Library Catalog vs Home Library Catalog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Home Library Catalog
Catalog your physical book collection by scanning barcodes or adding details manually. Organize books onto virtual shelves, search by author or title, and track loaned or borrowed items. Share your library with others.
- Scan book barcodes
- Manual book entry
- Organize books on shelves
- Search by author, title, keywords
- View book covers and descriptions
- Track loaned/borrowed books
- Share library with friends
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Scan and organize all the physical books in your home library Add your physical books into the application by scanning the book's barcode or add manually Organize the books onto shelves to quickly be able to locate the books Quickly search your library by author, title, or keywords See book covers and brief descriptions of your books Quickly scan or search to see if you already have a book in your library Share your library with friends or family Track books you have loaned or borrowed
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Library Catalog at Free against Home Library Catalog's $4.99. Library Catalog also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (73% vs 50%). Home Library Catalog's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (12.0 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; Home Library Catalog costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Home Library Catalog holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Library Catalog has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Library Catalog's written reviews are positive against 50% of Home Library Catalog's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Library Catalog ships an update every 3 weeks, Home Library Catalog every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and August 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Library Catalog | Home Library Catalog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladimir Yakushev | Big S Dynamics LLC |
Customer experience
Library Catalog
Home Library Catalog
In-app purchases
Library Catalog
No in-app purchases
Home Library Catalog
No in-app purchases
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