SMPL Mobile vs Aurelius

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

Aurelius is a beautiful place to keep your reading life: part digital bookshelf, part personal archive, and part shared space for the books worth talking about. Track the books you’ve read, are reading, and want to remember. Rate them, rank your all-time favorites, and build a library that becomes more meaningful with every finished book. Save the lines that stopped you in your tracks. Aurelius gives your quotes and reflections the space they deserve: an elegant, effortless library you’ll actually want to revisit. With Aurelius, you can: • Keep every book in a personal digital bookshelf • Rate and rank the books that shaped you • Save quotes, notes, and reflections in one beautiful place • Revisit your reading life by year and see it unfold • Add friends and share the books, quotes, and favorites that matter to you Aurelius is built for readers who believe a book is more than a title on a list. It is a home for the stories you loved, the ideas you carried with you, and the reader you are becoming.