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title: "Chicago Public Library - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "Which branch has the book I want? What's available now from my For Later shelf? When are my DVDs due? Use CPL's app to manage your account and find new titles.   Features:   - See what you have checke"
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# Chicago Public Library — United States

![Chicago Public Library App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/d7/4c/96/d74c9649-c7bd-368f-fb95-902ebd0641d0/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-9-0-85-220.png/400x400bb.png)

**Developer:** [City of Chicago](https://apptail.io/developer/city-of-chicago-JrKd)
**Category:** Books
**Rating:** 3.5/5 (64 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.bibliocommons.chipublib
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 2.24.0 (released 2026-09-08)
**Original Release:** 2013-11-13

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id742936884)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/chicago-public-library-dOQd/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/chicago-public-library-dOQd/united-states)

## Chicago Public Library Description
Which branch has the book I want? What's available now from my For Later shelf? When are my DVDs due? Use CPL's app to manage your account and find new titles. 

Features: 

- See what you have checked out 
- Place holds 
- Renew materials 
- Search the CPL catalog 
- Keep track of what you've read and would like to read 
- Browse new and on order titles 
- Find upcoming events at your preferred location 
- View hours, locations and contact information 
- Use the app to show your library card when checking out materials in person 
- Scan the barcode of a book, DVD or CD to search for it in CPL's catalog

## Chicago Public Library Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/84/61/7d/84617d38-481f-c1c5-c85a-345f152f8ad8/16261c90-a490-4ef1-a2f9-d5a1d32ca6d1_Simulator_Screen_Shot_-_Apps_Screenshots__U0028iPhone_8_Plus_U0029_-_2022-01-13_at_17.12.17.png/392x696bb.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/10/81/20/108120a1-7153-a745-322c-c5ac6f6fb8a0/2ad01eec-e475-45a0-bbb9-081dfb0e8887_Simulator_Screen_Shot_-_Apps_Screenshots__U0028iPhone_8_Plus_U0029_-_2022-01-13_at_17.12.29.png/392x696bb.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/a2/6e/e8/a26ee821-d849-5158-30d2-ed6595c607fb/1cdfa8b1-8f97-4796-8589-39530b3389b8_Simulator_Screen_Shot_-_Apps_Screenshots__U0028iPhone_8_Plus_U0029_-_2022-01-13_at_17.12.40.png/392x696bb.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/fb/1f/da/fb1fda07-d825-8eba-9581-a57344958763/2bae85a2-c4f2-4d6a-9ba0-061d21f3b395_Simulator_Screen_Shot_-_Apps_Screenshots__U0028iPhone_8_Plus_U0029_-_2022-01-13_at_17.22.18.png/392x696bb.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/b1/e6/5d/b1e65d27-1ddf-7c84-b8b3-008347b76715/f7a6e4eb-a8ad-4649-b7bb-d5c902befc3b_Simulator_Screen_Shot_-_Apps_Screenshots__U0028iPhone_8_Plus_U0029_-_2022-01-13_at_17.22.23.png/392x696bb.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/d1/82/45/d182457c-4e9a-d30a-385c-6e6cb16ad5c6/aae2fa91-23c4-41b1-a515-d46ec9526ed6_Simulator_Screen_Shot_-_Apps_Screenshots__U0028iPhone_8_Plus_U0029_-_2022-01-13_at_17.22.56.png/392x696bb.png)
- [Screenshot 7](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/e2/bc/73/e2bc73a8-33f4-e9ed-448c-9dde8890705c/2708a9e0-d8ef-464f-bf81-42bac751abc0_Simulator_Screen_Shot_-_Apps_Screenshots__U0028iPhone_8_Plus_U0029_-_2022-01-13_at_17.22.38.png/392x696bb.png)
- [Screenshot 8](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/71/ed/82/71ed824e-df30-93aa-9557-806b87dcf795/4b966cd7-0970-4d71-bca6-ce5c30ae5bf1_Simulator_Screen_Shot_-_Apps_Screenshots__U0028iPhone_8_Plus_U0029_-_2022-01-13_at_17.22.42.png/392x696bb.png)
- [Screenshot 9](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/43/d3/72/43d372a8-ec8d-9504-ebfa-054c6766c83e/db18ec70-988a-43bd-a7f3-0356aeb25785_Simulator_Screen_Shot_-_Apps_Screenshots__U0028iPhone_8_Plus_U0029_-_2022-01-13_at_17.15.00.png/392x696bb.png)
- [Screenshot 10](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/a2/fd/9e/a2fd9ebd-aa55-6833-3481-d39d94a630ba/5809da46-841d-4500-a04c-94c22e088871_Simulator_Screen_Shot_-_Apps_Screenshots__U0028iPhone_8_Plus_U0029_-_2022-01-13_at_17.17.40.png/392x696bb.png)

## Chicago Public Library Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 24 (38%)
- 4 stars: 9 (14%)
- 3 stars: 10 (16%)
- 2 stars: 11 (17%)
- 1 stars: 9 (14%)

## Chicago Public Library Reviews in United States

### ****- "pretty sweet!"
as someone who mainly just borrows physical books and doesn't use audiobooks through here, it's a pretty good app given that it's made by a government agency. it has a lot of sweet features and  i personally think it at least goes beyond the bare minimum. i'm sure there's better library apps but from my experience i love it. visit your local public library!
-- sami🦞, 2025-01-03

### ***-- "Add Library Card to Apple Wallet"
Please make the library cards compatible with Apple Wallet. I’d like a virtual card instead of plastic ones.
-- @hjsmit, 2024-12-09

### **--- "About What You Would Expect From the City of Chicago"
Works sometimes, doesn’t work at others.  Pretty much what I expect from this city.  No telling how much tax money they have spent on this unreliable app.
-- Mutigers1987, 2024-04-09

### *---- "Not opening since 4/2/2024"
Deleted and reinstalled and still will not open
-- zamboni2000, 2024-04-03

### ***-- "Why??"
Love the app. Super easy to use… EXCEPT it logs me out constantly! Sounds like other people have the same issue. Feels like this should be an easy fix, CPL.
-- cpblr, 2024-03-04

### ***-- "Just one improvement please"
I love love love that there is a library app and that I can listen to audiobooks for free. HOWEVER, whenever I listen to my audiobook for a long time or open another app, it takes me out of the browser and I have to go through all the steps to get back to the control panel(?) page. It still plays in the background but I can’t pause it or rewind. I have to: Open the app > Go to my borrowed books > Access the book > Open in browser and > find my place I left off. Very frustrating.
-- Joceline vv, 2023-05-09

### ***-- "Improving…"
I do like how easy it is to reserve books at my local location, as well as where I stand on the waitlist. I do find it confusing downloading a held ebook- if a direct link to the download was provided via app or email, that would be a huge help. Another thing that would make this app better is to display library alerts front and center (well, top) when you open the app, like “Library will be closed on Casmir Pulaski day, Monday, March….” I wouldn’t think to go searching in my location’s hours every time I’m about to go pick up my held book to find this information for such an odd off day, and it would be beneficial to see news like that immediately upon opening the app.
-- iTif, 2023-03-07

### ***-- "Useful but frustrating"
I like being able to borrow books easily on my phone and see what libraries have the books to know how long the wait, how many copies there and how many people have them, all of that is very helpful and I appreciate it.

On the other side I think the app needs a lot of work, it logs me out a lot and there doesn’t seem to be a method to the madness, it’s just random. For the past day I’ve had to login every time I’ve opened the app and even then it doesn’t load and I can’t search books or see the books I have in my ‘for later’ shelf. 

Hoping the issue with the server will be resolved soon.
-- T.reviews, 2023-01-14

### *---- "Why is the app asking for a username and not accepting the card ID?"
Why is the app asking for a username and not accepting my card ID? Why did you make this change? I can log in on the desktop website using my library card number and I used to be able to login also on the mbile app with library card number. Now it is asking for a username. There is no username, only library card number. There is no info about creating a username. So now I can’t use the mobile app. Please correct this
-- enneyehs, 2022-11-13

### *---- "Cannot Create an Account"
I have been trouble shooting with Library staff but they don’t know how to fix it. I requested resets for a pin and never received an email. When I finally got my pin I tried to register with the suggested username and I kept getting an error message that the username was incorrect, even though it was what the system suggested and it was to create an account. Seems like a lot of bugs that they haven’t correct and staff doesn’t know how to navigate.
-- Dee_RD, 2022-11-07

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## Chicago Public Library Discovered Keywords
- o
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- chicago public library

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## Chicago Public Library Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/chicago-public-library-dOQd/united-states)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/chicago-public-library-dOQd/canada)

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