Loyal Books vs PLS Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Loyal Books
Access a vast collection of free audiobooks and eBooks to enhance your reading experience. Discover new titles through user reviews, featured lists, and top charts. Enjoy offline listening and reading with downloadable content.
- Thousands of free audiobooks
- Tens of thousands of free eBooks
- Offline listening and reading
- Adjustable playback speed
- Book reviews and ratings
- Book discovery tools
- Books in multiple languages
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Make reading fun again! Create your own library from thousands of free audiobooks and eBooks. Read reviews from other users and stream audiobooks or download to listen offline. With featured books and top charts you'll quickly be on your way to enjoying the best free books available. Features: • Listen to 7,000+ audiobooks • Read 35,000+ eBooks • Adjustable playback speed • Download for offline use • Book reviews & ratings • Fun ways to discover books • Books in 25+ languages • Find children's books, fiction, mysteries and more
PLS Connect
Access your library's catalog, eBooks, eMagazines, and streaming video content from your mobile device. Manage your account, check out items, and discover popular titles. You can even apply for a library card directly through the app.
- Search library catalog
- Access eBooks and eMagazines
- Stream video content
- Manage library account
- Checkout, renew, and return items
- Digital library card access
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Pioneer Library System Connect makes it quick and easy to access your library on the go, 24/7. Search the library’s catalog, read eBooks and eMagazines, access streaming video content on-demand, manage your account, and find popular titles instantly. All you need is a PLS library card to get started – which you can apply for with the app! Features include: • Search the Pioneer Library System’s full catalog of print and digital materials. • Access eBooks, eMagazines, and streaming video content instantly on your device. • Manage your library account. • Easily checkout, renew, and return items. • Browse collections of hand-picked popular titles. • Access your library card number and barcode digitally. • See the latest in library news and events for your library. Have questions? Connect with a PLS librarian at https://chat.mosio.com/par/chat/new_chat/PLS for assistance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Loyal Books at 4.4 against PLS Connect's 3.5. Loyal Books also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 43%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). PLS Connect's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads 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. Loyal Books sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. PLS Connect asks for nothing beyond the download.
Loyal Books holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loyal Books has 363 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Loyal Books's written reviews are positive against 43% of PLS Connect's.
Loyal Books ships an update fortnightly, PLS Connect every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Loyal Books | PLS Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (363 ratings) — better | 3.5 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.7% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 363 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Twist Idea LLC | Pioneer Library System |
Customer experience
Loyal Books
PLS Connect
Bugs and requests
Loyal Books
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashing or freezing on certain devices
- Playback issues with chapters stopping unexpectedly
- Syncing/navigation problems when browsing books
Requested features
4 requests- Add more modern and popular book titles
- Improve continuous playback across chapters
- Introduce a sleep timer feature
- Optimize performance and reduce battery drain
PLS Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Loyal Books
- Remove Playback Banner Ads$0.99
- Remove All Banner Ads$2.99
PLS Connect
No in-app purchases
