Hoopla vs Scriptorio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hoopla
Access a vast digital library of books, comics, movies, music, and more, all within a single application. Stream or download content for free with your library card, enjoying an ad-free experience and features like offline listening and dark mode.
- Stream and download content
- Ad-free experience
- Audiobooks and eBooks
- Comics, manga, and graphic novels
- Movies and TV shows
- Music albums
- Offline listening
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Borrow audiobooks, eBooks, movies, TV episodes, comics, and music, all in one app. No subscription. No ads. Just click borrow and press play. Hoopla works with your local public library to bring millions of titles to your phone, tablet, and TV. New titles are added every day, and many are ready to borrow the moment you find them. How it Works 1. Find your library in the Hoopla app 2. Sign in with your library card 3. Start borrowing and enjoy Audiobooks and eBooks - Bestsellers, new releases, indie authors, and classics - Romance, thrillers, fantasy, mystery, nonfiction, kids, teens, and more - Listen on your commute, at the gym, or while you wind down - Stream right away or download to enjoy later Movies and TV - Stream movies, TV shows, documentaries, and anime at home or on the go - Watch on iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV - SeasonPass lets you borrow a full season of a show and watch at your own pace - Family movies and kids' shows for your next movie night Comics, Graphic Novels, and Manga - Superheroes, manga, graphic memoirs, and kids' comics - ActionView guides you panel by panel so you can take in every detail of the art Music - Borrow full albums from today's chart-toppers and all-time favorites - Shuffle music across your borrowed albums to build your own unique playlist Made for how you read, listen, and watch - Apple CarPlay for audiobooks and music on the road - Offline downloads, so you can enjoy borrowed titles without using data - Sleep timer for bedtime listening - Dark mode for comfortable late-night reading - Kids Mode for family-friendly browsing - Titles return automatically, so there are never late fees - Hoopla BingePass gives you seven days of access to a collection of premium content with one borrow All you need is a library card from a participating public library. Don't have one yet? Check with your local library about getting a card. Hoopla is offered in thousands of libraries. Available titles, formats, and borrowing limits vary by library. Titles are licensed, not owned, and availability may change at any time due to publisher agreements.
Scriptorio
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Everything about the books you read in one place. The passages you keep, and the reading itself. What you read should become part of your thinking, not a fading memory. Scriptorio is a reading companion for people who take books seriously. Point your camera at a page, and the passage is yours. No typing, no retyping, no losing the thread of what you were reading. But saving a passage is only the beginning. Scriptorio helps your ideas come back, connect with what you've read before, and gradually become part of the way you think. CAPTURE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION Photograph a page from the physical book in front of you and text recognition lifts the passage out. Save from Safari, Books, or anywhere else through the share sheet. Everything lands on the same shelf. BRING YOUR KINDLE HIGHLIGHTS Sign in to your Kindle notebook and every highlight you have ever made comes across, book by book, with locations intact. Publishers cap how much of a book may be exported. Where that happens, Scriptorio says so per book, instead of quietly dropping lines. ONE IDEA, MANY BOOKS Theme Collections gather passages across books, so writers who never met end up side by side on the same question. CONNECTIONS YOU DIDN'T LOOK FOR Passages you never thought to pair surface on their own, each with one line on the idea they share. An explanation, not a summary. And when you see a link the app missed, you draw it yourself and write down why. Your reasoning stays with the pair. IT COMES BACK TO YOU Spaced repetition built on your own highlights. The shelf checks in with you, gently, until the ideas stay. Rate a card in one tap and the schedule adapts to how you actually remember. YOUR READING, MEASURED A reading timer, page progress, streaks and goals. For the books you are in the middle of, not the ones you meant to start. Finish a book and rate it, note the one thing that stays, and who you would hand it to. BUILT TO STAY PRIVATE Text recognition runs entirely on your device. The semantic understanding behind the connections graph is computed on your device too, using Apple's own frameworks. Your notes are never sent to a third-party AI service to be indexed. What syncs between your devices is yours alone. SUBSCRIPTION Scriptorio is a subscription. Every new reader starts with a 14-day free trial, no card required. After the trial, full access requires a monthly or yearly subscription, available in the app. The first 100 yearly subscribers receive a founding-member badge. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://scriptorio.app/app-terms Privacy Policy: https://scriptorio.app/app-privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hoopla at none against Scriptorio's 2. Hoopla also leads on chart position (#6 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). Scriptorio's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Scriptorio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Hoopla asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hoopla ships an update monthly, Scriptorio fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hoopla | Scriptorio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.4M ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.4M — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #6 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Midwest Tape, LLC | Impelechy LLC |
Bugs and requests
Hoopla
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Issues with downloading and playing content
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between apps
- Problems with returning borrowed items
Requested features
5 requests- Increase monthly borrow limit
- Add ability to preview audiobooks before borrowing
- Improve page navigation and bookmarking
- Enhance cross-device syncing
- Introduce dark mode and customization options
Scriptorio
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hoopla
No in-app purchases
Scriptorio
- Scriptorio Monthly$9.991 Month
- Scriptorio Yearly$79.991 Year
Questions
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