Loyal Books vs OpenLibrary Browser
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
OpenLibrary Browser
Access a vast catalog of books directly from your mobile device. Search for titles, browse collections, and download public domain works for free.
- Search book catalog
- Browse book collections
- Download public domain works
- Mobile client for OpenLibrary
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A mobile client for the OpenLibrary website. Users can search and browse for books, and download available public domain works.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Loyal Books at 72% against OpenLibrary Browser's 0%. Loyal Books also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). OpenLibrary Browser's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. OpenLibrary Browser asks for nothing beyond the download.
Loyal Books holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loyal Books has 361 ratings behind it against 39, 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 0% of OpenLibrary Browser's.
Loyal Books ships an update fortnightly, OpenLibrary Browser every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Loyal Books | OpenLibrary Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (361 ratings) — better | 1.4 (39 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 361 — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Twist Idea LLC | Robert Wakefield |
Customer experience
Loyal Books
OpenLibrary Browser
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
OpenLibrary Browser
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
OpenLibrary Browser
No in-app purchases
Questions
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