SWAN Libraries +

Name: SWAN Libraries +
Rating: 2.767857 (56 reviews)
Author: SWAN Libraries

By: SWAN Libraries App

Your library catalog app

Overview

Google Play Store

Downloads

12,699 ▲ 101

Data as of 2026-09-01

Rating:

2.77

(56)

Version:

26.08.00

Last updated: 2026-08-29

Ranking

#513,551 ▼ 487

Overall

Features & Capabilities

SWAN Libraries + is an Android app that connects users to a consortium of libraries in the Chicagoland area, enabling easy account management, catalog searches, renewals, holds, and access to ebooks and audiobooks.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Version:

26.08.00 Last updated: 2026-08-29

Version code:

844

Creation date:

2023-12-05

Publisher country:

Permissions:

android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION Very high risk
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION Very high risk
android.permission.CAMERA Very high risk
android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO Very high risk
android.permission.READ_CALENDAR High risk
android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW High risk
android.permission.WRITE_CALENDAR High risk
android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS High risk
android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE Low risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk

Size:

93.89MB

Email:

su*****@swanlibraries.net

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-09-01

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 513,551 ▼ 487

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Developed by:

SWAN Libraries

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.aspendiscovery.swanlibraries

Email:

su*****@swanlibraries.net

User Reviews

Overall, users find SWAN Libraries+ extremely slow to open, with frequent logouts and login failures. The search and filters are unreliable, often returning poor results or ignoring specific requests, and the app frequently crashes or shows bugs. Many users dislike the constant, intrusive prompts to enable notifications, which disrupt usage. A minority note cross-library search as a strength, but most miss the older, faster experience. Improvements needed include performance optimization, stable login sessions, functional search/filters, fewer pop-ups, and reliable holds/checkout behavior.

Pros

Cross-library search capability allows finding books across multiple libraries.

Cons

Extremely slow loading times and sluggish performance.
Intrusive, repeated prompts to enable notifications that are hard to disable.
Frequent login/logout issues and session instability requiring re-entry of library card and PIN.
Unreliable search and filters; searches miss results; filters don't work; missing volume/series information.
Crashes and bugs that render the app unusable at times.

Recent reviews

This app takes FOREVER to open. It feels like we are in the dial-up internet days from the 20th century. It is also disappointing to see other negative reviews and not one single response from this company acknowledging the issues and wanting to improve this app.

Co*****, 2024-10-08

Logs me out and then I have to enter my library card constantly. Slow loading times and freezes. This app is atrocious to use. Might as well use the library site at this rate. Searching is equally painful, it doesn't filter based on the very specific title ie PS4 (enter title). Poorly designed and dare I say maintained. I have a Samsung Galaxy s21 ultra