BiblioBoard Library vs LA County Library
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.
LA County Library
Access a vast collection of books, movies, and music from your local library. Manage your account, place holds, find branches, and discover upcoming events.
- Search catalog
- Place holds
- Manage account
- Find locations
- Reserve study rooms
- View events
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Take LA County Library with you wherever you go! Search our catalog, place holds, manage your account, find a location near you, reserve a study room, view our upcoming events, and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BiblioBoard Library at 83% against LA County Library's 30%. BiblioBoard Library also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). LA County Library's advantage is chart position (#178 vs unranked) and ratings volume (78 vs 12). 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.
BiblioBoard Library holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LA County Library has 78 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of BiblioBoard Library's written reviews are positive against 30% of LA County Library's.
BiblioBoard Library ships an update every 4 months, LA County Library every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BiblioBoard Library | LA County Library |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (12 ratings) — better | 3.1 (78 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 30.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 78 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #178 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BiblioLabs, LLC | LA County Library |
Customer experience
BiblioBoard Library
LA County Library
In-app purchases
BiblioBoard Library
No in-app purchases
LA County Library
No in-app purchases
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