How do you keep track of your audio / book / misc. purchases?

[icterine]

I felt like I asked something similar before but based on a search, it was related to the tracking of games.

Thread 'Do you keep track of the games you play, and how?'

May 30, 2026

I think most here probably use VNDB to track the games played, and maybe some also use KoiLog to track otome games, or Backloggd for games in general, or some other tracking sites, or a combination of sites and excel.

On my end, I do use VNDB as well, but since I also track non-visual novels and want greater control over what I track, I also use google sheets to keep track of some things including:

- The games I play each year, with columns for details like when I start and finish the game, its platform and language, its play status and any other notes (e.g. the DLCs...

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Anyhow, I've decided to retire my personal Google Sheet tracker and move on to a HTML tracker instead to track my audio / text / book collections, so it got me wondering how everyone else manages to keep track.

I assume most people here use Excel or some library apps?

Screenshot of my personal tracker for those curious:

previous tracker

new one

 

[Beannie]

I am still in big disarray when it comes to my collection.

For (Art)Books/Manga/Magazines/LightNovels, etc I am using Calibre and slowly sorting out the entire collection (idk how, but I got over 7k e-pubs T-T).

For the Games spreadsheet + vndb seems to be enough for now

Audio is a black hole for now. I have one very cool app to try; however, most of my audio collection is not well kept (missing metadata, incorrect names), so any sorting will require manual labour (esp for only physical rips).

Love your new tracker!

 

[icterine]

I am still in big disarray when it comes to my collection.

For (Art)Books/Manga/Magazines/LightNovels, etc I am using Calibre and slowly sorting out the entire collection (idk how, but I got over 7k e-pubs T-T).

For the Games spreadsheet + vndb seems to be enough for now

Audio is a black hole for now. I have one very cool app to try; however, most of my audio collection is not well kept (missing metadata, incorrect names), so any sorting will require manual labour (esp for only physical rips).

Love your new tracker!

7k epub is incredible Lots of choices to feast on for sure!

 

[mirasaki]

Recently, I'm slowy sorting all collecting by using Notion as my personal drama CD collection tracker or anything I purchased from DLsite/lovecul (previously, I used Notion for my database or to translate the stories of the games I play.) Ofc I still have to fill it in manually, but at least I can sort by year and create a layout that allows me to easily identify the files I have based on the folders in my collection. Sometimes, when I have time, I also write reviews (with my mother language) after listening to drama CDs and exchange them privately with my friends.

But I wish there was a website that made tracking them easier like koilog (and wish I can make my own tracker with HTML)

screenshoot of my tracker and sorry with mozaic filter bc grab it from old screenshot lol

 

[icterine]

Recently, I'm slowy sorting all collecting by using Notion as my personal drama CD collection tracker or anything I purchased from DLsite/lovecul (previously, I used Notion for my database or to translate the stories of the games I play.) Ofc I still have to fill it in manually, but at least I can sort by year and create a layout that allows me to easily identify the files I have based on the folders in my collection. Sometimes, when I have time, I also write reviews (with my mother language) after listening to drama CDs and exchange them privately with my friends.

But I wish there was a website that made tracking them easier like koilog (and wish I can make my own tracker with HTML)

screenshoot of my tracker and sorry with mozaic filter bc grab it from old screenshot lol

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Wow, love the aesthetics, looks really neat and pleasing!

 

[baybridge]

For books, I use Goodreads (or Booklog but it's really limited to just books :x unlike Goodreads) but don't track the rest (oops) as I was in and out of enjoying otome-related content.
Doesn't help that hard drives keep dying on me over the years and I don't really recover from that ;;;
I'm trying to put together a list of games that I have (physical, digital that I still have) though it's just a simple list at this time