Reviews for Libby, the Library App

Well, I take these comments back after recent update breaks audio experience with Bluetooth controls: Great audiobook controls, and easy to send ebooks to my Kindle. Sometimes audiobooks are more readily available in Hoopla, but Libby has better controls and a dark theme, except for the bright white when you open the app. The big […]

Pretty cool app. Stumbled across this in 2020 during COVID when we couldn’t go to libraries anymore. Using my library card it connected to my local library. Was easy to do. Been using it ever since! Haven’t had any problems with it. If you love reading or listening to audiobooks, give this app a try. […]

I’ve had a really good experience with Libby. It’s easy to check out books and put them on hold. Sometimes the “hold” time is longer than I like but actually that’s a good thing because it means people are reading lol. I also like the option to read books in my Kindle account versus in […]

Absolutely LOVE this app & I’ve never gotten so much use out of my library card! As someone who is always reading & always listening to an audiobook, it gets pretty expensive to keep unread books on my shelves. This app is my solution & I’ve saved so much money by borrowing from the library […]

Libby is an improvement over Overdrive. It’s fast. It’s convenient. Number 1 gripe: I use Libby all the time, so why do I need to repeatedly verify my card. I’m clearly actively using it, so why? The search engine is clunky. Searching by author doesn’t always result in a complete list. You have to search […]

Book after book I’ve had on hold has lapsed on me. I never get a notification that a book is ready to borrow. I’ve tried to fix this by going into both my phone’s and Libby’s notification settings, but I’m still missing most of my holds. Plus, I’ll check regularly when I notice a hold […]

I’m split. 3 stars because this app is top tier for someone who reads a LOT (me). Deducting 2 stars because they don’t ever seem to update it when there are issues (like for a couple weeks not the playback speed doesn’t change, no matter what I do to change it, so all my audio […]

I can’t understand why some people pay any amount of money for access to audiobooks. While not every book is available at release, I still have access to enough books to keep me busy for long periods of time. The app allows downloads, search capabilities, book sample snippets, tracking, book reservation, tag creation and application, […]

I’ve used Libby for several years and loved it. The last several months have been very disappointing with it shutting down constantly. Even when my audiobook is downloaded if I am driving and switch towers it shuts down. I have to restart the app (obviously not ideal for driving hands free). When laying in bed […]

Although I’m an Audible subscriber, I love using the Libby Library app because I can check to see if my library has an particular audiobook before wasting a credit or money purchasing it. It’s a really great app for anyone who enjoys Audiobooks (or eBooks). Linking a library card to the app is easy and […]

This app is a great resource! I had eyebsurgery and wanted to try audio books- I’ve listened to 8 in a month! All you need is a library card and you get access to free ebooks and audio books. The functionality is great too- holds on books that you can delay, a two lane system […]

Great app but I don’t like the recent update that makes it hard to download a book for offline reading. I liked the manual option to download. Occasionally, if I lose cell service and the book stops playing, the next time I open the app, the book begins from the beginning. I think this is […]

Fast and easy to check out library books, and if you have cards from multiple libraries it will check them all when you search. I appreciate the hold deferral option; no more having them all ready at the same time!! Notifications do seem to be broken right now. They used to work perfectly, but now […]

I absolutely love Libby! usually have the books I want just for have to wait a little bit for them. I love that all I need is my library card and boom, I have access to books! I use it for audiobooks. there is a good selection. although, my library is small and can only […]

Love Libby, I really do. It is such an easy and nice way to search for ebooks and audiobooks to borrow from the library. However, I would love if there was a feature to report/flag when information on a book is wrong. Have multiple times now have books show up under the wrong tag only […]

I love this app very much and all that it does for everyone who uses it. It has a lot of strong points and a lot of useful tools but I had to get a new phone recently and it deleted all of my tagged books even though I’m using the same library card and […]

I love this app. I like that when I return a book I can continue to borrow more as long as I don’t have more than six at a time. I have listened to 20+ books in one month. other library apps limit you but not this one. my only complaint is that sometimes they […]

I’m so glad I found out I could deliver books to my Kindle as long as I had a library car. This is AWESOME! I can plan out my reads in advance then put them on hold. I don’t mind the new update to the way suspensions are handled as long as I get my […]

I’ve used this app quite a bit over the last few years, and it’s been great! But the recent library changes I don’t like. There’s books missing that used to be there and getting a whole series is like pulling teeth 😕 supposedly the merge was so we’d have more books to choose from, but […]

love this app!! one suggestion…. maybe consider putting in an option to save the books you want to read and be able to go back and look at the list later. I know you can check out as many as you want, but that’s often more than you can realistically read. you can also “save […]