Comparison

Airtable vs Night in the Library

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

Head to head
About

Airtable

Build custom apps and organize your life with a flexible database solution. Create checklists, manage contacts, catalog collections, and track projects with customizable templates or from scratch. Collaborate in real-time with others on your iOS device.

Highlights
  • Create custom apps
  • Flexible checklists
  • Organize collections
  • Manage contacts
  • Project management
  • Real-time collaboration
  • Template library
Features
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Airtable is the easy way to create your own connected apps. From indie filmmakers to cattle farmers, creators and creatives around the world are using Airtable to organize their lives, their way. Use Airtable to create flexible checklists, organize collections or ideas, and manage customers or contacts — all in one place. Get started instantly with a variety of templates ranging from home improvement to store inventory, or easily piece together your own layout from scratch. With Airtable, your iOS device suddenly becomes a database creation powerhouse — designed to let you easily swipe and tap your way to fully custom databases. It’s collaborative in real-time, so you can share with friends and teammates and always see their latest changes. Here are some ways that Airtable is being used today: ▸ Organizing People and Customers * Sales and customers * Recruiting * Public relations and media lists * Business development * Personal CRM * Volunteer management * Sports clubs * Boy or Girl Scouts ▸ Cataloging Collections, Ideas, and Inventory * Store or restaurant inventory * Product catalogs * Personal clothing collections * Pet medical history * Cattle and farm inventory * Frequent flyer accounts * Camping supplies ▸ Managing Projects and Tasks * Team project management * Events and conferences * Blog editorial calendars * Wedding planning * Building inspection checklists * Planning out novels * Study guides * Film production Organize anything you can imagine with Airtable!

About

Night in the Library

Experience an overnight festival of ideas featuring talks, panels, workshops, and performances. This edition explores the philosophy of mathematics, its fundamental role in various aspects of life, and related paradoxes. Engage with concepts of truth and proof in a unique intellectual gathering.

Highlights
  • Talks and panels
  • Interactive workshops
  • Live performances
  • Exploration of mathematical philosophy
  • Celebration of free-flowing ideas
Features
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Night in the Library, BPL's overnight festival of ideas, invites you to talks, panels, workshops, and performances that celebrate the free flow of ideas in the company of others. For the program’s 10th edition, Night in the Library: The Philosophy of Mathematics will explore truths, proofs and other paradoxes. Math may feel remote, if not incomprehensible, to many. Yet it is a fundamental element in all components of our lives, underpinning everything from science and the natural world to architecture, sports, fashion, music, and technology. Night in the Library: The Philosophy of Mathematics is supported by the Simons Foundation and is part of its “Infinite Sums” initiative.

Screenshots

Airtable4 screens
Night in the Library3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Airtable at 4.8 against Night in the Library's 4.2. Airtable also leads on ratings volume (25K vs 5). Night in the Library's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Airtable holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Airtable has 25K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Airtable ships an update fortnightly, Night in the Library every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Airtable versus Night in the Library: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAirtableNight in the Library
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (25K ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews58.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings25K — better5
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFormagridBrooklyn Public Library

Customer experience

Airtable

All ratings25,051 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews849 reviews
Positive58.5%
Neutral10.4%
Negative31.1%

Night in the Library

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and requests

Airtable

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when opening templates
  • Issues with uploading and viewing images
  • Unreliable syncing between devices
  • Unexpected data loss or reset when using the app

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Offline access and caching
  • Improved mobile views and functionality
  • Ability to edit formulas and create new field types on mobile
  • Keyboard shortcuts and power-user features
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  • Better integration between desktop and mobile apps

Night in the Library

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Airtable

No in-app purchases

None

Night in the Library

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Airtable free?
Airtable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Night in the Library free?
Night in the Library is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Airtable or Night in the Library?
Airtable is rated higher. Airtable averages 4.8 out of 5 from 25K ratings, while Night in the Library averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Airtable or Night in the Library have ads?
Neither Airtable nor Night in the Library shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Airtable or Night in the Library?
Airtable ships an update fortnightly, and Night in the Library every 2 weeks. Most recently, Airtable was updated on November 5, 2026 and Night in the Library on November 3, 2026.

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