UoL Library vs A
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UoL Library
Access your University of Liverpool library account on the go. Use your virtual ID card for entry and exit, view borrowed books with due dates and fines, and renew items directly through the app.
- Virtual ID card for library access
- View borrowed books and due dates
- Check fines for overdue items
- Renew books directly from the app
- Pass through entry/exit barriers
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The new University of Liverpool Library app is packed with great features to help you get the most of our libraries. Can't find your library card? In a hurry? Use the virtual ID card to pass through our entry and exit barriers by scanning your phone. Your books on loan are displayed in detail so that you can see due dates & fines, as well as being able to renew books directly from the app.
A
This app helps students revise for AQA A-level Sociology exams. It offers flashcards, quizzes, an essay assistant, and exam question guides. Content covers core units and popular option units.
- Flashcards
- Multiple-choice quizzes
- Typed-answer quizzes
- Essay assistant
- Exam question guide
- Mind maps
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Studying AQA A-level Sociology? It's hard to remember all the sociologists and key terms, right? Revise everything through flashcards and multiple-choice and typed-answer quizzes, covering all the essential knowledge you'll need for your exams. There's also an 'essay assistant' to get you writing like a sociologist, and a question guide to remind you of what's needed for each type of exam question. There's also a breakdown of each exam paper and detailed mind maps! This app covers the all the core units of Education, Research Methods, Crime & Deviance, Theory & Methods as well as the most popular option units of Families, Beliefs in Society and Media. Unlike other revision apps, there are NO in-app purchases. You'll have everything you need from the moment you've downloaded it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: UoL Library at 100% against A's 50%. UoL Library also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). A's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
UoL Library is free to download; A costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
A holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of UoL Library's written reviews are positive against 50% of A's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UoL Library | A |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of Liverpool | Grade Growers Ltd |
Customer experience
UoL Library
A
In-app purchases
UoL Library
No in-app purchases
A
No in-app purchases
