Libby, the library app Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience83.8% of reviews
Neutral4.8% of reviews
Negative experience11.4% of reviews

~ Based on 10,333 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Libby, the library app

Is Libby, the library app Safe?

Libby, the library app appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Libby, the library app is 98/100.

This assessment is based on 4,537,350 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.9/5.

Safety Analysis

97.3% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.4% of ratings suggest some concerns
1.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 4,537,350 App Store ratings for Libby, the library app.

Is Libby, the library app Legit?

Libby, the library app appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Libby, the library app is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Couldn’t “read” my novels without it

I’m a great collector of books I want to read… and that’s as far as I usually get. However, with the accountability of book club I am diligent at getting the allocated books read in time. My secret: borrow the audio, e-book and paper book from the library and alternate between them as each day evolves. The audiobooks are great for when I’m driving in the car or busy with cooking dinner, et cetera.. the cost savings of getting my audiobooks from Libby are significant; the quality is always excellent; and the use of the app very intuitive.
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My favorite app ever

I love Libby. There has been so many exciting and useful changes over the years and I feel like it improves monthly. I hope more libraries start using it.

AI has no place in creative space

Should have made it clear that there’s AI in the system and book listings. I feel duped and grossed out

The best app in the world

Thank goodness for public libraries. Upload your library card and gain access to thousand of audio books and ebooks for FREE (and no ads). Shout out to Cincinnati Hamilton county public library for maintaining one of the largest library systems by volume on Earth.

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Can we not?

Edit: now Libby is requiring I basically log in every time I want to place a book on hold. You can’t save my info like you have been for the last 10 years??? Get it together Libby. This app is so disappointing and I use it less and less and use Hoopla so much more.

Why is the app refreshing every minute when I’m listening to a book?? Also the car play features are not good. Them not working while driving is so dangerous. I should be able to hit pause on CarPlay and it pause. Nope. I got to pick up my phone (which is illegal in my state) and pause it. I’m over this app.
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Book Nerd

The selection is massive. Using the filters will take you right to the books you are interested in. Options include a wide range of ways to partake. Even magazines to scroll through!

Wish Libby had a couple of things

1 the ability to rate books
2 the ability to provide a list of all books read and the ability to identify books already read when doing a search.

Mostly Love it

I love the Libby app and listen to it daily. It has 95% of the books I wanna read. I just wish you could extend the checkout when you’re not finished without going to the end of the queue. Also, the position in the book doesn’t always sync between devices.

Takes too long

The waits are FOREVER! They need to buy more copies.

Libby

This app is great I love using it. The only thing I would like to see added is a place to rate the book for the library to know what people like and if they can make the timeline have a seating for 100% that would be great. All thing cusired this is a great app that I use at least 1 a week!!

Library at our fingertips

Easy to use and so convenient. 10/10

Awesome

Love being able to get free reads, the wait is sometimes long, hopefully Georgia will do better with the amount of books that can be loaned!! But I love a good free reads!

Great!

There is an amazing selection of books available! The only AI aspect is to help you find book recommendations, and it really does help.

So good

It is so nice

Such a Blessing

Now that I work from home, it’s so nice to have books to listen to. Also, due to medical conditions, I can no longer read in bed because I fall asleep too quickly, so these have always been my way of keeping up with all my favorite authors.

Love Libby

I have been using Libby for 3 years now. Honestly it’s one of the best apps to find a lot of great books and audiobooks! Not sure why anyone would not like free material 🤷🏻‍♀️

The Best

One of my most used apps - absolutely incredible how much is offered via my library for free. Was able to stop paying for audio books entirely

Been using since 2020

Ok so I’m an avid book worm, both physical and digital and I tell you that this app has been a game changer. I love listening to my favorite books online since I don’t have money to buy them. However I would request having more of the Nancy Drew Diaries and devotionals as well as teen appropriate literature. All in all I love it ❤️
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My opinion on Libby

It’s amazing and has helped me read a lot more books than I ever planned and most of the time has the books I want to read but it also doesn’t have a lot of books I want to read even in deep search such as hazardous universe but other than that it’s one of the best apps in the worlds for sure