I also find it kind of annoying that when you’re viewing a page in Libby you can no longer see the time and battery level of your phone. And look, you can pick which Libby you want as your icon for the app! How cute is that? The fact that Libby automatically downloads holds is A+++, and that alone would have me willing to relearn all the shortcuts from Overdrive… except.įor the way I personally read on my phone, I really need to be able to directly control the brightness of the lighting settings–I have an OLED screen so I read white text on black background to conserve battery, and since I’m normally outside when I’m reading, I need to be able to turn the text brightness all the way up to see the letters. Libby is a slick, nice-looking app for reading on your phone. I think if I’d started off using Libby, I wouldn’t have been haunted by the ghost of apps past.Īlso, it’s worth noting that both Libby and Overdrive have OpenDyslexic font as an option for use. There’s basically an extra menu step to change libraries that threw me off. I had a little trouble figuring out how to switch between libraries on Libby, but that’s probably because I’m just way too used to using the Overdrive app. There really isn’t much of a difference between Libby and Overdrive when it comes to actually going to a digital library and locating a book to check out. It starts off by asking if you have a library card and then guides you through on finding a library and adding the card. Libby is definitely more friendly to new users from a set up perspective. The process for adding libraries and library cards isn’t terribly intuitive on Overdrive–you have to find a library, choose it, then log into it. For sure it’s new–how cool is it? But what are the differences between Overdrive vs Libby? Let’s dive in! Overdrive vs Libby: Adding Library Cards

A few weeks ago when I opened the Overdrive app to go cruise the Denver Public Library virtual shelves, a little banner informed me there was a cool new and better way to check out and read ebooks: an app called Libby, by Overdrive.

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