LibraryThing vs TCCL
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.
TCCL
Access library services, browse the catalog, and manage your account. Scan book barcodes to check availability, discover events, and find branch locations and hours. Enjoy digital content like ebooks and audiobooks.
- Manage library account
- Search and browse catalog
- Scan book barcodes
- Discover and filter events
- Access digital content
- Find branch locations and hours
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The Tulsa City County Library app is your portal to the library's services from your mobile devices. Check your account, search and browse the catalog, request an item, use your digital library card, renew items and get the latest recommended reads suggestions. Summary and detailed descriptions are at your fingertips, plus reviews and lists of similar items or authors. All our events are shown and you can filter by location, age and event type. Want to check whether we have a book you've just seen in a cafe? You can scan the book's barcode and we'll check whether any branches have it. And if not you can request we purchase it. See all our locations and find the nearest branch to where you are. You can see opening hours at a glance and get directions to any of our branches. Access digital content - ebooks, audiobooks, music, movies, magazines and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LibraryThing at 3.5 against TCCL's 2.2. LibraryThing also leads on review sentiment (48% vs 20%) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). 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 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LibraryThing has 278 ratings behind it against 42, 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 20% of TCCL's.
LibraryThing ships an update every 4 weeks, TCCL every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LibraryThing | TCCL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (278 ratings) — better | 2.2 (42 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.2% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 278 — better | 42 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LibraryThing.com | Tulsa City-County Library |
Customer experience
LibraryThing
TCCL
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
TCCL
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LibraryThing
No in-app purchases
TCCL
No in-app purchases
