Comparison

STELLA Libraries vs AquaLog

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

Head to head
About

STELLA Libraries

Easily search millions of library items, place holds, and manage your account. Access digital content, view event calendars, and connect with your library's community.

Highlights
  • Search millions of library items
  • Place holds and choose pickup locations
  • Manage library account (holds, checkouts, renewals)
  • Store digital library card
  • View library social media feeds
  • Access event calendars
  • Connect to digital content
Features
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STELLA Libraries, the new name for the LMxPRESS PLUS app. Search and place holds on millions of items available in the STELLA catalog with our new and improved app! Search all STELLA member libraries for your favorite books, movies, music, and more. Download and connect to digital content, and stay in touch with your library's community through social media feeds and event calendars. Use the STELLA app to: * Place holds on items across all STELLA member libraries and choose your pickup location. * Manage your library account: view holds, checkouts, and renew items. * Store a digital copy of your library card on your device so you always have it with you. * Check your favorite library's social media feeds. * See upcoming library events on each member library's calendar. * Access digital content offered by individual libraries.

About

AquaLog

This app helps aquarium enthusiasts manage their tanks with accurate stocking calculations, health scoring, and early problem detection. It also offers a visual scape designer and an in-app arcade game for learning fishkeeping.

Highlights
  • Accurate bioload stocking calculator
  • Tank health scoring
  • Early problem detection
  • Aquarium scape designer
  • Fish health diagnosis
  • Arcade-style learning game
Features
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AquaLog is a fishkeeping app that gives you real answers instead of vague advice. WHAT FITS IN YOUR TANK Most stocking calculators still use the inch-per-gallon rule, which is wrong — waste scales with a fish's mass, not its length. AquaLog models bioload properly and checks every species against your actual tank: volume, temperature range, pH overlap, adult size, temperament and schooling needs. It tells you what fits, how many, and where your load lands after adding them. A HEALTH SCORE THAT EXPLAINS ITSELF Every tank gets a score out of 100, broken into water quality, maintenance and stocking. You can see exactly which part cost you points and what to do about it. Log ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH, and watch the trend build over time. CATCH PROBLEMS EARLY AquaLog flags conflicts before they become losses — a fish that will outgrow the tank, a predator paired with a snack, a school kept too small, a parameter drifting out of range. DESIGN YOUR SCAPE Lay out plants, wood, stone and substrate on a real tank canvas before you spend money at the shop. ASK AN AQUARIST Photograph a fish that looks off and get a likely cause with next steps. Check a species against your tank before you buy it. Ask anything and get an answer backed by a live search. PLAY AND LEARN Reef Feast is a full arcade game across four ocean biomes. Quick rounds test your instincts on stocking limits, species ID and fish care. 400+ species with photographs, care requirements and compatibility data. Every photo credited to its photographer under Creative Commons. AquaLog gives general fishkeeping guidance. For a sick or injured animal, consult a qualified aquatic veterinarian.

Screenshots

STELLA Libraries4 screens
AquaLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AquaLog at 5.0 against STELLA Libraries's 3.7. AquaLog also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). STELLA Libraries's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 3). 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

AquaLog holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: STELLA Libraries has 22 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of STELLA Libraries's written reviews are positive against 100% of AquaLog's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
STELLA Libraries versus AquaLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSTELLA LibrariesAquaLog
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (22 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLibraries of Middlesex Automation ConsortiumSUNIL NAGULAVANCHA

Customer experience

STELLA Libraries

All ratings22 ratings
Positive68.2%
Neutral9.1%
Negative22.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

AquaLog

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

STELLA Libraries

No in-app purchases

None

AquaLog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is STELLA Libraries free?
STELLA Libraries is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AquaLog free?
AquaLog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, STELLA Libraries or AquaLog?
AquaLog is rated higher. STELLA Libraries averages 3.7 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while AquaLog averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do STELLA Libraries or AquaLog have ads?
Neither STELLA Libraries nor AquaLog shows ads.

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