Aspen LiDA vs FMPL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aspen LiDA
Discover books, movies, and games from your library anywhere. Search the full catalog, including digital content, to find titles, place holds, and manage your loans.
- Search entire library catalog
- Discover books, movies, and games
- Access eContent
- Place holds on items
- Check due dates
- Renew eligible titles
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Aspen LiDA allows you to explore your library on the go to find new books, movies, games, or your old favorites! Quickly search the entire catalog, including eContent, and place holds, check due dates and renew eligible titles.
FMPL
Access your local library's catalog, place holds on items, and discover upcoming events. Manage your account and explore digital resources on the go.
- Search library catalog
- Reserve items
- View upcoming events
- Manage account
- Access digital resources
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Take Flower Mound Public Library everywhere you go! Search the library catalog, reserve items, view upcoming events, manage your account and access digital resources.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FMPL at 4.0 against Aspen LiDA's 1.4. FMPL also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 9%). Aspen LiDA's advantage is ratings volume (235 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
FMPL holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aspen LiDA has 235 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Aspen LiDA's written reviews are positive against 50% of FMPL's.
Aspen LiDA ships an update monthly, FMPL every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aspen LiDA | FMPL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (235 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.2% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 235 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ByWater Solutions | Town of Flower Mound |
Customer experience
Aspen LiDA
FMPL
Bugs and requests
Aspen LiDA
Reported bugs
58 issues- App kicks users out
- App doesn't renew books with holds
- App doesn't renew all books even when Renew All is pressed
- App won't open, shows spinning wheel
- App freezes
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- App constantly doesn't load things
- App boots users out and won't allow reopening
- App requires re-login every time
- App loads perpetually
- App won't open, just sits on initial page spinning
- App won't open on modern phone
- App stops working, sits on first screen with spinner
- App logs out in the middle of use
- App doesn't respond when opened
- App crashes
- App won't open at all
- App doesn't recognize number or password
- App has no way of resetting or crashes
- App has a Server Connection Error
- App doesn't load
- App is super slow to load anything
- App is hard to search by genre
- App won't let users search for their library to log in
- App continually logs out
- App won't let users type account number or anything
- App freezes when trying to type library card number
- App doesn't recognize user/new card
- App says 'select library' and nothing happens when searching
- App won't load after update
- App requires signing in every day and is not functional
- App has glitches
- App automatically checks out magazines
- App logs users out and won't let them enter location before login
- App crashes and logs users out
- App cannot search for library
- App search bar shrinks when typing, results not visible
- App is logged out every 3rd time it's opened
- App won't open, stuck at 'SELECT YOUR LIBRARY'
- App doesn't show library name when typed
- App barely works and constantly crashes
- App is slow
- App crashes often
- App doesn't load pages
- App almost never lets users place a hold
- App crashes immediately on opening
- App doesn't retain account data
- App prompts for volume title when placing holds
- App spins and never completes holds
- App crashes all the time
- App crashes after an update
- App cannot find library using location or search
- App doesn't load discover categories
- App indicates a problem after crashing, requires re-entry of library card and PIN
- App doesn't save login info in iPhone password feature
- App doesn't function properly, ebook checkouts don't appear
- App spins and spins and never loads
- App is impossible to search
- App shows 'bad request' when trying to place a hold
Requested features
7 requests- Show position in hold queue
- Allow saving login information
- Implement facial/fingerprint recognition for login
- Improve search functionality for genres/topics
- Allow managing multiple library cards
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- Fix automatic magazine checkouts
- Improve discover categories loading
FMPL
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Aspen LiDA
No in-app purchases
FMPL
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Aspen LiDA free?
Is FMPL free?
Which has better reviews, Aspen LiDA or FMPL?
Do Aspen LiDA or FMPL have ads?
Which is updated more often, Aspen LiDA or FMPL?
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