LINKcat Mobile vs WRLS Library Catalog App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Head to head
About
LINKcat Mobile
Manage your library account on the go. Search the catalog, place holds, renew borrowed items, and check your account status directly from your mobile device.
Highlights
- Search library catalog
- Place holds on items
- Access library account
- Renew borrowed items
- Manage account status
Features
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Access LINKcat from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Search LINKcat, place holds, access your library account, renew items, and more.
About
WRLS Library Catalog App
Access the combined catalog of west-central Wisconsin libraries. Manage your account, search for books, renew items, and place holds. Connect with your local Winding Rivers Library System branch.
Highlights
- Access shared library catalog
- Manage user account
- Search for books and items
- Renew borrowed items
- Place holds on items
- Connect with local library
Features
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Access the shared library catalog of west-central Wisconsin’s Winding Rivers Library System libraries from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Manage your account, search the catalog, renew and reserve books, and connect with your local WRLS library.
Screenshots
LINKcat Mobile4 screens
WRLS Library Catalog App4 screens
Verdict
The call
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WRLS Library Catalog App at 50% against LINKcat Mobile's 13%. WRLS Library Catalog App also leads on rating (3.0 vs 2.8). LINKcat Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (40 vs 2). 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
CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings
WRLS Library Catalog App holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LINKcat Mobile has 40 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of LINKcat Mobile's written reviews are positive against 50% of WRLS Library Catalog App's.
UpkeepUpdate frequency
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
| Parameter | LINKcat Mobile | WRLS Library Catalog App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (40 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.9% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | South Central Library System | WRLS Library Catalog App |
Customer experience
LINKcat Mobile
All ratings40 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral15.0%
Negative47.5%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive12.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative80.0%
WRLS Library Catalog App
All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Bugs and requests
LINKcat Mobile
Reported bugs
224 issues- Won't stay logged in
- Randomly boots out
- Freezes
- Unable to load data
- Cannot automatically pull up saved passwords
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- Adding books to wishlist freezes the app
- Search options are shaved down
- No way to contact developer
- Keeps you logged in sometimes, or randomly boots you off
- Constant log in issues
- Super glitchy
- App keeps you logged in sometimes, or randomly boots you off
- Works sometimes, but not always
- Update has some improvements, but still doesn't stay logged in
- Logging in requires more steps
- Unusable
- Error message or nothing happens
- Doesn't work 99% of the time
- Can't place items on hold
- Update does not work
- Cannot use Place Hold button
- Recent update breaks it for iPhone 14
- Rarely shows checkouts
- Actions like renewals result in glitches and crashes
- Constantly log in & out to be able to search
- Not recognizing login at all
- Always full of bugs
- More of a pain to use than anything
- Slowest app ever used
- Takes forever to load
- Makes you resign in almost every time
- Claims username or password are incorrect every other time
- User lists missing
- UI feels like it was developed a decade ago
- Weird and unintuitive transition when opening activity
- Takes too many taps to see holds
- Renew button visible but item cannot be renewed
- Keep signed in checkbox only intermittently effective
- Linked accounts make life easier
- App is still a little on the slow side
- Lots of issues logging in
- Keeps kicking me out
- Unsaved all my saved books
- Login broken after update
- Useless after update
- Can't login since latest update
- Uncertainty is not a good feature
- Unable to show checkouts or holds
- Timeout error message
- Same issue with search function
- Horrible
- Can't renew
- Trouble logging in or won't stay logged in
- Terrible search feature
- Stopped working
- Puts you into a log into my account loop
- Still unreliable
- Never works
- Worthless
- Truly terrible
- Never seems to work
- Frustrating
- Libraries not open, need app for curbside pickup
- Reserving books online is the only option
- Please update!
- Many deficiencies
- SO slow
- Keep getting notified it won't work after iOS update
- A nightmare
- Slow, terrible, barely functioning
- Doesn't work anymore
- Non functional
- Terrible app
- Basically nonfunctional
- An all around terrible app
- Does almost nothing you want it to do
- Slower than a turtle with a hangover
- It works, sort of
- Clunky and very slow
- Doesn't maintain login
- Searching is painful
- Unusable
- Stuck with last search results
- Can't get to checked out items to renew
- Please fix
- Terrible after update
- Can't search or place holds
- Terrible App
- Useless
- Doesn't load
- Search function glitches
- Can't easily renew books
- Fix it please
- Upgraded only to ruin it
- Frustratingly glitch-prone
- Search results not accurate
- Keyboard commands return incorrect characters
- Forced re-authentication
- A real mess
- Holds aren’t working anymore
- Placing a hold via the app doesn't work
- Worst app I have
- Useful concept but barely works
- Shocking that this is the best the library can come up with
- Clumsy, awkward, unreliable
- Half the time it won't load search page
- Fails to bring up item
- Keyboard doesn't have a space bar
- Delete button added random letters
- Recent update made it unusable
- Almost impossible to see checked out items
- Have to log out and try to log back in
- Logging back in takes several tries
- Constantly redirects back to home page
- Won't work
- Need an updated version
- Miss being able to manage library account from phone
- Unusable
- Made an update in Dec 2019 and now it doesn't work
- Wish this app worked
- Some days it does, most of the time it doesn't
- Won't log in
- Errors most of the time
- It had issues, now it is unusable
- Can't even get into account
- Holds don't show up on account
- Horrible
- Super super slow
- Won't load checked out/hold items
- Searches come up blank since update
- Time to Update
- 5 years since last update
- Many improvements necessary
- Really needs updating
- Desperately needs to be updated
- What WHY HOW
- Can't perform basic functions
- Awful
- Slow
- Need to keep logging back on
- Can't find what you need
- Hard to figure out how to renew
- Outdated and poorly constructed
- Polarized
- Does not work right even after reinstall
- Used to work okay, now broken
- App won't load checkout/hold lists
- Half the time page won't load
- Error pops up
- Have to scroll all the way down to local library
- Come on.
- Incredibly slow
- Functionality not quicker
- Every function takes about 30 seconds
- Log in - 30 seconds
- Type search - wait 30 seconds
- Hit hold button - wait 30 seconds
- Finalize hold - 30 more seconds
- Incredibly unreliable
- HATE it
- Slow as dial-up
- Runs as slowly as dial-up
- Terrible
- Constantly freezing up
- Extremely slow
- Doesn't work. Please fix!
- Works less than half the time
- Shows old cached list
- Throws an error
- Unreliable
- Okay when it works, but no telling when
- Very slow and glitchy
- Different types of errors
- Loads but only loads back to home screen
- Rarely updates checked out/on hold
- Broken
- App worked great until past week
- All I get is an error message
- Tried deleting and re-downloading, didn't help
- Need to go through web browser
- Very frustrating
- Broken!
- App has been broken for about a month
- All I can get are error messages
- Try refresh page messages
- Really poor
- As bad of an app as I have seen
- Terrible interface
- Search is all but useless
- Worked great for about 2 weeks, then stopped working completely
- Unknown error
- Tried re-downloading with no success
- Running terrible
- Times out constantly
- Need a Passbook interface
- Technology doesn't always win
- Difficult to navigate
- Hard to find results
- Uninspiring, poor UI/UX
- Simple wrapper app around mobile website
- Mobile website is poorly designed
- Not pretty, but it works.
- Works fine on iPad 3 iOS 6.01
- Not a "beautiful" app
- Ok folks, who can do better?!
- Wish this app worked reliably
- Rarely works
- Fails to come up with response to search
- Says to try again later
- Finding results unrelated to search terms
- Missing an important feature
- Prioritizing a sort for checked out items
- Show up in random order
- Good start I suppose
- Nice to have
- Convenient to have mobile access
- Navigation isn't the best
- Takes more tapping around than it should
- Downloads from Overdrive don't seem to be working
- Couldn't get barcode scan to work
- Disappointing Functionality!
- Renewing items requires lots of scrolling
- Much easier to use full LinkCat site on iPhone
- Need same functionality of full site in mobile app
Requested features
11 requests- Add user lists
- Improve UI/UX
- Implement tab bar navigation
- Add dark mode
- Allow searching by language
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- Provide a way to contact developers
- Improve search filters
- Add Passbook interface for membership card
- Sort checked out list by due date
- Make search results more accurate
- Improve keyboard for searches with spaces
WRLS Library Catalog App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
None
LINKcat Mobile
No in-app purchases
None
WRLS Library Catalog App
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is LINKcat Mobile free?
LINKcat Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WRLS Library Catalog App free?
WRLS Library Catalog App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LINKcat Mobile or WRLS Library Catalog App?
WRLS Library Catalog App is rated higher. LINKcat Mobile averages 2.8 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while WRLS Library Catalog App averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do LINKcat Mobile or WRLS Library Catalog App have ads?
Neither LINKcat Mobile nor WRLS Library Catalog App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LINKcat Mobile or WRLS Library Catalog App?
LINKcat Mobile ships an update every 2 months, and WRLS Library Catalog App every 2 months. Most recently, LINKcat Mobile was updated on August 23, 2026 and WRLS Library Catalog App on September 15, 2026.
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