TRACpac vs UAlberta Library Checkout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TRACpac
Manage your family's digital library accounts from any device. Search for titles, discover new content, place holds, and keep track of all your loans in one convenient place.
- Access from anywhere
- Search and discover titles
- Explore digital content
- Place holds
- Manage family accounts
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Access TRACpac from anywhere. Search and discover titles, explore digital content, place holds, and manage all your family’s accounts in one place.
UAlberta Library Checkout
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UAlberta Library Checkout is a fast and easy way to borrow books from the UAlberta Library. Use your phone or tablet to directly check out items anywhere in the library. The app will automatically recognize your library location. Download the app to your phone, open the app and log in with the library barcode number on your ONEcard. Use your phone’s camera to scan the library barcodes on the items you want to check out. If you don’t want to use your phone, go to a checkout station in the library, enter your library barcode number on your ONEcard, and then scan the item you would like to check out. For assistance, please ask a library staff member at a service desk.
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Verdict
TRACpac and UAlberta Library Checkout are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TRACpac ships an update every 2 months, UAlberta Library Checkout every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 13, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TRACpac | UAlberta Library Checkout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 408 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yellowhead Regional Library | Meescan Inc. |
In-app purchases
TRACpac
No in-app purchases
UAlberta Library Checkout
No in-app purchases
