Alternatives to Palace

A library app for borrowing ebooks and audiobooks from participating public and academic libraries. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • Palace

    A library app for borrowing ebooks and audiobooks from participating public and academic libraries.

    FreeProprietaryAndroidiOS

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Palace.

  • Libby

    Borrows ebooks and audiobooks from a local library for free with a library card.

    FreeProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Libby borrows ebooks and audiobooks free with a library card and adds a web version alongside Android and iOS, depending on supported library systems.

  • hoopla

    Library app for borrowing ebooks, audiobooks, comics, movies and music free with a library card.

    FreeProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    hoopla lends ebooks, audiobooks, comics and video with instant streaming and no holds, on Android, iOS and the web, through participating libraries.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Palace as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Everand

    A subscription service for reading ebooks and listening to audiobooks on mobile and the web.

    PaidProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Palace borrows ebooks and audiobooks free from participating libraries, is run by nonprofit library organizations, and offers mobile apps only.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.