Comparison

Home Library Manager vs Personal Library

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Home Library Manager

Features
Read full description

Home Library Manager is a comprehensive personal library manager for iOS. Quickly add books with metadata, set and track reading statuses (Want to Read, Reading, Read) and keep notes. View detailed statistics such as total pages, average rating and top genres, explore your collection with filters and a clean, modern interface designed for ease of use. Data stays on-device for privacy, while a polished UI provides a delightful reading-journey experience.

About

Personal Library

Features
Read full description

Your whole book collection, finally organized โ€” including Romanian editions other apps can't find. Personal Library turns your phone into an ISBN scanner for your bookshelf. Scan a book's barcode and it's cataloged in seconds: cover, title, author, publisher, translator and page count filled in automatically. No more duplicate purchases, no more "do I already own this?" SCAN YOUR HOME LIBRARY IN MINUTES Point the camera at the barcode and the book is on your shelf. Cataloging hundreds of books has never been this fast. FINDS THE BOOKS OTHERS MISS Details come from several sources, including Romanian publishers and bookshops, so Romanian and hard-to-find editions are filled in too. One button fills the gaps across your whole library. AI LOOKUP WHEN THE CATALOGS COME UP EMPTY When a book isn't in any catalog, AI lookup searches bookshop websites and fills in the details, the cover, a description and the author's biography โ€” only from pages it can cite. Turn it on automatically in Settings; each search uses one AI credit. BRING YOUR LIBRARY WITH YOU Already use Goodreads or StoryGraph? Import your export file: shelves become lists, and your ratings and reviews come along. You can export your full library at any time. ORGANIZE THE WAY YOU THINK Shelves, lists and series. Mark what you own, track what you've read, what you're reading and what's next. AI SUMMARIES Ask for a recap with the ending, or a spoiler-free overview, in English or Romanian. SHARE WITH ANYONE Send a shelf, a list or a series as a link. It opens in any browser, no account needed. ALWAYS IN SYNC Your library is backed up and synced across your phone, tablet and the web. PLANS Personal Library is free to start. Plus and Pro unlock larger libraries and more features, and AI credit packs power the AI searches and summaries. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage them in your App Store account settings. Great for collectors cataloging a home library, readers tracking their TBR, and anyone who wants an ISBN scanner and book catalog in one.

Screenshots

Home Library Manager4 screens
Personal Library4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Home Library Manager at 15.1 against Personal Library's 17.6. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Home Library Manager versus Personal Library: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome Library ManagerPersonal Library
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size32 MB26 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGianfranco AntenucciInadcod SRL

In-app purchases

None

Home Library Manager

No in-app purchases

None

Personal Library

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Home Library Manager free?
Home Library Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Personal Library free?
Personal Library is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Home Library Manager or Personal Library have ads?
Neither Home Library Manager nor Personal Library shows ads.

Other comparisons