# BookBites Bibliotek

> Book Bites restores benefits to the physical book in a digital context

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.bookbites.library](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.bookbites.library)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.bookbites.library`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** WeDoBooks
- **Category:** LIBRARIES\_AND\_DEMO
- **Downloads:** 177,845
- **Rating:** 3.13 / 5 (3,015 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.1.22
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-23
- **First published:** 2019-06-06
- **Publisher country:** DK
- **Size:** 40 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bookbites.library)
- **Website:** [https://www.bookbites.com/](https://www.bookbites.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://bookbites.com/no/legal-avtalevilkaar\_no\_210810](https://bookbites.com/no/legal-avtalevilkaar_no_210810)

## Description

**BookBites Bibliotek** offers Norway's best digital reading experience, enabling users to borrow, read, and listen to e-books and audiobooks from all libraries across Norway. The app supports easy connection with library cards and Feide login for students.

Designed with universal accessibility in mind, BookBites includes features like text adaptation, dyslexia aids, line focus, annotations, and word lookups. Its groundbreaking e-book reader provides an intuitive interface with personalized reading overviews and curated book suggestions, motivating readers of all ages. Whether you're a casual reader or student, BookBites brings physical book benefits into a seamless digital platform.

## Rankings

- #169,272 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.bookbites.library.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES`

## Review summary

Most reviews focus on usability problems. The top issues are authentication/login failures, weak search/discovery, and audio playback that does not remember progress. Users also frequently hit update-related problems (outdated-version messages, webview issues, download errors) and occasional data instability (borrowed lists disappearing). A minority note that the app once felt stable and that library-based audio books are a useful feature with easy browsing and a decent selection, but the current experience is largely unreliable for many users.

### Pros

- Historically stable before major updates (some users report reliability prior to recent changes).
- Browsable catalog with a good selection (noted by at least one reviewer as easy to browse and having a decent title range).
- Access to free audiobooks via public libraries (mentioned as a positive use-case by a reviewer).

### Cons

- Frequent login/authentication failures or being logged out (login does not work reliably).
- Poor search and discovery: hard to find books, slow search, and limited multi-parameter filtering.
- Audiobooks do not remember progress or bookmarks, and playback can lose position.
- Update/compatibility problems: outdated-version messages, webview compatibility issues, and inability to download or open titles after updates.
- Borrowed-list/history instability or data disappear (lists of borrowed books vanish or become inaccessible).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.bookbites.library)