BiblioBoard Library vs Chirp Audiobooks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BiblioBoard Library
Access a vast collection of digital books, multimedia, and local content from your community. Enjoy unlimited access to titles with no holds or waitlists, and discover unique creations from independent creators. Read offline, take notes, and share your favorite discoveries.
- Unlimited access, no holds or waitlists
- Community-created content
- Multimedia collection (books, video, audio, images)
- Offline reading
- Bookmarks and notes
- Sharing capabilities
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BiblioBoard, in partnership with your library, is devoted to providing your community with powerful tools to Create, Share, and Discover local content. Your patrons now have unlimited access to collections for your community, by your community. It’s the easiest library app you’ll ever use. And there are NEVER holds, waitlists, or complicated checkout processes. All items on BiblioBoard are ALWAYS AVAILABLE. On BiblioBoard, you'll find hundreds of digital books, images, articles, documents, videos, and audio from around the world and across time, curated by subject and accessible from anywhere. These include items from local creators (indie books, original film, local music, community art), content from the community (local yearbooks, historic town photographs, oral histories, school projects), and contemporary content in a variety of genres, including comics & graphic novels, romance, mystery, and more. BiblioBoard Features: NO HOLDS OR CHECKOUTS — ALWAYS AVAILABLE BOOKS, MOVIES, AND MORE Content from writers, artists, musicians, filmmakers and more from your community Comics & graphic novels, romance novels, mystery books, and more Multimedia content (audio, video, images, books, documents) Offline Bookshelf—Download your favorite pieces for easy viewing, anytime Bookmarks and Notes—Earmark your favorite pages and jot down your thoughts Share capabilities—let your friends know about your favorite indie books Free and fantastic Patron Technical Support Single-tap reading on all mobile platforms And more! To learn more, visit https://www.biblioboard.com. If you have problems with this application, please contact us through our support website, at http://support.biblioboard.com.
Chirp Audiobooks
Discover and purchase audiobooks without a monthly subscription. Access daily deals on bestsellers starting at $1, plus hundreds of free titles. Download or stream your purchased audiobooks for offline listening.
- Daily audiobook deals
- Hundreds of free audiobooks
- Purchase and own audiobooks
- Offline listening
- Customizable playback speed
- Sleep timer
- Bookmark functionality
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Chirp brings you huge audiobook deals — without a monthly commitment or subscription. Discover bestselling audio books starting at $1, plus hundreds of free audiobooks. Our team of audiobook lovers works with publishers and authors to deliver handpicked, limited-time deals to your inbox daily. Chirp makes it easy for millions of listeners to find their next audiobook. With the Chirp app, you can conveniently download or stream any audiobooks purchased from the Chirp website (chirpbooks.com) directly on your iPhone or iPad. ABOUT CHIRP - All your favorite audiobooks — including bestsellers, mysteries & thrillers, memoirs, classics, romance, science fiction & fantasy, and more — at your fingertips - Personalized emails alerting you to free and heavily discounted titles - New audiobook deals every day, including hundreds of free listens - Instantly available audiobooks with no waitlists - No subscription fees -On average, our members save more than $68/year with Chirp HOW IT WORKS - Sign up for free and tell us what types of books you enjoy - Discover bestselling audiobooks starting at $1, plus hundreds of free audiobooks - Download and start listening with our free app on iOS - The audiobooks are yours to keep FEATURES OF THE CHIRP APP - Stream or download audiobooks to enjoy offline listening in the app - Listen seamlessly on the road with CarPlay - Convenient sleep timer functionality - Effortless chapter navigation - Intuitive bookmark feature so you never lose your place - Highly customizable listening speeds Join the millions of Chirp customers getting amazing deals on audiobooks. Download the app and sign up today! Your feedback is important to us, so please consider leaving us a review.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chirp Audiobooks at 4.8 against BiblioBoard Library's 3.7. Chirp Audiobooks also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (90K vs 12). BiblioBoard Library's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (83% vs 60%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Chirp Audiobooks holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chirp Audiobooks has 90K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of BiblioBoard Library's written reviews are positive against 60% of Chirp Audiobooks's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BiblioBoard Library ships an update every 4 months, Chirp Audiobooks every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BiblioBoard Library | Chirp Audiobooks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (12 ratings) | 4.8 (90K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 60.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 90K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #51 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | BiblioLabs, LLC | Pubmark Inc. |
Customer experience
BiblioBoard Library
Chirp Audiobooks
Bugs and requests
BiblioBoard Library
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Chirp Audiobooks
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes or freezes during use
- Playback issues (skipping, losing place)
- Downloading/syncing problems
Requested features
4 requests- Add bookmarking/resume playback functionality
- Improve organization and management of library
- Integrate with CarPlay and other platforms
- Expand availability to more regions
In-app purchases
BiblioBoard Library
No in-app purchases
Chirp Audiobooks
No in-app purchases
Questions
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