Royal Greenwich Libraries vs Glurbs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Royal Greenwich Libraries
Manage your library account on the go. Search the catalog, renew borrowed items, and place holds on new books directly from your mobile device.
- Account management
- Catalog search
- Book renewal
- Book reservations
- Mobile access
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Access Royal Greenwich Libraries from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Manage your account, search the catalogue, renew and reserve books.
Glurbs
This app makes language learning an adventure for kids with interactive lessons and playful challenges. Children can explore Spanish, French, or Italian, earn points, climb leaderboards, and track their progress while building confidence.
- Interactive lessons
- Playful challenges
- Leaderboards
- Progress tracking
- Personalized characters
- Skill-boosting activities
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Make language learning an adventure! With Glurbs, kids can explore Spanish, French, or Italian through exciting, interactive lessons and playful challenges. Glurbs blends education and play, helping kids build confidence while learning a new language. Earn points, climb the leaderboards, and track progress as you learn. Create your personalised character and meet Rusty, your friendly guide, as you travel across planets in the Glurbs universe. Each planet offers fun games and skill-boosting activities to improve reading, listening, and spelling in French, Spanish and Italian. Perfect for kids who love playing and parents who value quality learning time - Glurbs makes education exciting. Download now and turn language learning into your child’s next great adventure! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Royal Greenwich Libraries at 100% against Glurbs's 50%. Royal Greenwich Libraries also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8). Glurbs's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Glurbs sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Royal Greenwich Libraries asks for nothing beyond the download.
Royal Greenwich Libraries ships an update every 4 months, Glurbs monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Royal Greenwich Libraries | Glurbs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 301 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Greenwich Leisure Limited | Nubridge Publishing Limited |
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Royal Greenwich Libraries
Glurbs
In-app purchases
Royal Greenwich Libraries
No in-app purchases
Glurbs
- Discounted Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Language Angels Schools$1.991 Year
- Language Angels Subscription$1.991 Month
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- Standard Subscription2 variants$1.991 Month
- Standard Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Standard Annual Subscription$14.991 Year
- Standard Yearly Subscription$39.991 Year
