SMPL Mobile vs BookPassage

Keep your favorite public library in your pocket! SMPL Mobile makes it easy to find and discover titles, manage your account, and get the branch and availability information you need, anytime and anywhere. Features: • Quickly search, with filters to help you zero-in on what you want • Get descriptions and community reviews for titles • Save titles to your ‘For Later’ list • Check availability – and map the locations where your title is available now • Instantly check your due dates and renew • Check if your holds are ready • Find and download e-books and audiobooks • Browse bestsellers, new arrivals, and recent reviews • Rate titles with one touch • Check branch hours or get directions to the nearest branch of Santa Monica Public Library

BookPassage is for readers who want to talk about the exact lines that make a book worth discussing. Save passages from the books you’re reading, share them with a reading group, and keep the conversation anchored to the text. Instead of one long, messy chat, BookPassage gives every quote, scene, question, and reflection its own place. Start a group around any book. Capture the lines that stay with you. Browse what other readers are noticing. Return to your own passage library whenever you want to remember why a page mattered. Whether you’re reading with friends, classmates, a book club, or one other serious reader, BookPassage helps the discussion stay close to the text — even when everyone reads at their own pace. What you can do: • Save quotes, scenes, and passages from books • Start reading groups around any book • Share passages with your group • Discuss specific lines instead of losing ideas in chat • Create deeper discussion topics for themes, characters, and endings • Browse public passages from other readers • Build a personal passage library organized by book BookPassage is built for close readers: people who underline, pause, reread, and want to know what other readers saw in the same lines. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getbookpassage.com/privacy