My wife has a gift. She can walk into any bookstore and find exactly what she wants — plus three more she didn't know she needed.
Over the years, our shelves filled up. Then the nightstands. Then the closets. At some point we stopped knowing what we actually owned. Did we already have that copy of East of Eden? Probably. Maybe. Better grab it just in case.
Sound familiar?
We tried a few catalog apps. Some worked okay. Most felt like they were designed in 2010 and hadn't been touched since. The barcode scanning was hit-or-miss. The interfaces were cluttered. And somehow, the simple act of tracking books felt like work.
So I built something better.
Sortlog started as a weekend project — a simple way to scan a book and remember that we own it. Point your phone at a barcode, and it's in your collection. No hunting through menus. No frustration.
It worked so well that I kept going. Search that actually finds things. CSV export for the spreadsheet nerds (I'm one of them). Clean design that doesn't make you squint.
Now we actually know what's on our shelves. And more importantly — she can keep buying books without guilt. That's the real win.
Sortlog is for collectors who love their stuff. People who get excited about a good find at a used bookstore. People whose "to-read" pile is more of a "to-read mountain." People who think owning too many books isn't a problem — it's a lifestyle.
If that's you, I built this for us.
— Fred
Founder, Sortlog