# BookBuddy: Digital Library

> Organize your books, explore new titles, and manage your personal library.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.bookbuddy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.bookbuddy)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.bookbuddy`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Oxigen
- **Category:** BOOKS\_AND\_REFERENCE
- **Downloads:** 31,116
- **Rating:** 2.15 / 5 (171 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.3.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-07
- **First published:** 2024-03-13
- **Publisher country:** CA
- **Size:** 96 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bookbuddy)
- **Website:** [https://www.bookbuddyapp.com](https://www.bookbuddyapp.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.bookbuddyapp.com/privacy](https://www.bookbuddyapp.com/privacy)

## Description

BookBuddy: Digital Library is your reading companion that beautifully organizes your entire reading life—your personal library, your social reading circle, and AI-powered discovery in one seamless app.

Key features include: personal library with status tracking and reviews; AI daily recommendations; friend activity feed and social discovery; loan tracker with borrower details; wishlist with instant Amazon buy links; barcode scanner to add books in seconds; and a dark, reader-friendly interface.

## Rankings

- #365,115 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.bookbuddy.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE`
- `com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ`
- `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE`
- `com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE`
- `com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE`
- `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ`
- `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE`

## Review summary

Users appreciate the concept of scanning books to build a digital library and the app's organizing features. However, multiple reviews report serious issues including frequent crashes, failure to add scanned or searched books, and inability to register or log in, especially with Google accounts. Additionally, some users have lost all their saved progress as the app deleted their added books. These problems significantly affect the app's usability and user satisfaction.

### Pros

- Allows scanning of books to add to a digital library.
- Provides options to add books via ISBN or camera scanning.
- Has a user interface that shows sorting and organizing features.

### Cons

- App frequently crashes, especially after scanning many books.
- Many users unable to register or log in, particularly with Google account.
- Scanning and ISBN search often fail to add books, resulting in blank screens or errors.
- App sometimes deletes previously added books or fails to save progress.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.bookbuddy)