Comparison

NLB Mobile vs Honor Library

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

NLB Mobile

Access a vast collection of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and newspapers. Borrow physical items, take online courses, and manage your library account and family's accounts easily. Discover new digital resources and log in securely with QR Login.

Highlights
  • Read ebooks and audiobooks
  • Access eMagazines and eNewspapers
  • Take online courses
  • Borrow physical library items
  • Manage library accounts
  • QR Login for easy sign-in
Features
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This application is brought to you by the National Library Board, a Singapore Government Agency. Discover a world of learning with the NLB Mobile app, anywhere, anytime: • Read ebooks and listen to audiobooks • Read current eMagazines and eNewspapers • Access online courses • Borrow physical library items using your mobile device • Discover new digital resources and sign in to our websites easily with QR Login • Manage your library account, and also your family’s accounts

About

Honor Library

This app creates a private book-sharing network among your trusted contacts. Easily add books to your digital shelf and discover titles your friends are willing to lend. Request books with a tap and arrange in-person exchanges.

Highlights
  • Build digital book shelf
  • Share books with trusted contacts
  • Discover books from your circle
  • Request and hand off books
  • Maintain a wishlist
  • Private by design
Features
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Honor Library turns the books you already own into a sharing circle with the people you trust. No public marketplace. No strangers. Just your own circle, matched automatically from your contacts, passing along the books they love. HOW IT WORKS - Build your shelf in seconds. Scan a barcode, search by title, or paste a link from almost any bookstore. Choose which books you are happy to pass along. - Your circle finds itself. Honor Library connects you with people already in your contacts who use the app. No friend requests, no hunting for strangers. - Discover what is around you. A personalized feed shows the books your circle is ready to share, grouped into quick reads, long-form deep dives, and hidden gems. - Request and hand off. Found something you want? Request it in one tap. The owner gets a message, you meet up, and the book finds its next reader in person. - Keep a wishlist. Add the books you are hoping to read. When someone in your circle has one, you both know. WHY HONOR LIBRARY Books are meant to be passed on. Most of us have shelves full of titles we have already finished, while a friend nearby is looking for exactly that book. Honor Library closes that gap inside a circle you already trust, so sharing feels personal. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Your shelf and activity are visible only to your circle, never to the public. - We use the contacts on your device only to match you with friends who already use Honor Library. - Sign in with your phone number. No passwords to remember. Honor Library is a project of V2C Inc, a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Questions or feedback? Reach us at contact@honorlibrary.org.

Screenshots

NLB Mobile4 screens
Honor Library4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Honor Library at 5.0 against NLB Mobile's 3.3. Honor Library also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). NLB Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Honor Library holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NLB Mobile has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NLB Mobile ships an update monthly, Honor Library every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NLB Mobile versus Honor Library: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNLB MobileHonor Library
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (35 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNational Library Board SingaporeV2C Inc

Customer experience

NLB Mobile

All ratings35 ratings
Positive54.3%
Neutral8.6%
Negative37.1%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive41.3%
Neutral16.0%
Negative42.7%

Honor Library

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

NLB Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Honor Library

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NLB Mobile free?
NLB Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Honor Library free?
Honor Library is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NLB Mobile or Honor Library?
Honor Library is rated higher. NLB Mobile averages 3.3 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Honor Library averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do NLB Mobile or Honor Library have ads?
Neither NLB Mobile nor Honor Library shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NLB Mobile or Honor Library?
NLB Mobile ships an update monthly, and Honor Library every 2 days. Most recently, NLB Mobile was updated on October 17, 2026 and Honor Library on October 7, 2026.

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