BKLYN Library vs tale.fyi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BKLYN Library
Access and manage your library account from your mobile device. Browse physical and digital collections, manage checkouts and holds, and utilize mobile checkout features. The app also supports managing multiple library cards.
- Browse physical and digital collections
- Manage checkouts and holds
- Mobile checkout
- Manage multiple library cards
- Create booklists
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-Browse the library's physical and digital collection -Manage your checkouts, holds, and booklists. -Mobile checkout -Manage multiple library cards
tale.fyi
Immerse yourself in classic literature with this minimalist app. Read or listen to entire novels, with options to download content for offline access. Enjoy a distraction-free experience without signups, ads, or purchases.
- Read classic novels
- Listen to audiobooks
- Offline download
- Minimalist design
- No signup required
- Ad-free experience
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Read (or listen to) whole classic novels set in a beautiful minimalist app designed for focus. Download the text or the audio to take with you anywhere. No signup required, no purchases, no ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: tale.fyi at 5.0 against BKLYN Library's 4.2. tale.fyi also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 61%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months). BKLYN Library's advantage is ratings volume (104 vs 3). 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.
tale.fyi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BKLYN Library has 104 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of BKLYN Library's written reviews are positive against 100% of tale.fyi's.
BKLYN Library ships an update every 5 months, tale.fyi every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BKLYN Library | tale.fyi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (104 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 104 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Brooklyn Public Library | Samuel Cole |
Customer experience
BKLYN Library
tale.fyi
Bugs and requests
BKLYN Library
Reported bugs
13 issues- App broken, page blank, books overdue
- App stops working after a while, needs re-download
- Mobile checkout involves buffering
- Constantly signing out, need to re-enter details
- Added accounts disappear after re-login
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- App doesn't load, says not connected to internet
- App stuck on blank screen, no sign-in option
- Books disappear under Checkouts and Holds
- App is super slow and glitchy
- App doesn't load, gets stuck, can't change accounts
- App stops working after a few days, kicks user off
- Cannot get app to work on library WiFi
- Age restricted to 17+
Requested features
4 requests- Bring back location finder with hours
- Keep users logged in
- Improve branch hours/closures display
- Allow offline access to library card
tale.fyi
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BKLYN Library
No in-app purchases
tale.fyi
No in-app purchases
Questions
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