LibraryThing vs Selah
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.
Selah
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Selah is a quiet place to remember who you already are in Christ. In a world of endless feeds, Selah offers the opposite: a small, curated set of unchanging truths to return to, morning after morning. Each entry pairs one passage of Scripture with the reality it declares over you, and a short confession to speak aloud over your own life. One verse. One reality. One confession. These are not motivational sayings. They are the "In Christ" realities of the New Testament — that you are justified, complete, forgiven, seated with Him, sealed with the Spirit, and free from condemnation — drawn straight from the Word and written to be believed and spoken. Selah is made to be still. There is no noise, no scoring, no endless scroll — only a considered collection of truths you can review again and again. Keep the ones that meet you where you are, build a personal collection, and hear each reality read aloud when you would rather listen than read. The whole devotional is offered in English, Arabic, and Farsi, with the Scripture drawn from trusted Bibles in each language, so that believers across the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond can meet these truths in their heart language. Selah works fully offline once opened, respects your privacy completely, and collects no personal data. Pause. Breathe. Remember who you are in Him. Selah is published by Go Middle East, Inc., a nonprofit ministry committed to seeing the Gospel of Jesus Christ take root across the nations of the Middle East and North Africa.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: LibraryThing at 11.0 against Selah's 16.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 ships an update every 4 weeks, Selah every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | LibraryThing | Selah |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (288 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 47.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 288 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LibraryThing.com | Go Middle East, Inc |
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
Selah
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LibraryThing
No in-app purchases
Selah
No in-app purchases









