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Questions, catalogued.

Everything TroveBin does, filed under one drawer — scanning, books and movies, organizing, stats and sharing.

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Getting started

A private catalogue for the things you collect. Today it handles movies — DVD, Blu-ray and 4K — and books. Snap a photo of a shelf and TroveBin reads every title, enriches each one with cover art and details, and files it away.

Not at all. Scan a whole shelf, a single cover, or a book’s barcode — or just search by title. Manual entry is always there when you want precise control.

Create an account, then add your first few titles by scanning a shelf or searching by name. From there you can filter, sort, and build out lists at your own pace.

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Scanning

Upload one or more photos of a shelf. AI reads every spine and cover, compares them against what you already own, and shows what’s missing — add any of them in a tap.

Yes. Cover scan lets you photograph a single case or book cover to auto-fill its title, year, and details.

On the Add Book screen, tap “Scan ISBN / Barcode” and point at the barcode or the printed ISBN. TroveBin reads the number — using your phone’s native barcode reader when available, or reading the digits with AI as a fallback — then pulls in the full book.

Every field is editable. You can also re-fetch from the source at any time by title or ISBN to refresh the details.

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Movies & books

Movies are matched against TheMovieDB; books against Google Books, with Open Library as a backup for covers and details.

Yes. A single switch flips between your Movies and Books, and each keeps its own filters, lists and stats. Choose which one opens first in Settings → Default tab.

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Organizing

Movies have a watched flag and books have a reading status — want to read, reading, or read. For either, create custom lists (from any card's bookmark icon) to line up what's next.

Yes. Give anything your own rating, jot private notes, and for books record start and finish dates and where it sits in a series.

Format, signed or first-edition flags, when and where you acquired something and for how much, and who you’ve lent it to — all in one place.

Add them to your wishlist to keep them separate from the shelf you actually own.

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Stats & sharing

Totals, formats, top genres, franchises or authors, decades, and either total runtime or pages — plus how many books you’ve finished this year.

Yes. Generate a read-only link and anyone can browse your trove — no account needed. Regenerate the link any time to revoke access.

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Account & data

Yes — download the whole thing as a CSV whenever you like.

Both. TroveBin ships a warm light theme and a dark “vault” for late-night cataloguing.

Your trove is yours. Nothing is public unless you choose to share a link.

Deleting your account removes your collection and profile for good.

Still curious?

The best way to learn it is to fill it.

Create an account and have your first shelf catalogued in minutes.

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