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I can not distinguish what books I have checked out because app throws in other books. This program is very poorly written.

Hi, Libby app runs well on desktop (as in libbyapp.com) but the app version for Android has flaws like being unresponsive due to connection issues; which usually happens when it shouldn't (I don't have internet connection issues with other apps or browsing but Libby would usually fail to open borrowed media (usually an audiobook) despite clearing cache and fully downloading the book's source from the library into the phone's storage.) The Overdrive app didn't have such issues and ran very well. If I could, I'd very much prefer they continue with Overdrive than Libby.

BRING OVERDRIVE BACK. It was so easy to use. I loved reading my books. Libby is so frustrating finding anything. I always used the Overdrive brightness control icon to dull my screen especially when reading it at night, when the bedroom light off, so not to disturb my husband. There is no way to change the brightness of the screen in Libby, You have three choices for the type of brightness. I chose the Sepia hoping that would dull the brightness a bit but just end up with a headache and aching eyes and not wanting to read my books anymore. I find the whole Libby experience is not user friendly as advertise.

It's very frustrating. I like to get audiobooks from the library. Overdrive has been effortless and seamless and intuitive. Libby is a huge hassle. And when I finally get the book I can't listen to it because it stutters and quits. I tried the troubleshooting trick that they suggested. No effect.

latest version downloaded, but this library reading app never offers to remember my sign-in details, so I have to always have my library card number and pin number to hand. Then 4 more hoops to jump through. Never remembers previous borrowings. Always 'automatically synchronises to' last page in magazine, no way to change it, take 3 minutes to get back to first page. etcetera, feels like an app under development but rates itself as superb!

The old overdrive has important features that are missing in libby. What i use most often in overdrive is the brightness control. There is no way to change the brightness of the screen in libby, you can choose the dark mode but there is no way to change brightness of the words. The definitions box is way too small to read. The table of contents icon is gone, instead you have to scroll across the bottom. The dark mode only darkens the book, not the bookshelf, so at night when you open libby you are blasted with intense light. If you have multiple libraries it is easier to navigate in overdrive. Overdrive keeps your current book first on the bookshelf so it is easier to find. Libby is inferior to overdrive.

This app is SO LOGGY, it takes forever to just load, then it is impossibly difficult and unresponsive much of the time. I HATE this app, having happily used Overdrive with zero problems, this is just appalling its a HORRIBLE thing. Its just questionable every time I use it if it is really even worth trying to use it.

So frustrating! I have been using Overdrive which is wonderful and very easy to use. Recently it wouldn't download the books I wanted, so I finally switched to Libby, which was a chore to find. I have a Surface Go tablet and had to jump through hoops to get the Libby downloaded which only works with WiFi so that is no convenient for when I am traveling or weekends at the cabin where there is no Wifi. It is difficult to work through the app to find the books you want to check out. Not at all intuitive. I wish that my library would continue to use the Overdrive, so much better. You know now may pages are in the chapters, you know how far into the book you are at. So easy to work with. Hopefully Libby will improve and be more user friendly.