You can download free software to make lists and keep track of any number of things, so you don't have to spend any money at all. But as with most things in life, you get what you pay for. Free movie organizer software is probably designed to organize a collection generically—you can use it to list books, for instance, or a bottle cap collection. It's just a database that's started for you—you fill in the rest.

You can probably even find free or very cheap movie organizer software, designed for a movie collection. But it's still going to be little more than a pre-set database just for movies. You can do that with any office software yourself. And it's going to take a long time to enter even an average-sized collection. You'll want to stick with titles only to keep it from becoming a time-eating project.

Now consider how much money you have invested in your movie collection, and how much you enjoy it. Also consider how it's worth finding an affordable but full-featured movie organizer program that you'll have fun using, enters movie information for you quickly and easily, and looks like an online catalog of movies, complete with DVD cover images. The convenience alone makes this type of software worth the price, but the fun factor makes it the type of movie organizer software no movie lover should be without.

If money isn't the make-or-break factor in choosing movie organizer software, then convenience should be. How many movies do you have? How long will it take you to enter just the titles into simple database software, or a database of your own making? Are you really going to want to enter all the information you'd probably like to have at your fingertips?

How much better would it be if the movie organizer software did all that for you, with a few clicks? How much time can you save? Choose full-featured software so you can spend less time organizing the database, and more time watching your movies!

While some people naturally find the biggest software manufacturer and choose their products without much thought, or they search online and find whatever looks okay to them, you'd be wise to consider the software company that makes the movie organizer software. Huge corporations can't compete with smaller companies when it comes to personal customer service. Is the software updated often? Are there forums so you can interact with other customers? Choose movie organizer software with all the features you want from a company that supports its products and cares about its customers, then if you do encounter a problem, you know you can find the help you need.