ASA Library vs IADS 5
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ASA Library
Access and read your purchased eBooks from asa2fly.com on any device. Download titles for offline reading and utilize features like highlighting, bookmarking, and note-taking. An interactive table of contents and easy-to-read rendering enhance the reading experience.
- Offline eBook access
- Highlighting
- Bookmarking
- Note-taking
- Search functionality
- Interactive table of contents
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The ASA Library app allows you to read your ASA eBooks from anywhere. Easily access your eBooks purchased from asa2fly.com and download for offline access. Features include the ability to highlight, bookmark, and take notes, as well as search capability. An interactive table of contents provides a quick jump to specific chapters. Easy-to-read rendering and intuitive UI make reading enjoyable.
IADS 5
This application provides secure and efficient access to U.S. Army Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs) on mobile devices. It streamlines the viewing of technical documentation for users needing quick and easy access to critical information.
- Access Army IETMs
- Modern technical manual viewing
- Secure access
- Efficient document display
- Mobile companion app
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Access Army IETMs with ease — IADS 5 brings modern, secure, and efficient technical manual viewing to your fingertips. IADS 5 is a mobile companion for the U.S. Army’s Interactive Authoring and Display Software (IADS), designed to streamline access to Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IADS 5 at 4.4 against ASA Library's 1.7. IADS 5 also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months). ASA Library's advantage is review sentiment (11% vs 0%) and ratings volume (45 vs 10). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
IADS 5 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 11% of ASA Library's written reviews are positive against 0% of IADS 5's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ASA Library ships an update every 12 months, IADS 5 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ASA Library | IADS 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (45 ratings) | 4.4 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 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 | 14.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 190 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ASA | U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command - Publication Services |
Customer experience
ASA Library
IADS 5
In-app purchases
ASA Library
No in-app purchases
IADS 5
No in-app purchases
