MyOPL vs Libro.fm Audiobooks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyOPL
Access your public library's catalog on the go. Search for books, place holds, manage your account, and discover new titles. Find library locations, check availability, and manage your due dates and renewals.
- Search catalog with filters
- View title descriptions and reviews
- Save titles to 'For Later' list
- Check item availability and locations
- Manage due dates and renewals
- Place and track holds
- Download eBooks and audiobooks
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Take the Omaha Pubic Library with you wherever you go! Search for books, place holds, manage your account, create lists, and get information about our locations. Features: • quickly search, with filters to 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 • search the full catalog for books, movies, music and digital books • find and download eBooks 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 OPL
Libro.fm Audiobooks
Listen to audiobooks while supporting independent bookstores. Access a vast library, enjoy DRM-free content, and utilize reader-friendly features like bookmarks and sleep timers. Purchases directly benefit your chosen local bookshop.
- Support for independent bookstores
- DRM-free audiobooks
- Bookmarks and sleep timer
- Adjustable playback speed
- Automatic syncing across devices
- Recommendations from booksellers
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Looking to read audiobooks, and love supporting your local bookshop? We’re Libro.fm, an employee-owned audiobook company that shares profits with more than 4,000 indie bookshops around the globe. Whether you’re starting a membership or grabbing one of our 600,000+ audiobooks à la carte, every purchase supports your chosen store. • DRM-free (accessible audiobooks) • Reader-friendly features: Create bookmarks, set a sleep timer, adjust playback speed, create and assign tags, and automatically sync your spot across devices • Use your Libro.fm credits to redeem audiobooks in app • Supports Apple Watch and CarPlay • Recommendations from real booksellers As a Social Purpose Corporation and Certified B Corp™, we're proud to put time and resources into supporting indie bookshops and getting more folks to read—even if those goals may at times conflict with our financial interests. We care about the reading ecosystem and want it to thrive. Our privacy policy can be found at https://libro.fm/privacy Our terms of use can be found at https://libro.fm/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Libro.fm Audiobooks at 4.9 against MyOPL's 4.3. Libro.fm Audiobooks also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (41K vs 16). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Libro.fm Audiobooks holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Libro.fm Audiobooks has 41K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of MyOPL's written reviews are positive against 92% of Libro.fm Audiobooks's.
MyOPL ships an update every 4 months, Libro.fm Audiobooks every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyOPL | Libro.fm Audiobooks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (16 ratings) | 4.9 (41K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 41K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #93 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | City of Omaha, Omaha Public LIbrary | Libro.fm |
Customer experience
MyOPL
Libro.fm Audiobooks
Bugs and requests
MyOPL
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Libro.fm Audiobooks
Reported bugs
3 issues- Playback stops when device goes to sleep
- Inability to download audiobooks on cellular data
- App crashes and loses progress in books
Requested features
4 requests- Add chapter support for audiobooks
- Improve search and browsing capabilities
- Allow in-app purchases and account management
- Implement syncing across devices
In-app purchases
MyOPL
No in-app purchases
Libro.fm Audiobooks
No in-app purchases
Questions
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