Comparison

LibraryThing vs Selah

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Catalog books, DVDs, and CDs
  • Search for media items
  • Scan ISBN barcodes
  • Add high-resolution cover photos
  • Browse collection by cover type
Features
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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.

About

Selah

Features
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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.

Screenshots

LibraryThing4 screens
Selah4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LibraryThing ships an update every 4 weeks, Selah every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
LibraryThing versus Selah: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLibraryThingSelah
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (288 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings288 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLibraryThing.comGo 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

None

LibraryThing

No in-app purchases

None

Selah

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LibraryThing free?
LibraryThing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Selah free?
Selah is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LibraryThing or Selah have ads?
Neither LibraryThing nor Selah shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LibraryThing or Selah?
LibraryThing ships an update every 4 weeks, and Selah every 3 weeks. Most recently, LibraryThing was updated on October 29, 2026 and Selah on October 29, 2026.

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