Loyal Books vs AlexPL
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
AlexPL
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Take the Alexandrian Public Library everywhere you go! -Search the library catalog and reserve items -Add one or more library accounts to your device, allowing you to manage holds, checkouts and more -View and register for events at the library -See information about hours, locations and services offered -Access online learning resources and so much more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AlexPL at none against Loyal Books's 2. Loyal Books's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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. AlexPL asks for nothing beyond the download.
Loyal Books ships an update fortnightly, AlexPL monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Loyal Books | AlexPL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (363 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 363 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Twist Idea LLC | Capira Technologies |
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
AlexPL
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
AlexPL
No in-app purchases
Questions
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