Smart Alec @ Your Library vs SAIL250®MD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Alec @ Your Library
Access library services remotely from your smartphone or tablet. Print documents, reserve PCs, and pay fees without waiting in line. Streamline your library visits with convenient mobile access.
- Print emails, maps, and notes
- Sign up for library PCs
- Pay library charges
- Remote library service access
- Mobile printing
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Smart Alec enables convenient services from smart phones and tablets for participating libraries. Why wait in line when you can use Smart Alec to print email, maps, notes, graphics, etc. at the library; sign up to use a library-PC; or pay library charges whenever you like.
SAIL250®MD
Access comprehensive details about visiting ships, airshow performances, and festival locations. This app offers essential information for attendees of the Maryland airshow and related events.
- Ship visiting information
- Airshow performance details
- Flyover schedules
- Festival site locations
- Event information
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The SAIL250 Maryland and Airshow Baltimore app provides detailed information on visiting ships, airshow and flyover performances, and festival sites.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SAIL250®MD at every 2 months against Smart Alec @ Your Library's every 15 months. Smart Alec @ Your Library's advantage is rating (1.6 vs 1.3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.6). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Smart Alec @ Your Library holds the better App Store score, 1.6 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Smart Alec @ Your Library's written reviews are positive against 0% of SAIL250®MD's.
Smart Alec @ Your Library ships an update every 15 months, SAIL250®MD every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Smart Alec @ Your Library | SAIL250®MD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (53 ratings) — better | 1.3 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 7.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Comprise Technologies, Inc. | Historic Ships In Baltimore, Inc. |
Customer experience
Smart Alec @ Your Library
SAIL250®MD
In-app purchases
Smart Alec @ Your Library
No in-app purchases
SAIL250®MD
No in-app purchases
Questions
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