LibraryThing vs Joliet Public Library
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.
Joliet Public Library
Access a vast collection of eBooks and eAudiobooks digitally. Manage your library account, discover new digital resources, and explore everything the library offers from its online branch.
- eBook collection access
- eAudiobook collection access
- Account management
- Discover eResources
- Digital library exploration
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Explore the Joliet Public Library from our Digital Branch! View our collection of eBooks and eAudiobooks, check out your account, discover new eResources and so much more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Joliet Public Library at 100% against LibraryThing's 47%. Joliet Public Library also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5). LibraryThing's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (288 vs 4). 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.
Joliet Public Library holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LibraryThing has 288 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of LibraryThing's written reviews are positive against 100% of Joliet Public Library's.
LibraryThing ships an update every 4 weeks, Joliet Public Library every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LibraryThing | Joliet Public Library |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (288 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 288 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LibraryThing.com | Joliet Public Library |
Customer experience
LibraryThing
Joliet Public Library
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
Joliet Public Library
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LibraryThing
No in-app purchases
Joliet Public Library
No in-app purchases
Questions
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