What is a good application to catalog CDs?

Question

I have a music collection of 11,000+ CDs stored on shelves in order by artist.

I recently purchased a handy barcode scanner (for various reasons) and I would like to scan the UPC of these CDs and put them in a catalog. It would also be nice if the software could obtain the track and artist information and the cover art from a public database of these details.

What would be a good software application to use?

I'm looking just to catalog the CD metadata, not the actual music MP4 files. There are a number of applications that are "taggers", but these will not suit my needs as I do not intend to "digitize" this collection.

Windows or Mac.

Answer 1

Collectorz.com Music Collector

• Has Mac and PC version
• Standard: €24.95; Pro: €39.95
• Trial version

  The free trial edition is limited to 100 albums and a maximum of 200 searches in our online album database.
  Of course the licensed version has no limits at all.

  Interesting:

  Submit your email address below and instantly receive:

  • The download link for your free trial edition.
  • Your personal €4.00 discount coupon.

• Collectorz.com not only has a Music Collector, but also a Movie Collector, a Book Collector, a Comic Collector, and a Game Collector.
• Supports barcode scanner
• Has its own online database with millions of CDs, looks at other databases if CD isn't in its own one
• Supports Windows 8 (and some earlier versions too)
• More features (warning: veeeery long page - mostly because it's cluttered with screenshots)
• Difference between both versions:
• Last update on 16th of April 2014
• 'Review' on black-sabbath.com and on popbunker.net (a... bit... outdated - 2010)

Answer 2

OrangeCD Catalog

• Costs $34.95 (around €25.30 atm) 'per computer'
• Has a fully-functional 30-day trial
• 90-day money back guarantee and free life-time upgrades. They even offer a CD with the software! Wow...
• Supports barcode scanner (CueCat barcode recommended, website says - whatever)
• You can "search web sites like eBay, Amazon, or Google for album price or information"
• You can track who borrows your CD's (might be handy with so many CD's)
• Supports Racks & Tags
• You can add all kinds of (custom) information for tracks, albums and artists
• More features on 13
• Screenshots
• Supports Windows up to and including Vista. "OK, guys, I'll just pretend you said it supports 7 and 8 too"
• Latest update on 27th of February of... drumroll This year! Impressive, but not as impressive as Collectorz Music Collector
• Dutch review on PCM here: OrangeCD Catalog 6 | PCM

Answer 3

CD Storage Master

• Firstly: it's paid software. Standard Version: $29.95 (€21.68); Professional Version: $59.95 (€43.40)
• (yes, it has a free trial, with limits)
• Don't see anything about a CD limit (except for the trial version, but that's to be expected)
• It supports barcode scanners
• It supports real CD's, but also all kinds of music files. And it can also be used to catalog movies, "data" and games
• Supports Amazon and CDDB
• More features, and differences between different versions here: "Features - A powerful CD (...)"
• It does have one catch: the last version was released on the 29th of April 2011. But this probably isn't such a big problem.
  
  (and probably also Windows 8)
• Couldn't find any reviews for it

So, a lot to explore, 'ey? (I found this comparison of software from 2009 that might help you a bit)