Long Beach Public Library vs PPL2GO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Long Beach Public Library
Manage your library account on the go. Search the catalog, renew borrowed items, and place holds on books and other materials directly from your mobile device.
- Manage library account
- Search catalog
- Renew books
- Reserve items
- Access anytime, anywhere
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Access Long Beach Public Library from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Manage your account, search the catalogue, renew and reserve books. With our mobile app, you can connect with the Long Beach Public Library anytime, anywhere.
PPL2GO
Manage your library account on the go. Search the catalog, renew borrowed items, and place holds for books and other materials from your mobile device.
- Manage library account
- Search catalog
- Renew books
- Place holds
- Access from iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
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Access PPL2GO from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Manage your account, search the catalog, renew and reserve books.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PPL2GO at 5.0 against Long Beach Public Library's 3.8. PPL2GO also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 months). Long Beach Public Library's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, 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.
PPL2GO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Long Beach Public Library's written reviews are positive against 67% of PPL2GO's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Long Beach Public Library ships an update every 3 months, PPL2GO every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 23, 2026 and August 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Long Beach Public Library | PPL2GO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | City of Long Beach | City of Pasadena, CA |
Customer experience
Long Beach Public Library
PPL2GO
In-app purchases
Long Beach Public Library
No in-app purchases
PPL2GO
No in-app purchases
Questions
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