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OverDrive
For library patrons, K-12 students, and legal professionals requiring authenticated access to institutional digital collections.
Known for
For library patrons, K-12 students, and legal professionals requiring authenticated access to institutional digital collections.
Connecting library patrons and students to digital collections through institutional access. Providing free, barrier-free reading and research tools.
Target audience
Portfolio
Free 4Last updated
Libby, the library app
v9.2.1
4mo ago
Primary focus
Digital library and educational content distribution
Scale
indie
Target audience
Library patrons, K-12 students, and legal professionals requiring authenticated access to institutional digital collections.
Released 8 updates across 4 apps in the last 6 months, with all top titles receiving updates within the last 60 days.
4 apps analysed
B2B institutional partnerships ensure mandatory user adoption
Read bestselling ebooks and listen to audiobooks from your local library.
Zero-cost access model eliminates user acquisition spend
Strong focus on attendee-centric features like gamification
Gamified reading habits increase session frequency
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Positive apps
2
Neutral / mixed
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Negative apps
57/100
Avg sentiment score
Kindle competes directly for the user's primary reading time by offering a massive commercial library that serves as the default alternative to Libby's library-based model.
Strategic outlook coming soon.
What fed this analysis
Dominates the K-12 digital reading space with a massive content library and high-frequency release cadence.
High-velocity development and deep scholarly feature sets make this the primary benchmark for professional-grade digital library experiences.
Offers a highly optimized split-screen reading experience that directly competes with the target's courtroom-ready utility.
This app competes for the time of readers who enjoy daily episodic content and original digital-first manga series.
Provides a comprehensive curriculum-aligned platform that directly competes for school-based usage time.
This app competes for the same demographic of readers who prefer visual storytelling and serialized manga content.
Wattpad competes for user attention by focusing on serialized, community-driven content rather than traditional library-sourced books.
FlipHTML5 targets the digital publication space, competing with Libby's magazine and document reading capabilities.
Manga BANG! occupies the same niche of digital book consumption, specifically targeting the manga-reading audience.
A peer-to-peer learning community that addresses immediate homework help needs outside of library resources.
A primary LMS platform that serves as the central hub for school assignments and digital resources.
Essential administrative and academic portal that captures significant student and parent attention daily.
A massive, highly-rated repository of institutional content that demonstrates the scale of a dedicated organizational library.
The gold standard for offline-first reference access, providing a robust engine for massive, portable knowledge bases.
Aggressive release cadence and AI-focused utility for solving complex math problems in real-time.
Rapidly gaining traction with a modern, high-engagement UI that prioritizes user-guided study paths.
Rapidly gaining traction by leveraging generative AI to automate study material creation from lectures.
This app enters the book category by focusing on interactive, child-centric storytelling that competes for the younger demographic's screen time.
