Comparison

BorrowBox vs Nothings

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BorrowBox

Access a vast digital library of eAudiobooks, eBooks, eMagazines, and eNewspapers from your local library. Browse, borrow, and enjoy content on any device with seamless syncing and personalized features.

Highlights
  • Borrow eAudiobooks, eBooks, eMagazines, eNewspapers
  • All library formats in one app
  • Read and listen directly in the app
  • Curated collections and themes
  • Multi-language browsing
  • Automatic new issue downloads
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Adjustable playback speed and sleep timer
Features
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Discover the Ultimate Library Experience – Borrow eAudiobooks, eBooks, eMagazines, and eNewspapers – All in One Place. With BorrowBox, browsing, borrowing, reading, or listening has never been simpler. Take your library with you, wherever you go, whenever you want. If your local library offers BorrowBox, simply sign in with your membership details to unlock a world of digital reading and listening. ALL YOUR LIBRARY FAVOURITES, ONE APP Explore eAudiobooks, eBooks, eMagazines, and eNewspapers – all the formats your library offers, all in one place. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE Read or listen to your borrowed titles directly in the app. No extra downloads, no extra steps. MADE FOR YOU Enjoy curated collections and themes that make discovering your next read and listen a breeze. BROWSE IN ANY LANGUAGE Our Language Browsing feature makes it simple to find content in multiple languages, tailored for different audiences. NEVER MISS A RELEASE Subscribe to your favourite eMagazines or eNewspapers, and they’ll be borrowed and downloaded automatically as new issues arrive. STAY IN SYNC Your reading and listening progress seamlessly follows you across all your devices. TAILORED TO YOU Set a sleep timer for your eAudiobooks, add your favourites to your reading lists, and adjust playback speed to suit your listening style.

About

Nothings

Discover curated poetry and classic art, with daily poems matched to your mood. Create your own collections and explore a news feed for contemporary publications. The app aims to foster a positive habit of reading poetry without ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Curated poetry feed
  • Daily poem feature
  • Mood-based poem matching
  • Customizable poetry collections
  • Art paired with poems
  • Poetry news feed
Features
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People less cynical than myself have called it hope-scrolling. Nothings is an attempt to reinforce the positive habit of reading poetry. Along with a feed that matches poems to your mood, there's a new poem every day, and you can create and curate your own poetry collections. This app also matches art to poems, and there's a poetry news feed that acts as a window into more contemporary publications. There's no ads, no subscription and your data is not shared with third parties. Our goal is to fund server costs through book sales.

Screenshots

BorrowBox4 screens
Nothings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: BorrowBox at 876 against Nothings's 1. BorrowBox also leads on chart position (#93 vs unranked). Nothings's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nothings holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BorrowBox has 876 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BorrowBox ships an update every 6 days, Nothings weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
BorrowBox versus Nothings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBorrowBoxNothings
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (876 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings876 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#93 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB33 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBolinda digitalScryer Limited

Bugs and requests

BorrowBox

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes after recent update
  • Loses reading progress when switching devices
  • Night mode issues with invisible text
  • Audiobook controls not working with Bluetooth
  • Inconsistent behavior when using sleep timer

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add a wishlist or reading list feature
  • Improve search and filtering capabilities
  • Implement bookmark/progress tracking for audiobooks
  • Integrate with Apple CarPlay for safer driving
  • Add user reviews and ratings for books

Nothings

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BorrowBox

No in-app purchases

None

Nothings

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BorrowBox free?
BorrowBox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nothings free?
Nothings is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BorrowBox or Nothings?
Nothings is rated higher. BorrowBox averages 4.7 out of 5 from 876 ratings, while Nothings averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BorrowBox or Nothings have ads?
Neither BorrowBox nor Nothings shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BorrowBox or Nothings?
BorrowBox ships an update every 6 days, and Nothings weekly. Most recently, BorrowBox was updated on November 1, 2026 and Nothings on October 25, 2026.

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