This community helped me build and launch the collection app. Thanking each and every member who supported early
Hey everyone,
I’ve been collecting physical media for a while now, and at some point I realized the annoying part of tracking once the collections grew larger.
It was everything after that.
Standing in a thrift store or used media shop trying to remember:
do I already own this?
do I own the Blu-ray or the 4K?
is this the steelbook or the standard edition?
did I already buy this and forget it was sitting on another shelf at home?
I tried spreadsheets, notes apps, Letterboxd for logging, and a few collection tools, but nothing really felt built for the day-to-day reality of owning a growing shelf of discs.
So I built MovieShelf.
It’s an iPhone app for people who collect DVDs, Blu-rays, and 4K UHDs and want a cleaner way to catalog what they own.
What it does
Scan barcode to add a movie quickly
Search & add if you know the title already
Scan covers to capture format details and richer release details
Track things like:
format
edition / packaging
audio
subtitles
region
shelf location
price / condition / notes
Custom fields so it fits how you collect
Duplicate detection so you don’t accidentally buy the same movie twice
Why I made it
I didn’t want another generic movie app.
And honestly this community has helped me gather the feedback about real pain points that a serious collector will go through. Some of the features have been launched with the best I can do.
I wanted something that felt like it was actually made for collectors — especially people whose collections are big enough that memory stops being reliable.
The goal was basically:
open app
search shelf
know what I own
done
What I’m still working on
A lot of the current app came directly from beta tester feedback, and I’m still iterating on things like:
web app access
Letterboxd import
Blu-ray.com CSV import
better large-collection tools
more shelf / organization features
Who it’s for
people with shelves full of DVDs / Blu-rays / 4Ks
people who’ve bought duplicates and could have saved hundreds of dollars
people who want more than a spreadsheet
people who care about editions, formats, and collector details
so if this sounds useful, I’d genuinely love your feedback.
App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/movieshelf-media-organizer/id6760224869
And honestly, even if you don’t try it, I’d still love to know:
What’s the one thing your ideal physical media collection app absolutely needs to get right?