
Libby, the library app 4+
Library audiobooks and ebooks
OverDrive, Inc.
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- Free
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Description
Free audiobooks, ebooks, and magazines from your local library! Borrow bestsellers and read anytime, anywhere.
All over the world, local libraries offer millions of ebooks and audiobooks. You can borrow them — for free, instantly — with a library card and Libby: the award-winning, much-loved app for libraries.
• Browse your library’s digital catalog of books — from classics to NYT best-sellers
• Borrow and enjoy ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines
• Download titles for offline reading, or stream them to save space
• Send ebooks to your Kindle (U.S. libraries only)
• Listen to audiobooks via Apple CarPlay
• Use tags to create your must-read list and any other book lists you want
• Keep your reading position automatically synced on all your devices
In our beautiful, intuitive ebook reader:
• Adjust text size, background color, and book design
• Zoom into magazines and comic books
• Define and search for words and phrases
• Read and listen to read-alongs with your kids
• Add bookmarks, notes, and highlights
In our ground-breaking audio player:
• Slow down or speed up the audio (0.6 to 3.0x)
• Set a sleep timer
• Simply swipe to skip forward and backward
• Add bookmarks, notes, and highlights
Libby is built by the team at OverDrive, in support of local libraries everywhere.
Happy reading!
What’s New
Version 8.1.2
Bug fixes and preparation for our next round of features.
Ratings and Reviews
Editors' Notes
There’s only one thing easier than visiting your local library: bringing it to you. Simply link your library card and log in to freely access ebooks, audiobooks and magazines.
Love this App
As an avid reader I have found this App to be a godsend. I read quickly and easily finish an average book in a day. When travelling I would commonly pack a half dozen books which always caused issues with baggage weight. Now I can have books downloaded ready from the library and no problems with being over weight limits. I love how you can place books on 'hold' and you are notified they are available to download immediately - no traipsing off to a physical library to collect - of course, Murphy’s law dictates that when you have several on hold they will arrive all together but with the new feature of being able to put your hold back and stay top of the list this is no longer a problem. A great and convenient app.
Unstable
While I appreciate the access to great books, the application itself is poorly designed and unstable. Issues primarily occur when trying to fast forward / rewind or when the application tries to determine your reading location in audiobooks. Shutting the app down doesn’t fix the never ending spinning wheel nor does force restarting my phone. This has been ongoing across multiple devices ever since I started using Libby four years ago. Other issues include books (that you may have had waiting on hold for months) disappearing from your library and not showing up in history. Great service, terrible app.
Update: I had a book on hold for three years (yes 3 years!!!) and was in the short list (maybe a month or two away) before it disappeared from the library. TBO at this point I don’t really even use this app anymore. Even with the updates, it’s finicky and the offerings are severely limited. Any decent recent releases or older top sellers are either non existent (most common) or have so few copies you need to plan months or years in advanced. At first I thought that libraries were keeping up with modern tech but over the past 4-5 years I’ve become more and more disappointed.
App Privacy
The developer, OverDrive, Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Diagnostics
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- OverDrive, Inc.
- Size
- 12 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 10.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Danish, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Maori, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Traditional Chinese, Welsh
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2025 OverDrive, Inc.
- Price
- Free