Libib vs Labshare
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
Labshare
This app digitizes lab inventory, allowing teams to track materials in real-time and share excess supplies with nearby labs. It uses OCR scanning for labels and facilitates intra-institution collaboration to reduce waste and ordering redundancies.
- Intra-institution collaboration
- OCR-powered label scanning
- Real-time inventory tracking
- Export to Excel
- Mobile-first design
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Labshare is a smart lab inventory management and sharing app built for research teams. Digitize your inventory with label scanning, track materials in real-time, and easily share excess supplies with nearby labs to reduce waste. Labshare is designed for lab managers, researchers, and PIs who want to save time, reduce ordering redundancies, and move beyond clunky Excel sheets. Key Features: • Intra-institution collaboration and inventory sharing • OCR-powered label scanning • Export to Excel • Mobile-first design for lab bench access • Real-time inventory tracking Labshare helps research institutions run more efficiently, sustainably, and collaboratively.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Labshare at 5.0 against Libib's 4.4. Labshare also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Libib's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K 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.
Labshare holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Libib has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Libib ships an update fortnightly, Labshare every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Libib | Labshare |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.2K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Libib, Inc. | Mingyo Kang |
Customer experience
Libib
Labshare
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
Labshare
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Libib
No in-app purchases
Labshare
No in-app purchases
