WLS Mobile vs Stacks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WLS Mobile
Discover new and favorite books, movies, and games from your library. Search the full catalog, place holds, and manage your checkouts remotely. Renew eligible items and track due dates with ease.
- Explore library catalog
- Search for books, movies, games
- Include eContent in searches
- Place holds on items
- Check due dates
- Renew eligible titles
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WLS Mobile 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 - place holds, check due dates, and renew eligible titles.
Stacks
Easily track your reading progress and discover what your friends are reading. Organize books into 'to read,' 'reading,' and 'read' shelves, rate them, and see community averages. Connect with friends to view their activity and find your next literary adventure.
- To Read, Reading, and Read shelves
- Star ratings with community averages
- Friends' reading activity feed
- Find friends via contacts
- Private book feed option
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Stacks is the easiest way to keep track of what you're reading — and see what your friends are reading too. Keep your own shelves for books you want to read, are currently reading, and have finished. Rate the books you've read, and see how your ratings compare to what everyone else on Stacks thinks. Add friends by matching your contacts, and their reading activity shows up right in your feed — what they're picking up, finishing, and rating. It's a simple, social way to find your next book and keep a running record of everything you've read. Features: • To Read, Reading, and Read shelves • Star ratings with community averages • A feed of your friends' reading activity • Find friends already on Stacks via your contacts • Hide any book from your feed if you'd rather keep it private
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Stacks at 5.0 against WLS Mobile's 1.6. Stacks also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks). WLS Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (65 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
Stacks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WLS Mobile has 65 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
WLS Mobile ships an update every 5 weeks, Stacks every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WLS Mobile | Stacks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (65 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ByWater Solutions | Katherine Pully |
Customer experience
WLS Mobile
Stacks
Bugs and requests
WLS Mobile
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on opening
- Doesn't stay logged in
- Server errors preventing access
Requested features
2 requests- Bring back the older app
- Allow login without library card
Stacks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WLS Mobile
No in-app purchases
Stacks
No in-app purchases
