Bibliography vs Library Catalog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bibliography
Manage your personal book collection with this app. Organize your library, track books you own, want to buy, or have lent out, and group series for easy reading order. It helps you catalog books, add unreleased titles, and rate your reads.
- Organize personal book catalog
- Group books by series
- Track book status (owned, lent, to buy)
- Add unreleased books
- Rate and genre books
- Sync across devices via iCloud
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The book lovers app. Were you once confused trying to find a book you wanted to read at your apartment? Did you bring home a new book, and found exactly the same one on your shelf? Or are you afraid to miss a new book of your favorite author? If it's about you, just get this app! - Organize a catalog of a books for your own library. - Combine the books in the series with their numbers, so you won't forget the order to read them. - Mark your books! Put it in a home library list, mark it with an electronic form, or maybe you gave it to someone to read, or are you just planning to buy it? - Point places to find books easier No ads, no subscriptions, no limits - Add some books to the app which are not published yet. If a series is not complete and you'd like to get the sequel. - Rate the books, so you can make your own author's rating. - Specify the genres of your books, so you can easily search for books by genres you are interested in. - Sync with all your devices by iCloud.
Library Catalog
Organize all your printed books digitally with this app. Easily add books, create custom lists, and attach them to virtual shelves for quick retrieval. Share collections, get expert recommendations, and access your library across all devices.
- Add books with a few clicks
- Attach printed books to virtual shelves
- Create book lists using a global database
- Share book collections and links
- Get expert recommendations
- Make wish-lists and reading lists
- Access lists on all devices
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ALL YOUR BOOKS IN ONE APP: • Add books by a few clicks to the e-Catalog of books • Attach your printed books to your virtual shelves in the App to quickly find them in your home • Create easily any book lists using the App's global database • Share book collections, their content and links to books from the App by messengers or email • Preview the parts of the books you are interested in • Get recommendations from recognized experts • Make wish-lists and reading lists • Access your lists in all your devices • Edit books info, add book photos and links , Add tags to a book and search by a tag BEST SOLUTION FOR: • Lovers of books and reading • Sellers or Givers by lists of books • Personal and corporate libraries • Bloggers • Book clubs • Educational institutions • Professional communities
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Library Catalog at Free against Bibliography's $0.99. Library Catalog also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 15 months). Bibliography's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On 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
Library Catalog is free to download; Bibliography costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Library Catalog holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Library Catalog has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Bibliography's written reviews are positive against 73% of Library Catalog's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Bibliography ships an update every 15 months, Library Catalog every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bibliography | Library Catalog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.8 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 72.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Valerii Dubovoi | Vladimir Yakushev |
Customer experience
Bibliography
Library Catalog
In-app purchases
Bibliography
No in-app purchases
Library Catalog
No in-app purchases
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