Boundless vs Grapevine Library
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Boundless
Access a vast collection of ebooks, digital audiobooks, and videobooks from your local library or school. Enjoy a seamless reading, listening, and watching experience with personalized recommendations and engaging reading programs.
- Discover ebooks, audiobooks, and videobooks
- Read, listen, and watch in one app
- Personalized recommendations
- Join library reading programs
- Track reading progress and earn badges
- Customizable reading experience
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Boundless by Baker & Taylor gives users the ability to discover and enjoy ebooks, digital audiobooks, video and videobooks from their library or school on mobile devices. • Read, listen, and watch all in one app • Supports eRead-Along and videobook content • Recommendations based on your interests • Join reading programs and challenges from your library • See your progress and earn badges for reading achievements • Notetaking, bookmarking, page layout and font controls Boundless is a digital content service from Baker & Taylor, the premier distributor of books and entertainment products to libraries. Boundless Library is a service from Baker & Taylor, the premier distributor of books and entertainment products.
Grapevine Library
Access your local library's catalog from your mobile device. Search for books, movies, and games, place holds, and manage your account by checking due dates and renewing items.
- Search entire catalog
- Find books, movies, games
- Place holds
- Check due dates
- Renew items
- Access eContent
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The Grapevine Public Library app allows you to explore your library on the go to find new books, movies, games, or your old favorites! Quickly search the entire catalog, including eContent, and place holds, check due dates, and renew eligible titles.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Grapevine Library at 5.0 against Boundless's 4.4. Boundless's advantage is ratings volume (18K vs 1). 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.
Grapevine Library holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boundless has 18K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Boundless ships an update monthly, Grapevine Library every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boundless | Grapevine Library |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (18K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 177 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Baker & Taylor | City of Grapevine |
Customer experience
Boundless
Grapevine Library
Bugs and requests
Boundless
Reported bugs
4 issues- Books disappearing from user's shelf
- Inability to return or renew books
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between profiles
- Audiobook playback issues
Requested features
5 requests- Improved page turning and navigation controls
- Ability to adjust margins and font settings
- Offline access to downloaded content
- Better integration with other reading apps
- More detailed progress tracking and analytics
Grapevine Library
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Boundless
No in-app purchases
Grapevine Library
No in-app purchases
Questions
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