The Palace Project vs Atlantic County Library System
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Palace Project
Access and enjoy e-books and audiobooks from your local library for free. Discover new titles, borrow them instantly with your library card, and read or listen anywhere. Even without a participating library, enjoy a collection of free books.
- Borrow e-books and audiobooks
- Access local library collections
- Read or listen to books
- Free Palace Bookshelf collection
- Requires library card for full access
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Palace is a free, easy-to-use e-reader app that lets you find, check out, and read or listen to books from your local library. It’s been said that libraries are “palaces for the people” and the Palace app gives you instant access to your local “palace” any time, right from the palm of your hand. All you need to sign up is your library card! And even if your library isn’t using Palace yet, you can still read more than 10,000 books--from children’s books to classics to foreign language books--for free from our Palace Bookshelf. The Palace app is built and maintained by Lyrasis, a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with Digital Public Library of America with funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. For more, visit https://thepalaceproject.org.
Atlantic County Library System
Discover books, movies, audiobooks, and music. Manage your account, place holds, and renew items. Get information on branch locations, hours, and events. Explore online databases and social media.
- Search catalog
- Manage account
- Place holds
- Renew items
- Branch information
- Event listings
- Explore databases
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Access the Atlantic County Library System from anywhere with our app: FIND books, movies, audiobooks, and music as well as manage your account, place holds and renew your items. ASK and answer questions about our branch locations and hours and learn what events we have planned. EXPLORE our databases and online services or connect with us on our social media pages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Palace Project at 4.6 against Atlantic County Library System's 1.8. The Palace Project also leads on review sentiment (27% vs 0%) and ratings volume (5.5K vs 14). Atlantic County Library System's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Palace Project holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Palace Project has 5.5K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of The Palace Project's written reviews are positive against 0% of Atlantic County Library System's.
The Palace Project ships an update fortnightly, Atlantic County Library System every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Palace Project | Atlantic County Library System |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5.5K ratings) — better | 1.8 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 27.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5.5K — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #139 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Palace Project | Atlantic County Library System |
Customer experience
The Palace Project
Atlantic County Library System
Bugs and requests
The Palace Project
Reported bugs
4 issues- Books not downloading properly
- Losing place in audiobooks
- Crashing and freezing issues
- Incompatibility with certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to track read/listened books
- Improved audiobook playback controls
- Dark mode option
- Integration with Kindle
Atlantic County Library System
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Palace Project
No in-app purchases
Atlantic County Library System
No in-app purchases
Questions
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