Georgetown Mobile vs Arlington Public Library
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Georgetown Mobile
Access essential university information and services on the go. Find campus locations, view event calendars, check dining hall hours, and stay updated with university news and sports.
- Search university directory
- Campus location finder
- Event calendar
- Campus dining information
- University news updates
- Sports scores and news
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Georgetown Mobile is a university-wide mobile initiative to aggregate and deliver useful, mobile-appropriate content to university communities, locally and worldwide Georgetown Mobile allows you to: * Search the Georgetown directory * Find locations on Georgetown's campuses and locations * View the calendar of events * View GUTS schedules and routes * Find operating status, hours, and daily menus for campus dining facilities * Read the latest news about the University community from Georgetown's Office of Communications * Get the latest scores and news about the Hoyas And more...
Arlington Public Library
Access your local public library's resources on the go. Search the catalog, manage accounts, book rooms, and stay updated on events and news. Receive notifications for holds and overdue items.
- Search library catalog
- Manage library card accounts
- Book meeting rooms
- View events and news
- Barcode scanning
- Push notifications for holds/overdue items
- Geolocation to nearest library
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Arlington County, Virginia’s free app puts the public library at your fingertips wherever you might be. Search the library catalog, manage multiple library card accounts, book meeting rooms, and access library information and operating hours. You can browse featured events, news and popular booklists. The app takes advantage of several mobile-specific features such as barcode scanning, push notifications when holds are ready or accounts overdue, and geolocation to the nearest library. It is provided by Arlington County's Open Government Program to promote transparency and better access to data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Arlington Public Library at 2.9 against Georgetown Mobile's 1.6. Arlington Public Library also leads on ratings volume (62 vs 16). Georgetown Mobile's advantage is review sentiment (56% vs 30%). 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.
Arlington Public Library holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 62 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of Georgetown Mobile's written reviews are positive against 30% of Arlington Public Library's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Georgetown Mobile ships an update every 7 months, Arlington Public Library every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Georgetown Mobile | Arlington Public Library |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (16 ratings) | 2.9 (62 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better | 30.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 62 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Georgetown University (UIS) | Arlington County Government |
Customer experience
Georgetown Mobile
Arlington Public Library
In-app purchases
Georgetown Mobile
No in-app purchases
Arlington Public Library
No in-app purchases
Questions
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