About TroveScore
Built for the pile you've been meaning to deal with.
TroveScore is a web app that identifies every book in one photo of a shelf, shows what each one is worth from real eBay prices, and helps you decide whether to sell, donate or keep it. The books you keep become a catalogue of your library, where you can track what you've read and share your shelves as a public Showcase.
Our Story
I'm Ankush. Like a lot of families, ours has books everywhere — currently-reading piles from the kids (8 and 14), forgotten library books, shelves of stuff we haven't touched in years. It's a mess. And the tools that exist to deal with it? They scan one item at a time. Which means you spend ten minutes to process a shelf of fifty books, and you never actually get started.
TroveScore was built to fix that. Point your phone at a bookshelf and our AI identifies every book in frame — then routes each one to the best action: list it for sale, donate it, or keep it. No one-at-a-time friction. Just a smarter way to know what your trove is actually worth.
Then it grew into a home for the books we keep: a record of the whole library, what each of us has read, and a shelf we can share.
TroveScore is a product of ARSHANTI, LLC. It's a family project — I built the tool I wished existed, for the shelves in our house and the ones in yours.
What Makes TroveScore Different
A whole shelf in one photo
Most book apps scan one barcode at a time. TroveScore reads every spine and cover in the frame, so a shelf of fifty books takes one photo.
Real resale prices
Values come from current eBay listings, by condition, in your own currency. Books worth selling can be listed on eBay straight from the app.
A next step for every book
Each book gets a suggestion: sell it, donate it to a library or school nearby, give it away, or keep it.
A home for the books you keep
Your Trove is a catalogue of your library. Track what you've read, check whether you already own a book, and share your shelves as a public Showcase.
Who It's For
Individuals & Families
Clearing out a room, downsizing, or just finally dealing with the shelf you've been ignoring. Scan it, know what it's worth, act on it.
Readers
Mark what you've read, rate it, and see your reading year. Check whether you already own a book before you buy it again.
Collectors & Home Libraries
Catalogue a whole library shelf by shelf, keep every book in one place, and share it as a public Showcase.
Estate Sale Professionals
Process entire collections faster. Let AI sort and price books so you can focus on running the sale.
Thrift Stores
Triage donations quickly. Know at intake which items are worth listing online and which go straight to the floor.
How It Works
Snap a photo
Point your camera at a shelf, a stack, a single cover, or a barcode. One photo is all it takes.
AI identifies everything
TroveScore recognizes every book in frame — titles, authors, ISBNs — and looks up current resale value.
Get Recommendations
Each book is routed: sell it, donate it, or keep it. Books flagged for sale can be listed on eBay directly from the app.
Share your Showcase
Flip one switch and your Trove becomes a public page you can share — your books, spine by spine, on a shelf anyone can browse. Your library, your link.
Key Facts
- What it is
- An AI book scanner and home library catalogue
- Made by
- ARSHANTI, LLC, a family business
- Started
- 2026
- Where it runs
- In the web browser on iPhone, iPad, Android and computers. Nothing to install.
- Plans
- Free and Patron plans (compare plans)
- Account
- Not needed to scan. Sign in with Google or Apple to keep your books.
- Prices from
- eBay in the US, UK, Canada and Australia
- Scan photos
- Never stored
Where TroveScore Works
The scanner works anywhere. Marketplace pricing, one-tap eBay listing, and donation matching switch on market by market — here's where each is live today.
| Market | Book pricing | Sell on eBay | Donation matching |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | US$, from eBay.com | Yes | Libraries & schools |
| United Kingdom | £, from eBay.co.uk | Yes | Coming soon |
| Canada | C$, from eBay.ca | Yes | Coming soon |
| Australia | A$, from eBay.com.au | Yes | Coming soon |
| Everywhere else | Shown in US$ | US / UK / Canada / Australia eBay accounts only | Not yet |
Pricing follows the country TroveScore detects for you — you can change it in Settings. More eBay markets are on the way.
Where We're Headed
We're staying with books. Next we want them to move more easily between people who have them and people who need them — peer-to-peer sharing, so a title on your shelf can find a reader nearby. And we want local libraries and schools to be able to procure those free books themselves: see what's being offered, claim what their community can actually use, and skip the guesswork of a donation bin.
If you have feedback or want to follow along, get in touch.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who makes TroveScore?
TroveScore is built by Ankush, as a family project, and is a product of ARSHANTI, LLC.
Is TroveScore free?
There are free and Patron plans. Scanning is free and needs no account. Patron is a paid membership for larger libraries and extra features, like more Showcase themes and every past reading year.
Do I need to install an app?
No. TroveScore runs in the web browser on iPhone, iPad, Android phones and computers. Open trovescore.com and scan.
Which countries does TroveScore work in?
The scanner works anywhere. Book prices and eBay listing are available in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Library and school donation matching is in the United States for now.
Does TroveScore keep my photos?
No. Scan photos are processed in memory and never stored. Only what was found in them (titles, authors, ISBNs, prices) is saved to your Trove.
Can TroveScore tell me if I already own a book?
Yes. With an account, Book Check searches your Trove by title, author or barcode, so you can check in a bookstore before buying a second copy.
More answers, on scanning, prices, your Trove and the Showcase, are on the help page.
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