Hennepin County Library vs This Here
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hennepin County Library
Easily access your library card, search the collection, and manage holds. Discover new titles, find library events, and check hours and locations for your next visit.
- Instant library card access
- Search library collection
- Place and manage holds
- Check library hours and locations
- Discover library events
- Browse staff recommendations
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Use the Hennepin County Library app to discover new titles, plan your next visit, and browse recommendations curated by library staff. **If you’re looking to download an ebook or audiobook, we recommend also downloading the free Libby app.** Hennepin County Library app features: - Instantly access your library card - Search the collection - Place and manage holds - Check library hours and locations - Discover library events
This Here
Explore detailed local data for any location on a map, covering demographics, housing, environment, and history. Visualize information through customizable data cards and compare places to your hometown. Access real information without an account or ads.
- Map-based location exploration
- Dozens of data visualization cards
- Customizable data views
- Place comparison feature
- No account required
- Ad-free experience
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Pick any spot on the map — your block, a place you're thinking about moving to, or somewhere you're just curious about — and see what the data actually says about it. This Here turns real information about people, housing, weather, nature, and history into something genuinely worth reading, not a spreadsheet. Drop a pin anywhere in the country and get a real picture of that place in seconds. • Tap anywhere in the country to explore it • Dozens of data visualization cards covering people, housing, environment, history, and more • Compare any place to your own hometown • Customize the views to reorder or add and remove cards based on your interests. • No account, no ads — just real information, made readable
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: This Here at 5.0 against Hennepin County Library's 3.1. This Here also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Hennepin County Library's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 3) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 27.0). 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.
This Here holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hennepin County Library has 23 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hennepin County Library ships an update every 3 months, This Here weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hennepin County Library | This Here |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hennepin County | Nicholas Margolies |
Customer experience
Hennepin County Library
This Here
In-app purchases
Hennepin County Library
No in-app purchases
This Here
No in-app purchases
