LibraryThing vs Librista CheckIt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LibraryThing
Catalog your personal book, DVD, and CD collections. Easily add items by searching or scanning barcodes. Enhance your catalog with high-resolution cover photos and browse your collection visually.
- Catalog books, DVDs, and CDs
- Search for media items
- Scan ISBN barcodes
- Add high-resolution cover photos
- Browse collection by cover type
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The LibraryThing app allows LibraryThing members to catalog and browse their collections. LibraryThing is focused on books, but you can add most media, including books, DVDs and CDs. LibraryThing relies on data from Amazon, and over 65 million library records. Add books by searching for them or scanning their ISBN barcode with the camera. Add high-resolution cover photos of your books with the cover editor and browse your books by cover type to find copies that need better covers.
Librista CheckIt
This app allows library patrons to scan book barcodes with their phone's camera to check out items. It also provides a list of currently borrowed books and their due dates, helping to avoid checkout lines.
- Scan book barcodes with phone camera
- Check out borrowed items
- View list of items out
- See due dates for borrowed items
- Skip checkout lines
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Librista CheckIt (for libraries running Atriuum) allows you to skip checkout lines and maintain social distancing at your local library. Using your phone's camera, you can scan barcodes while browsing the shelves or after collecting all your items. Once items are in your cart, you can easily check them out. You can also view a list of items you already have out along with their due dates.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LibraryThing at 48% against Librista CheckIt's 0%. LibraryThing also leads on rating (3.5 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 7 months). Librista CheckIt's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
LibraryThing holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LibraryThing has 278 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of LibraryThing's written reviews are positive against 0% of Librista CheckIt's.
LibraryThing ships an update every 4 weeks, Librista CheckIt every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LibraryThing | Librista CheckIt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (278 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 278 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #209 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LibraryThing.com | Book Systems, Inc |
Customer experience
LibraryThing
Librista CheckIt
Bugs and requests
LibraryThing
Reported bugs
3 issues- Barcode scanner not working
- Books disappearing from catalog
- Editing and saving issues
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to create custom collections
- Offline access to library
- Integration with other book apps
- Lending/loan tracking feature
Librista CheckIt
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LibraryThing
No in-app purchases
Librista CheckIt
No in-app purchases
Questions
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