CloudLibrary vs BigBookViaLLM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CloudLibrary
Manage your library account and discover new content. Borrow physical items, access eBooks and audiobooks, and receive helpful reminders. Personalize your reading experience and stay organized with this intuitive library companion.
- Borrow physical and digital items
- Access eBooks and Audiobooks
- Manage multiple library accounts
- Receive due-date reminders
- Discover library events
- Personalize reading experience
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A must-have app for library users! Easily borrow physical items using your mobile device, receive reminders, manage receipts and discover new digital content all within the CloudLibrary app! Extremely intuitive, all it takes is a library card to login and get started! Designed for an enjoyable experience, users can benefit from many new features, depending on their library’s subscription. - Easily accessible library card, which conveniently displays when you’re near the library - Switch accounts with ease and manage multiple library cards from one mobile device - Download and enjoy free eBooks and Audiobooks - Keep track of your physical and digital library activity in one place - Receive helpful receipts, due-date reminders and packable checklists - Visible push notifications alert when hold items are available - View upcoming library events and programs - Checkout print items at your library using your mobile device - Fun and loveable customizations include Themes, Avatars and Nicknames For libraries that have a subscription to offer eBooks and Audiobooks: - Customize your homepage bookshelves to display your preferred genres - Simple interface makes browsing and saving titles a breeze - Filter content by format, availability and language to display exactly what you are looking for - Mark titles as favorites or read to help with literary conversations with friends - Sync digital content across multiple devices to easily pick up where you left off - View current books, full reading history, items on hold and saved titles in one place - Sort titles by name or author to easily find what you’re looking for - Receive reading recommendations or view additional titles by author or series - Select font size, margins and background colors to create your preferred reading experience - Search eBooks for a particular phrase to get back to that one spot you wanted to reference - Bookmark pages and add notes if needed - Return titles early when you’re finished and make available for other readers Elevate your library experience today with the CloudLibrary app!
BigBookViaLLM
Engage with the foundational text of Alcoholics Anonymous through an intuitive chat interface. Ask questions in your own words and receive grounded answers directly from the book, with supporting passages provided for deeper exploration. This app offers a private, on-device experience for those curious about recovery.
- AI-powered chat interface
- Answers grounded in Big Book passages
- View supporting text excerpts
- Private, on-device processing
- Offline functionality
- No account required
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Chat with the Big Book. The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous has helped millions find a way forward — but it's a dense book first written in 1939, and not everyone is ready to read it cover to cover. This app gives you another way in: just ask. Type what's on your mind in your own words — a question, a worry, a hard night — and get a clear, grounded response drawn straight from the Big Book, along with the actual passages behind it so you can read them for yourself. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT • Answers you can trust. Every response is grounded in the words of the Big Book itself — not invented advice. You always see the real passages it draws from. • In your language. No need to know the chapters or the lingo. Ask the way you'd talk to a friend. • Completely private. Everything happens on your device. Your questions are never sent to a server, stored, or seen by anyone. No account. No internet required. WHO IT'S FOR • Anyone curious about their drinking who isn't ready to walk into a room yet. • People new to recovery who find the book hard to approach. • Those already working the program who want a fast way to find the right passage between meetings. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Ask anything and get a short, grounded answer in plain language. • Tap any passage to read it in full, in context. • Explore the book on resentment, fear, willingness, making amends, and more — without hunting through hundreds of pages. A COMPANION, NOT A REPLACEMENT This app is a doorway to the Big Book's words — not a substitute for meetings, a sponsor, the fellowship, or professional help. If you're in crisis, please reach out to a qualified professional or your local emergency services. UNDER THE HOOD Everything runs on your device. When you ask a question, an upgraded on-device model reads the meaning behind your words — not just matching keywords — to find the most relevant passages across the entire Big Book. Apple Intelligence, Apple's built-in on-device AI, then writes a short answer grounded in those passages (an approach known as retrieval-augmented generation, or RAG). This version introduces a new, more capable understanding model for sharper, more relevant results and more consistent answers across devices. Because it all runs locally, it works offline and nothing you type ever leaves your device. Apple Intelligence features require a compatible device running a recent version of iOS; on other devices you'll still see the most relevant passages for your question. Private, on-device, and always with you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CloudLibrary at none against BigBookViaLLM's 3. CloudLibrary also leads on ratings volume (263K vs 1) and chart position (#37 vs unranked). BigBookViaLLM's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. BigBookViaLLM sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. CloudLibrary asks for nothing beyond the download.
BigBookViaLLM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CloudLibrary has 263K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CloudLibrary ships an update every 6 weeks, BigBookViaLLM every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CloudLibrary | BigBookViaLLM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (263K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 263K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #37 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 159 MB | 426 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | OCLC | Robert Roy |
Bugs and requests
CloudLibrary
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to open/download books
- Losing place in books when reopening app
- Random page skipping and jumps
- Corrupted library data and lost reading history
- Frequent login issues and errors
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved search and browsing functionality
- Better integration with other reading apps (e.g. Kindle)
- Progress tracking and bookmarking improvements
- Option to extend loan periods
BigBookViaLLM
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CloudLibrary
No in-app purchases
BigBookViaLLM
- small$0.99
- 7th tradition Medium$2.99
- 7th Tradition Large$4.99








