PDL Mobile vs Hamilton East Library
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDL Mobile
Access your local library's catalog, place holds, and manage your account from your mobile device. Find library locations, reserve study rooms, and explore events. Your digital library card is always available for quick access.
- Search library catalog
- Place holds on items
- Manage user account
- Find library locations
- Reserve study rooms
- View upcoming events
- Digital library card
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Discover the Portage District Library on your mobile device! Search our catalog, place holds, manage your account, find a nearby location, reserve study rooms, and explore upcoming events—all in one convenient place. Your digital library card is always ready for quick access. You can even scan barcodes to check item availability. Take the Portage District Library with you wherever you go and make the most of your library experience!
Hamilton East Library
Access your library account digitally, search for books and other materials, place holds, and manage your loans. Stay updated on upcoming library events and reserve study spaces.
- Digital library card
- Search for materials
- Place holds
- Manage account
- Renew items
- View upcoming events
- Reserve study rooms
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Take Hamilton East Public Library with you anywhere you go! With the HEPL app, users can access a digital library card, search for materials, place holds, manage their account, renew items, view upcoming events, reserve study rooms, and more!
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Verdict
PDL Mobile and Hamilton East Library both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 60% of Hamilton East Library's written reviews are positive against 40% of PDL Mobile's. Hamilton East Library also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). PDL Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for PDL Mobile against 3.9 for Hamilton East Library. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 10 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of PDL Mobile's written reviews are positive against 60% of Hamilton East Library's.
PDL Mobile ships an update every 5 months, Hamilton East Library every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PDL Mobile | Hamilton East Library |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (23 ratings) — better | 3.9 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Portage District Library | Hamilton East Public Library |
Customer experience
PDL Mobile
Hamilton East Library
In-app purchases
PDL Mobile
No in-app purchases
Hamilton East Library
No in-app purchases
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