DCo Library vs CH Library
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DCo Library
Manage your library account, search for books, and place holds on new titles. Access your digital library card and find branch hours and locations. Plan your next visit with ease.
- Instant library card access
- Search the collection
- Place and manage holds
- Renew checked out items
- Check library hours and locations
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Use the Durham County Library app to manage your account, discover new titles, and plan your next visit. Features: - Instantly access your library card - Search the collection - Place and manage holds - Renew checked out items - Check library hours and locations
CH Library
Manage your library account and discover new materials with this app. Access your library card, search the catalog, place holds, and renew items. It also offers curated lists and allows you to track your borrowing history.
- Digital library card
- Catalog search
- Manage holds and renewals
- Browse new arrivals
- Borrowing history
- Rate and review items
- Link to Libby for eBooks
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Add the Chapel Hill Public Library app to make your library experience easier. Use it as your library card/account number and do so much more. - Quickly get to your library account - Search the catalog to find library materials - Place and manage holds - Renew checked out materials - Browse bestsellers, new arrivals, and recent reviews - Keep your borrowing history - Rate and review what you borrow - Link to Libby to find and download eBooks and eAudio - Read summaries and community reviews * - Save titles to read later on your For Later shelf - Check library hours
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CH Library at 5.0 against DCo Library's 3.6. DCo Library's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1). 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.
CH Library holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DCo Library has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DCo Library | CH Library |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Durham County Library | Town of Chapel Hill |
Customer experience
DCo Library
CH Library
In-app purchases
DCo Library
No in-app purchases
CH Library
No in-app purchases
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