Comparison

The Mediums' Book vs Onleihe

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

The Mediums' Book

Explore the foundational text of Spiritism, a spiritualist philosophy. This app allows you to record audio notes, send chapters via email, bookmark favorites, and search for keywords. It offers a user-friendly interface for an offline study experience.

Highlights
  • Record audio notes
  • Email chapters
  • Favorite chapters
  • Add text notes
  • Keyword search
  • Adjust font size
  • Offline access
Features
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Spreading the Spirit ... The Book on Mediums or Mediums and Evokers' Handbook (a.k.a. The Mediums' Book —Le Livre des Médiums, in French), is a book by Allan Kardec published in 1861, second of the five Fundamental Works of Spiritism — the spiritualist philosophy Kardec had been publishing — being the tome in which the experimental and investigative features of the doctrine were presented, explained and taught. This application is considered not only a book but an environmental study of Spiritualism. Application roles: - Use the microphone to record notes about the studies; - Send email with the chapters; - Add chapters to your favorites; - Adds text notes; - Add audio notes; - Search by keywords; - Controls the font size; - Nice interface; - Easy to use and locate chapters; - No internet;

About

Onleihe

Access and borrow eBooks, eMagazines, eAudio, and eMusic from your local library. Browse collections, search for titles, and enjoy offline reading and listening. Titles are automatically returned after the lending period.

Highlights
  • Library selection
  • Category browsing
  • E-magazine browsing
  • Text search with auto-completion
  • Lending and download options
  • Reservations
  • Integrated eBook reader
  • Offline reading and playback
Features
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FEATURELIST - Library selection screen - Category oriented browsing in your library - Easy browsing of all eMagazines in your library - Text search with auto-completion - Clear structured result lists - Wide array of filter options for all search results and lists - Detailed overview for all titles with additional preview option - Lending and download options for available eBooks and eMagazines - Lending and streaming options for available eAudio and eMusic titles - Download option for eAudio and eMusic titles - Reservations for non-available titles - Overview for all lent, reserved and downloaded titles - Wishlist feature - Integrated eBook reader - Optimized for all smartphone- and tablet sizes - Offline reading feature - Offline player feature - Expired titles are automatically returned - Downloaded eBooks and eMagazines can be returned early - Supports over 2.900 libraries The Onleihe – the free of charge service of your library now as an app, supports over 2.900 libraries. With this app you’ll always have your library with you. Browse the collection of your library and lent eBooks and eMagazine on the fly or from your home directly with your smartphone or tablet. You can also lent eAudio and eMusic titles, listen to them via streaming or download them directly onto your device. Following the same principle as the web-based Onleihe, the lent titles can be consumed free of charge for a certain set amount of time. Afterwards the titles will automatically be returned to the library. You can search directly throughout the app or browse the collection of your library through different categories and eMagazines. On first sight, you’ll see if a title is available and you can alter your search results with an wide array of different filter or sort options. The detailed view of a certain title will give you all the information you seek, from the name of the book, the author, to the series name, length and much more. If a title is temporary not available you can also reserve it. As soon as the title is then available for you, you will get an e-mail notification to the address you specified. Your reservations are easily accessible with an overview and you can directly lent the titles if they are available. Should you no longer need an ongoing reservation or if you do need to change the address, you are able to edit or delete your reservations. At any given time you can access your overview of your lent titles. At the moment you are able to lent, read or listen to eBooks, eMagazines, eAudios and eMusic titles. ACCESS To access the service of the Onleihe, you need to be an active member of a library who is part of the Onleihe system. Username and login credentials are provided by your library. Should you already use the Onleihe via the web-browser you can use the exact same login credentials to access the app. CONSUME MEDIA You are able to directly load and read all eBooks and eMagazines which you have lent beforehand. You are also free use a different external DRM able eBook reader. eAudio and eMusic titles can be streamed directly via the in app player, or you can chose to download the titles and listen to them later on, even offline. This also needs to be done directly via the in app player.

Screenshots

The Mediums' Book1 screens
Onleihe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Mediums' Book at 100% against Onleihe's 13%. The Mediums' Book also leads on rating (2.0 vs 1.6). Onleihe's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and ratings volume (74 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Onleihe is free to download; The Mediums' Book costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Mediums' Book holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Onleihe has 74 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of The Mediums' Book's written reviews are positive against 13% of Onleihe's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Mediums' Book ships an update every 4 months, Onleihe every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
The Mediums' Book versus Onleihe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Mediums' BookOnleihe
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better1.6 (74 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better13.0% of reviews
Number of ratings174 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1512.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB78 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperF&E System Appsekz.bibliotheksservice GmbH

Customer experience

The Mediums' Book

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Onleihe

All ratings72 ratings
Positive9.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative84.7%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive13.0%
Neutral13.0%
Negative74.0%

In-app purchases

None

The Mediums' Book

No in-app purchases

None

Onleihe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Mediums' Book free?
The Mediums' Book costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Onleihe free?
Onleihe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Mediums' Book or Onleihe?
The Mediums' Book is rated higher. The Mediums' Book averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Onleihe averages 1.6 from 74 ratings.
Do The Mediums' Book or Onleihe have ads?
Neither The Mediums' Book nor Onleihe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Mediums' Book or Onleihe?
The Mediums' Book ships an update every 4 months, and Onleihe every 2 months. Most recently, The Mediums' Book was updated on November 1, 2026 and Onleihe on November 1, 2026.

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