Features

Everything FirstFinder does.

Newest first, dated by the day each one went live. For what's coming next, see the Roadmap.

October 2026

  1. Fill in an item by snapping a picture

    Snap a book's cover and copyright page in Quick Add, and the title, author, publisher, and printing are filled in for you to check, and the edition too when the page states it. The printing comes from the number line, with the reason shown, and anything you've typed is left alone.

    See how it works →
  2. Explore other collectors' shelves

    A new Explore page shows collections whose owners have chosen to be on it, each with a strip of covers they picked. Being on it is a separate switch from sharing your page at all, and it never shows prices.

September 2026

  1. Posters, ephemera, magazines, and periodicals

    Two new categories for the paper that isn't a book: posters and ephemera, and magazines and periodicals.

  2. Works with no signal

    Install FirstFinder to your home screen and your collection opens even in a basement with no signal. Finds, edits, and sales made offline wait on your phone and go up when the connection comes back, photos included.

    See how it works →
  3. Book details that fill themselves in

    Start typing a title and pick the book from the list: author, publisher, edition, and printing come with it. Titles with an identification guide come first and link to it.

  4. Recent finds that take you to the book

    The dashboard's recent finds are ordered by when you bought each one, and tapping a cover opens that book's record in your collection.

  5. A wishlist of its own

    Keep what you're hunting for in its own tab, with the most you'd pay. Share it on your public page without sharing that ceiling. When you find a copy, photograph it right there and it moves into your collection.

    See how it works →
  6. A shareable collection page

    Publish a read-only page of your collection at a link you control: choose what it shows, keep it unlisted or let search engines find it. Visitors can search, filter, switch layouts, and open the photos.

    See how it works →
  7. First-edition identification guides

    Sourced guides to telling a true first edition from a later printing, for Dune, The Great Gatsby, East of Eden, The Stand, and more, grouped by author.

  8. Dashboard filters

    Narrow the dashboard to one category or one stretch of time, and the totals and charts follow.

  9. Duplicate warnings

    Adding something you already have? FirstFinder points out the possible duplicate before you save it.

  10. Free and open source

    FirstFinder's code is public under the AGPL, and anyone can contribute. Feedback you send from the app becomes a public issue, without your email address or account attached.

August 2026

  1. Values from real sales, not guesses

    Estimated values for books come from a live search of what copies are actually listed for, rather than from memory.

  2. Identify an item from a photo

    Take a picture of the cover and FirstFinder fills in the details, with an estimated value, for you to check before saving. Two a day, free.

    See how it works →
  3. The dashboard

    Your collection at a glance: what it's worth, what you paid, how it has grown, and what you found most recently.

  4. Edit everything at once

    Export your collection to CSV, change it in a spreadsheet, and upload it back to update or remove items in bulk. Or edit right in the table, one cell at a time.

    See how it works →
  5. Condition grades and sharper filters

    Record each item's condition, and filter your collection by category, genre, edition, and printing.

  6. Collection reports for insurance

    Print or save a PDF of your collection and what it's worth, ready for an insurer, or download it as a CSV.

    See how it works →
  7. Track what you sold

    Mark an item sold and record what it sold for and when. The estimate from before the sale is kept, so you can see how you did.

  8. Find similar copies

    One tap searches AbeBooks and eBay for copies like yours, edition and printing included.

July 2026

  1. Your photos and receipts, kept

    Photos of each item and its receipt are stored privately with your account, visible only to you unless you share them.

  2. Your own account

    Sign up with an email and password or with Google, and reset your password if you forget it.