LibraryThing vs Mibrarian
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.
Mibrarian
Easily catalog your personal book collection, track reading progress, and manage borrowed books. Add titles by scanning, searching, or manual entry, and enrich your library with details and ratings.
- Catalog books via scan, search, or manual entry
- Rate and review books
- Track reading progress
- Manage book lending to others
- Fetch rich book details automatically
- Organize and personalize your library
- Offline access
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Welcome to the easiest way to manage your personal library! Whether you're an avid reader, a teacher managing classroom books, or simply lending books to friends and family, our app simplifies your library experience. Quickly catalog your collection, add ratings, track your reading progress, and never lose track of who borrowed your books. Features: Easily Catalog Your Books: Quickly add books by scanning barcodes, searching by title, or manually entering information. Rate and Review: Keep personal ratings, add comments, and mark books as read to track your reading history. Effortless Lending: Check out books to friends, family, students, or colleagues. Never forget who borrowed your books! Rich Book Details: Automatic fetching of book information, cover images, and details from the Open Library database. Personalized Library: Organize your collection and easily find your next read or see your favorites at a glance. Offline Friendly: Manage your collection anytime, anywhere no internet connection required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mibrarian at 100% against LibraryThing's 48%. Mibrarian also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). LibraryThing's advantage is ratings volume (278 vs 2) and chart position (#193 vs unranked). 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.
Mibrarian holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LibraryThing has 278 ratings behind it against 2, 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 100% of Mibrarian's.
LibraryThing ships an update every 4 weeks, Mibrarian weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LibraryThing | Mibrarian |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (278 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 278 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #193 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LibraryThing.com | Iron Elephant Solutions |
Customer experience
LibraryThing
Mibrarian
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
Mibrarian
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LibraryThing
No in-app purchases
Mibrarian
No in-app purchases
