# LibrariesNI — user reviews > 15 indexed App Store user reviews of LibrariesNI by Northern Ireland Library Authority. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/librariesni/id873149969/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/librariesni/id873149969.md ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Terrible since update *2025-07-06, version 2025.24* Used to be not too bad but since update last year takes ages to open to get barcode to take out books also I keep adding my husband my account and after a few months it is not linked and have to add again ### 1/5 — Poor *2025-04-01, version 2024.25* Wildly out of date. It also constantly logs me out and doesn’t recognise my login details. ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2025-03-02, version 2024.25* Constantly removes linked accounts ### 1/5 — Rubbish! No longer works! *2024-02-08, version 2022.2.6* Used to be a great app, sorry ‘good’ app, only feature it required was to be able to filter results by library I.e you should be able to see if a title or books by a certain author are currently available in your library … however all it no says, when a search is performed, is ‘catalogue provider unavailable’… basically you can no longer search the available books across the N.I. Libraries ### 1/5 — New Update is rubbish *2023-05-03, version 2022.2.2* The new update doesn’t show filters, position for reserved books. The app should have been improved but it has got worse ### 1/5 — Libraries_NI *2019-03-21, version 4.1* Worked alright in Pat’s Brae but locked up when I returned to the Inspire centre so had to delete it ### 1/5 — Libraries ni app *2015-08-19, version 1.0* App used to be great now for last few months keep getting server error when try to access account ### 2/5 — Works intermittently *2023-05-10, version 2022.2.2* Newest update doesn’t allow you to filter by book, ebook etc. I also haven’t been able reserve any books for the last week, I get a “Reservation Denied” error with no further explanation. ### 3/5 — Could be better *2017-10-11, version 1.1* Good but could be given a face lift and offer more attractive facilities. ### 3/5 — First impressions *2015-07-15, version 1.0* Seems like it does what you'd expect, and much easier to use on a phone than the clunky website. The ability to switch account would be nice. As a family my wife and I manage our daughter's account and at the minute it's a lot of hard work to log out and in again. ## Most praised reviews (5 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fantastic new update *2020-08-18, version 2019.5* Slick new features in the update. Keep up the good work! Thank you ### 5/5 — Excellent facility *2019-12-14, version 2019.4.5* Excellent app particularly for ebooks, audiobooks and magazines. A full library in your pocket. ### 4/5 — More books *2020-07-25, version 2019.5* I really love this app and it’s handy but only complaint is they should change the books regularly as I am getting sick on reading same books all the time 🙂✅ ### 4/5 — Great *2017-09-05, version 1.0* This is a great app, but I keep getting messages that it needs updated for my phone. Please update it as I don't want to lose it., ### 3/5 — Finally! *2014-08-04, version 1.0* Great to have an app for this with the ability to renew books via your phone. I have two children's cards linked to my name and it would be great to be able to see their loans on my account or log in as them to enable me to find all the family's books before a library visit. Hopefully this will come with updates! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-08.*