Comparison

DBRL Mobile vs iCollect Books

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

Head to head
About

DBRL Mobile

Access your library's collection from your phone. Browse, search, and discover books, music, and movies. Manage your account, place holds, and check item availability with ease.

Highlights
  • Search library catalog
  • View title details and reviews
  • Check availability and place holds
  • Manage account and due dates
  • Rate items and add to 'For Later'
  • Browse bestsellers and new titles
  • Find library hours and directions
Features
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Keep a library in your pocket! DBRL Mobile makes it easy to find books, music and movies, see what’s available at your library, place holds and manage your account. Features: • Quickly search the library catalog and use filters to zero in on the title you’re looking for. • Get the details on any title including descriptions, ratings and reviews. • Check a title’s availability—even map the locations where the title is available now—and place holds. • Manage your account: check to see if your holds are ready, renew titles, suspend holds or instantly see when your books due. • Keep track of your interests: rate an item with one touch or add a title to your “For Later” list. • Browse bestsellers, new titles and recent reviews. • Check library hours and get directions to the nearest Daniel Boone Regional Library location.

About

iCollect Books

Organize and manage any book collection, from personal libraries to classroom inventories. Features include barcode scanning, cloud backup, and cross-device syncing. Customize layouts and export your data.

Highlights
  • Manage and inventory any book
  • Barcode scanning and database search
  • Cloud backup and sync across devices
  • Customizable layouts and fields
  • Exporting and importing capabilities
  • Store multiple images per book
  • Track personal details like loan status and purchase price
Features
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iCollect Books is the #1 library app on the app store! Used by over 2000 teachers in the state of Tennessee for managing their classroom libraries.  This app is perfect for managing your book collection, library, or inventory, whether at home, work, or school and classrooms (it's a favorite for teachers). This app works on all device sizes and syncs directly with our iPhone, iPad, Mac apps, as well as our apps on other platforms. Scan in or search for any book you own or want and add them to your lists. Full of incredible features! • Manage and inventory any book. • Loaded with millions of books from around the world in our database. • Full barcode scanning and database search. • Cloud Backup • Sync across multiple devices, including iPad, iPhone, Mac, and more. • Supports input in any language and allows selections of any country and currency. • Filters, sorting, and importing. • Three different custom layouts. • Exporting • Multi-level sorting • Shake to Select • Default Field Data • Customize which fields are displayed • Section Counts • Share your book collection with friends or on social media like Facebook and Twitter. • Format your Titles with A, An, or The removed. • Extra features like colored Themes, Dark Mode support, and more. • Every field is editable. • Store up to four pictures per book, including front, back, and inside images of books. • Personal details per book including Loaned, Purchase Price, Purchase Date, Date Added, Personal Rating, Last Read, Storage Location, Notes, Estimated Value, and more. • Index bars and search for quick access in large book collections. This app is a completely new collecting experience, written from the ground up for iOS 18, the latest devices like iPhone 16, 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max, SE 2, iPad Pro, and full Universal iPhone/iPad support built-in and syncs directly to our Mac app. Our app was created with a cloud database backend designed specifically to allow each item to be stored with its own individual attributes. We can import your book collection from nearly anywhere: CLZ Books, Delicious Library, BookBuddy, and much more. Just send us your import file and we'll get you rolling. Note: Large collections require an in-app purchase to unlock unlimited storage. You will be prompted when you reach the limits of your selected collectible type. Data provided by Amazon, Google, eBay, and users like you. ------- PRIVACY INFO ------- All of these are OPTIONAL when using our app. Email Address: We only collect this if you enable Cloud Sync as a login user ID. Contacts: We only use your contacts if you want us to for "Loaned To" fields. Photos or Videos: We only use photos that you choose for your item details. Camera: We only use this for barcode scanning. None of your data is sold. See our Privacy Policy URL for details. We do use Google Firebase and Facebook SDK's for analytics and crash data. See their policies for additional details on what they may track about your device. ------- TERMS OF USE: https://www.icollecteverything.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

DBRL Mobile4 screens
iCollect Books4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DBRL Mobile at 80% against iCollect Books's 42%. DBRL Mobile also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6). iCollect Books's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (4.1K vs 11). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. iCollect Books sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. DBRL Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iCollect Books holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iCollect Books has 4.1K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of DBRL Mobile's written reviews are positive against 42% of iCollect Books's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DBRL Mobile ships an update every 3 months, iCollect Books every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DBRL Mobile versus iCollect Books: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDBRL MobileiCollect Books
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (11 ratings)4.6 (4.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better42.4% of reviews
Number of ratings114.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel Boone Regional LibraryiCollect Everything, LLC

Customer experience

DBRL Mobile

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

iCollect Books

All ratings4,121 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral3.5%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews278 reviews
Positive42.4%
Neutral13.7%
Negative43.9%

Bugs and requests

DBRL Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

iCollect Books

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashing or freezing when adding/editing books
  • Randomly deleting or losing previously added books
  • Login/account issues preventing access to data

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to sort/filter by book genre
  • Improve search functionality and book data accuracy
  • Allow customization of data fields and organization
  • Provide an option to keep collection data private

In-app purchases

None

DBRL Mobile

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

iCollect Books

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Books$29.991 Year
  • Pro User - Yearly$79.991 Year
One-time4
  • 50 AI Identification Scans$9.99
  • 250 AI Identification Scans$44.99
  • Add Unlimited Books$49.99
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  • 500 AI Identification Scans$79.99

Questions

Is DBRL Mobile free?
DBRL Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iCollect Books free?
iCollect Books is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DBRL Mobile or iCollect Books?
iCollect Books is rated higher. DBRL Mobile averages 4.4 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while iCollect Books averages 4.6 from 4.1K ratings.
Do DBRL Mobile or iCollect Books have ads?
Neither DBRL Mobile nor iCollect Books shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DBRL Mobile or iCollect Books?
DBRL Mobile ships an update every 3 months, and iCollect Books every 2 weeks. Most recently, DBRL Mobile was updated on November 1, 2026 and iCollect Books on November 6, 2026.

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