Haringey Libraries vs Home Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Haringey Libraries
Access the library catalog to search for and reserve books, CDs, and DVDs. Manage your account to renew loans and check reservation status. Find local library details, including contact information and opening hours.
- Search library catalog
- Reserve books, CDs, DVDs
- Scan book barcodes for availability
- Manage library account
- Renew loans
- Check reservation status
- View local library details
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The Haringey Libraries app allows residents of Haringey to access the Library Catalogue to search for and reserve books, CD's and DVD's. Scan a barcode on a book to see if it's available in the Library. Manage your Library account to renew loans and see the status of any reservations you have. Details on all of your local Libraries are included, with contact information and opening hours.
Home Connect
This app simplifies the process of searching, bidding on, and managing property bids. It offers a user-friendly interface with features like high-quality property images, customizable search options, and map-based property location viewing.
- Search property bids
- Manage property bids
- View property images
- Customize search
- View property locations on map
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Introducing the first Choice Based Lettings app by Home Connections. The simple and straightforward interface makes searching, bidding, and managing your property bids easier than ever. View high quality property images (where available), customize your search and view property locations on a map. We hope that you enjoy the app and welcome your feedback. iPad/iPod users can download the app from the iPhone section and will be able to use it in either X1 or X2 mode. The Home Connections Team.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Haringey Libraries at 29% against Home Connect's 4%. Home Connect's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, 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.
Haringey Libraries ships an update every 2 months, Home Connect every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Haringey Libraries | Home Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better | 3.6% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | London Borough of Haringey | Home Connections Lettings Limited |
Customer experience
Haringey Libraries
Home Connect
Bugs and requests
Haringey Libraries
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Home Connect
Reported bugs
53 issues- App offline for several days
- App requires reinstalling if forgetting to log out
- App not working after updating
- White screen on login
- Cannot view bids
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- Not logging users in
- No houses listed for months
- Hit and miss logging in
- Blank screen after update
- App too slow
- Requires re-login after checking bid success
- Cannot view previous bids for a long time
- App freezes when clicking images
- Cannot contact support
- No option to bid
- New design is horrible and harder to use
- Cannot place a bid after update
- States logged out when actually logged in
- App crashes constantly
- No property available after login
- Significant app crash for weeks
- Kicks users out of the app
- Does not show housing options
- Kicked off the app when checking bid position
- Freezes constantly
- App does not work
- Filter switches back to all areas
- Listing half way underneath the top menu bar
- Cannot choose area to select
- App loses control during peak times
- Throws users out of the app
- Takes longer to bid during peak times
- Inconsistent with laptop view
- Closing every time an attempt to view is made
- Does not let users select a portal
- App crashes and goes back to home screen when bidding or checking position
- Shows fewer properties than the website
- Fails every time a picture is pressed
- Glitches every other 40 seconds
- Cannot see pictures when clicking them
- Error pops up when clicking button to view rent
- No descriptions viewable
- Crashing and logging out
- App not working for bidding
- Broken for months
- Crashed again
- App won't let users sign in
- Not showing portal list after reinstall
- App keeps crashing
- Not showing portal list on different devices
- Says Loading but never does
- Won't let users see bidding position
- App withdrew the bid
Requested features
6 requests- Notify users of updates and data transfers via email
- Implement a proper logout functionality
- Update the app to modern standards
- Add missing council portals (e.g., City of London, One Housing Group, Enfield)
- Improve the ability to select specific areas in filters
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- Optimize the app for newer devices
In-app purchases
Haringey Libraries
No in-app purchases
Home Connect
No in-app purchases
