Libib vs NovelPal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Libib
Easily catalog your books, movies, music, and games by scanning barcodes. Organize your personal library and manage your collection through a connected website, adding notes, ratings, and tags.
- Scan books, board games, movies, music, and video games
- Barcode scanner
- Tag, review, and rate items
- Add notes to items
- Publish your library online
- Syncs with website
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Libib is a small org and home library cataloging app that allows you to scan in your books, board games, movies, music and video games. Mobile app works in concert with Libib's website, where you can tag, review, rate, import, make notes and publish your library! Includes a built-in high quality barcode scanner! We are committed to your privacy: • We do not have advertisements • We do not sell or share your data
NovelPal
Explore a vast library of novels across diverse genres, from adventure and romance to sci-fi and fantasy. This app offers a personalized reading experience with a dedicated library for managing your collection. Instant customer support is available for any account or functionality questions.
- Diverse novel genres
- Personalized library
- Unique reading experience
- Instant customer support
- Unlimited reading journey
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Discover a world of novels tailored for you! In this fascinating app, we have elaborately set up several different sections, covering a variety of novels ranging from thrilling adventure stories to cozy romantic novels, whether it's suspense and deduction or sci-fi, or fantasy, there are all sorts of styles of novels waiting for you to delve deeper and deeper. Each story is a new world, being designed to offer you a unique reading experience. As you continue to explore these exciting stories, you may have questions or need help. Whether it's related to an account issue or a kind of functionality, our customer support team is always willing to help you find feasible solutions instantly and effectively! There's also a special feature here, which is the starting point of your unlimited reading journey. The personalized library makes it easy to manage your collection. Immerse yourself in your reading moments at the touch of a button at anytime and anywhere. Start your reading journey now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Libib at none against NovelPal's 8. Libib also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (74% vs 40%). NovelPal's advantage is chart position (#156 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating and device support 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. NovelPal sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Libib asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Libib against 4.4 for NovelPal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Libib has 1.2K ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Libib's written reviews are positive against 40% of NovelPal's.
| Parameter | Libib | NovelPal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.2K ratings) | 4.4 (42 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 42 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #156 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Libib, Inc. | KITCHEN UTENSILS LTD |
Customer experience
Libib
NovelPal
Bugs and requests
Libib
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes or freezes after adding multiple items
- Deleted items not recoverable
- Syncing issues between app and website versions
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to sort by author, series, or publication date
- Option to view collections in grid/cover view
- Functionality to mark books as read/unread
- Integration with e-book/reading apps
- Sharing/collaboration features for libraries
NovelPal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Libib
No in-app purchases
NovelPal
- NovelPal Commodity Pack 01$0.99
- NovelPal Commodity Pack 02$2.99
- NovelPal Commodity Pack 03$4.99
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- NovelPal Commodity Pack 04$9.99
- NovelPal Commodity Pack 05$19.99
- NovelPal Commodity Pack 06$29.99
- NovelPal Commodity Pack 07$39.99
- NovelPal Commodity Pack 08$49.99









