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About hoopla
hoopla connects to your public library and lets you borrow audiobooks, ebooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines and music. Titles can be streamed right away, and most can be downloaded to a phone or tablet for later. Progress syncs across devices.
It is free to use, but you need a card from a participating library, and the catalog depends on what your library offers. Apps are available for iOS and Android, and it also works in a browser on a computer.
Strengths
- Ebooks, audiobooks, comics and video in one app
- Instant streaming without holds
- Most titles can be downloaded for offline use
Limitations
- Requires a card from a participating library
- Catalog varies by library
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree with a card from a participating public library.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- hoopla digital
- Platforms
- Android, iOS, Web
- How it runs
- Downloadable app, Web application
- Account
- Required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Library card holders who want free ebooks and audiobooks on their phone
- Categories
- Audio tools, Ebook tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to hoopla
Compare allSoftware that can replace hoopla for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Libby
Borrows ebooks and audiobooks from a local library for free with a library card.
Libby also borrows ebooks and audiobooks free with a library card, but licensed copies often mean wait lists rather than hoopla's instant streaming.
Palace
A library app for borrowing ebooks and audiobooks from participating public and academic libraries.
Palace is a nonprofit-run mobile app for borrowing ebooks and audiobooks from participating libraries, with no web version and no comics or video.
hoopla as an alternative
Listings that name hoopla as an alternative.
Everand
A subscription service for reading ebooks and listening to audiobooks on mobile and the web.
hoopla lends ebooks, audiobooks, comics and video free with a participating library card, streaming instantly without holds, with a catalog that varies by library.
Marvel Unlimited
A subscription comics reader app with access to more than 30,000 Marvel digital comics.
hoopla lends comics, ebooks and audiobooks from many publishers free with a participating library card, though the catalog varies by library.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Google Play Books
Google's ebook and audiobook store with a reader for Android, iOS and the web browser.
Amazon Kindle
Amazon's free Kindle reading app for phones, tablets and computers.
Apple Books
Apple's app for buying, reading and listening to ebooks and audiobooks on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Adobe Digital Editions
A free ebook reader from Adobe for EPUB and PDF books on desktop and mobile.
