new lock screen widgets for adding books and viewing your stats.

-For subscribers, the detailed monthly books read stats are now editable so you can remove any dates for finished books.

-Some under the hood performance enhancements.

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Greg Haglind Greg Haglind

Version 2.5.1 Released

Just some under the hood performance improvements as well as fixes the following pesky bugs:

--Fixed the camera sometimes incorrectly being upside down when scanning the ISBN or taking a book picture

--When adding a new book, fixed some details incorrectly getting cleared when taking a book picture

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Greg Haglind Greg Haglind

Version 2.5 Released

New to BookDragon are Widgets! Add widgets to either your home or lock screen to show your monthly and yearly reading amounts, as well as the current progress of your reading goals.

Adding, editing, or removing your reading goals is now easier. Just type in a number for your goal or use the counter to adjust the goal amount. Goals can also now easily be removed.

There's an additional reading preference. Maybe you didn't like but also didn't hate the book, or just aren't sure. A new preference has been added for this.

Adding books now stores the date a book is added to your library. This date is also editable.

For subscribers, monthly reading stats now show more info about every book you read including type, owned or borrowed, and pages read or audio listened to.

We've also made some under the hood performance enhancements, a few UI enhancements, and fixed a bunch of pesky bugs:

--Fixed year selector for subscribers showing incorrect years

--Fixed editing a date finished not correctly being reflected in stats

--Fixed books in progress having the pages read correctly being added to monthly and yearly reading stats

--Fixed filter for showing only books finished in the prior month

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Greg Haglind Greg Haglind

Version 2.4 Released

Loan a copy to someone? Keep track of who you loaned a book to, when you loaned it out, and when it was returned. If someone hasn't returned a loan yet, send them a message reminding them.

We've additionally made some under the hood performance improvements and fixed some pesky bugs.

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Greg Haglind Greg Haglind

Version 2.3.2 Released

Adding books and viewing stats is even easier! Now on your devices home screen, long press the app icon to bring up shortcut options. Easily add new books, view your stats, or just mark you read today. New menu options have also been added when you press and hold a book.

We've also made some under the hood performance changes and bug fixes to make sure BookDragon works great with the new iOS 17!

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Greg Haglind Greg Haglind

Version 2.3.1 Released

We've made some under the hood fixes to make the app more stable and reliable, as well as a few UI updates. A crash was also fixed when an internet connection isn't detected during a subscription purchase.

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Greg Haglind Greg Haglind

Version 2.3 Released

We’ve been hard at work making BookDragon easier to use and better than ever! New is adding and removing books from a wishlist. Want to send your wishlist to friends or family? No problem! In settings, go to transfer books and either message or email your wishlist.

Sometimes it’s easy to forget if you have any sort or filter options selected. Now in your library and finished list, you can easily see what views you have selected. We’ve also added an author filter option for your book library if there’s a particular author you’re looking for.

Marking if you like, love, or dislike a book is easier now by simply long pressing on the book in your library. You can also just long press a book to change the type you’re reading or mark you’ve finished it.

Searching for a book by ISBN or scanning the barcode now tries to retreive more detailed info. In addition to a summary description, the publisher, year published, and both ISBN 10 and ISBN 13 numbers are stored. Clicking on a book cover also now shows a full screen image.

We’ve also made some UI enhancements throughout the app and improved the book filter menus. Bugs seem to always crop up and we’ve squashed a few more.

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Greg Haglind Greg Haglind

Version 2.2 Released

Scanning the barcode of your books is even easier and faster now! Just point your devices camera at the barcode and BookDragon automatically starts searching as soon as an ISBN number is found.

We’ve added a new book description section for each book entry. When you search by the ISBN, BookDragon now searches and, if available, provides the description, along with the publisher and year published.

Some UI issues have also been cleaned up and pesky bugs squashed.

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Greg Haglind Greg Haglind

Version 2.1 Released

BookDragon is now easier to use with adding books! Using a different reading or book tracking app? Export from them as a .CSV file to import into BookDragon without having to re-add each book individually:

--Import a .CSV file to your existing library at any time.

--Option to import all your books as either new-reads or re-reads.

--Export your current BookDragon library as a .CSV file.

We've also squashed a couple more pesky UI bugs to make BookDragon better than ever!

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Greg Haglind Greg Haglind

Version 2.0.1 Released

Bugs are annoying however we squished a couple more:

--fixed iCloud sync issue where removing a book on one device crashes in the book library of another

--fixed split view UI issue on iPads in the finished view where text was getting cut off

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Greg Haglind Greg Haglind

Version 2.0 Released

It's our version 2.0 update and we've been hard at work making BookDragon even better!
 • Entering books now is even easier. Use your devices camera to scan the ISBN number and let it search for the copy. Have a book with a sticker covering the barcode? Just type in the ISBN number and search for the book information. BookDragon will also now try and fetch the cover for you.
 • Genre’s have been added so you can filter by either fiction, non-fiction, or both.
 • UI updates have been done throughout the app making it feel perfect on your iPhone or iPad. We’ve also worked to fix UI bugs when using split view on the iPad, so BookDragon works great while side-by-side with other apps.
 • Some pesky bugs have been squashed as well as performance improvements.
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Greg Haglind Greg Haglind

Version 1.1 Released

A couple of pesky bugs were squashed and some UI changes to make using the app even better! 

--New view options were added in your book library, so now you can additionally show only copies you've either bought or were gifted. 

--Fixed a bug where some sort options reset your filter selected.

--Fixed a couple UI bugs where text was cut off while using split view on the iPad.

--DNF stat history was also added in the yearly stat view, so now it's even easier to see how many books you didn't finish.

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Greg Haglind Greg Haglind

Version 1.0.1 Release

Fixed where text was getting cut off when using split view on the iPad. Viewing every book read in each book entered has also been cleaned up to show clearly no matter the device being used.

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Greg Haglind Greg Haglind

Version 1.0 Release

The first version has been released and is available to download on the app store!

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