MackinVIA vs Washington County Library
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MackinVIA
Access your school's digital library, including eBooks and audiobooks. This reader app provides instant access to your checked-out materials, notes, and favorites, with powerful tools for annotation and offline reading.
- Offline access to downloaded resources
- Bookmarking and note-taking
- Highlighting and search within books
- Customizable text and audio controls
- Integrated dictionary and citation tools
- Table of Contents and page view options
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Explore your school’s eBooks, audiobooks, and other digital resources with the MackinVIA Reader, an easy-to-use app that’s fully integrated with your MackinVIA Backpack. The MackinVIA Reader gives you instant access to your favorites, checkouts, and notes, and you’re always one tap away from searching your school’s MackinVIA for more titles. Features include: -Bookmarks -Note-taking -Highlighting -Search within the book -Citations -Merriam-Webster™ dictionary -Customizable text size and font -Text-to-speech -Audio controls -Table of Contents -Single or dual page view -Download resources for offline access To get started, simply enter your school’s name along with your MackinVIA Backpack username and password.
Washington County Library
Access your local library's catalog from your mobile device. Search for books, audiobooks, eBooks, movies, and music. Manage your account, place holds, renew items, and find library hours and events.
- Search library catalog
- Manage library account
- Renew items
- Place holds
- Find library hours and locations
- Discover library programs and events
- Scan ISBN to search catalog
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Washington County (MN) Library is as Mobile as you are! Find books, audio books, eBooks, movies, music, and more in the library catalog on your mobile device. With WCL Mobile you can: • Easily search the library catalog • Check your library account to renew items, place holds, and see what you have checked out. • Look up library hours and locations. • Keep up to date on the latest library classes, programs, and events. • Connect with your Washington County Librarian by phone, email, or chat. • Follow the latest Library posts, tweets, and videos on our social networking sites. • Search the library catalog by scanning a book’s ISBN. Connect with your library anytime, anywhere!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MackinVIA at 56% against Washington County Library's 0%. MackinVIA also leads on rating (3.4 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (159 vs 3). 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.
MackinVIA holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MackinVIA has 159 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of MackinVIA's written reviews are positive against 0% of Washington County Library's.
MackinVIA ships an update every 3 months, Washington County Library every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MackinVIA | Washington County Library |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (159 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 159 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 727 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mackin Book Company | Washington County Library |
Customer experience
MackinVIA
Washington County Library
Bugs and requests
MackinVIA
Reported bugs
20 issues- Not logging in
- Sent back to App Store during sign-in
- App not loading
- School not appearing in sign-in options
- App immediately says user doesn't have it after getting off
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- Cannot download update from iTunes
- App gets stuck opening to a white screen
- Cannot access downloaded books on other devices
- Keeps signing out
- App crashes before sign-in window on older iPads
- Audio freezes, glitches, or bugs out
- Audio skips around and freezes
- App crashes when trying to read a book
- Cannot get into a book due to 'on another device' error
- Resource downloaded to another device error
- App crashes after latest update
- Downloaded books cannot be opened (corrupted file)
- Active session error prevents usage
- Newest update has made the app glitchy
- Login doesn't work after logging in from school
Requested features
10 requests- Add more book series
- Add graphic novels/manga
- Make books unlimited
- Add voiceover support
- Improve turning pages motion
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- Improve font adjustment
- Add a section to see checked-out books
- Improve advanced search functionality
- Allow bookmarks to stay in place
- Fix issues with downloaded books on multiple devices
Washington County Library
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MackinVIA
No in-app purchases
Washington County Library
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MackinVIA free?
Is Washington County Library free?
Which has better reviews, MackinVIA or Washington County Library?
Do MackinVIA or Washington County Library have ads?
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