Comparison

CloudLibrary vs Folire

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Borrow physical and digital items
  • Access eBooks and Audiobooks
  • Manage multiple library accounts
  • Receive due-date reminders
  • Discover library events
  • Personalize reading experience
Currently charting
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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!

About

Folire

Features
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Your books should feel at home on your phone. Folire brings the ebooks, PDFs, comics, and audiobooks you already own into one tidy library on iPhone and iPad. Add a file from Files, iCloud Drive, AirDrop, or the share sheet. Folire opens DRM-free EPUB, PDF, TXT, FB2, MOBI, AZW3, CBZ, and CBR books, plus MP3, M4A, and M4B audiobooks. Once imported, they're available offline. Settle in with a page that fits you. Adjust the type, spacing, margins, and colors, and choose page turns or continuous scrolling. Highlight a line, write a note, bookmark a passage, and pick up where you left off. Audiobooks remember your place too. Any book can be read aloud with the built-in system voices. On a compatible iPad, mark up PDFs with Apple Pencil. The free library holds up to five of your own books. Folire Pro is a one-time purchase for a larger library and the tools that help you go further: natural on-device neural narration for every book, auto-scroll, custom fonts and reading presets, full-library search, questions and recaps that stop at your current page, annotation export, detailed reading history, direct downloads, connections to your own OPDS, Calibre, or WebDAV library, and optional iCloud sync. Reading Assistant uses only text you've already read and processes it on your device. No account, ads, tracking, or developer-operated server. Your library stays on your device unless you choose to sync it to your private iCloud storage or connect to a server you supply. Export a complete backup whenever you need one. Folire includes four public-domain classics to start reading, but no book catalog. It can't open DRM-protected files. Optional tips support development but don't change what the app unlocks.

Screenshots

CloudLibrary4 screens
Folire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CloudLibrary at none against Folire's 4. CloudLibrary also leads on chart position (#31 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Folire's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Folire sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. CloudLibrary asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CloudLibrary ships an update every 6 weeks, Folire every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
CloudLibrary versus Folire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloudLibraryFolire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (263K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings263K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#31 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOCLCJARED P KACZYNSKI

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

Folire

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

CloudLibrary

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Folire

One-time4
  • Coffee$2.99
  • Folire Pro Lifetime$9.99
  • Supporter$9.99
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  • Patron$24.99

Questions

Is CloudLibrary free?
CloudLibrary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Folire free?
Folire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CloudLibrary or Folire have ads?
Neither CloudLibrary nor Folire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CloudLibrary or Folire?
CloudLibrary ships an update every 6 weeks, and Folire every 3 days. Most recently, CloudLibrary was updated on October 29, 2026 and Folire on October 29, 2026.

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