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title: "Library of Babel - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "Experience the Library of Babel from the short story by Jorge Luis Borges in 3D.  In the Library of Babel you can find any page of text that can be written down using the combination of the 26 lowerca"
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# Library of Babel — United States

![Library of Babel App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/d5/ea/22/d5ea228b-5eaa-49e7-c06a-0f84d280b74c/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-85-220.png/400x400bb.png)

**Developer:** [Keiwan Donyagard](https://apptail.io/developer/keiwan-donyagard-GUz) (Germany)
**Category:** Books
**Rating:** 4.4/5 (43 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.keiwando.LibraryOfBabel
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 3.1.2 (released 2025-10-06)
**Original Release:** 2016-12-01

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id1180198611)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/library-of-babel-bnGd/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/library-of-babel-bnGd/united-states)

## Library of Babel Description
Experience the Library of Babel from the short story by Jorge Luis Borges in 3D.

In the Library of Babel you can find any page of text that can be written down using the combination of the 26 lowercase letters of the English alphabet and the comma, period and space. 

Every meaningful and meaningless thought exists in some book on one of the five shelves on one of the four walls in one of the many many hexagonal rooms somewhere deep within the Library of Babel. But for every page of meaningful content, there are also billions and trillions of pages full of "gibberish". 

The librarians of this library spend all of their lives reading the books in the search for wisdom. If you meet some of them during your journey through the Library, they will be happy to tell you what they might have already found in some of the books. 

To make your life a bit easier, there is a built in search menu that lets you search for whatever text that comes to your mind. (Also, don't tell the librarians about this search machine of yours. They might steal it and throw you over the railing into the endless pit of darkness in the middle of the hexagons.)

This 3D version is inspired by Jonathan Basile's brilliant website libraryofbabel.info.
Visit the website if you are interested in the whole idea and don't forget to read the original short story by Borges. This app will make a lot more sense afterwards.

The app lets you look around by moving your phone around as if your were actually inside the library. Or you can turn off this "VR" mode and use the on-screen joystick to move and drag with your finger to look around.

If there are any problems, feel free to contact me.

## Library of Babel Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple115/v4/c3/74/c6/c374c67a-418b-081b-c998-978a65d7b16b/pr_source.jpg/2688x1242.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple125/v4/fb/03/51/fb035122-d275-8dd8-7035-8e01da915ccc/pr_source.jpg/2688x1242.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple115/v4/c1/2b/72/c12b720b-9a8b-b5f6-564e-e198331de38e/pr_source.jpg/2688x1242.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple115/v4/d7/4b/42/d74b4280-9c39-9b39-1fdc-089b0c6001bf/pr_source.jpg/2688x1242.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple115/v4/f6/37/e3/f637e300-d195-d577-bca0-323ae7b26cf0/pr_source.jpg/2688x1242.png)

## Library of Babel Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 29 (67%)
- 4 stars: 8 (19%)
- 3 stars: 3 (7%)
- 2 stars: 2 (5%)
- 1 stars: 1 (2%)

## Library of Babel Reviews in United States

### ***** "bug"
If you jump down from the railing in the middle and jump to the floor without bookshelves, there will be no stairs. The place that should be the stairs leads to the void.

At this time, if you jump into the void, you will keep falling, and there is no button to reset your position. You can only exit the app.
-- PurpleGuy114, 2026-06-01

### ***** "I like the idea"
Are you supposed to read this I don't want to sound dumb but all of this I cannot read
-- Game loverĈĉ, 2026-03-03

### ***** "AMAZING"
I played for 7 hours yesterday. And found dyo and bagel I’m so happy
-- Secondcastle2323, 2025-10-07

### ***** "Nice but"
I found a black doorway so I walked into it and I exited the library of babel so yeah
-- ‘!@, 2025-01-14

### ***** "Beautiful app."
This is one of the better apps on this App Store of ours. I love how it supports VR, and has the features the famous website you (I’m guessing) based it on, as well as the original book, of course. The graphics are changeable, it’s very immersive, the ambience is nice, you can play it offline (amazing) but…. It needs a touch more.

As you may know, the website has a feature where you can generate random pixels, and there is a chance you may find a picture of the beginning of the universe, or something like that. I would like this in the app. Also, here’s a good idea that hasn’t been taken yet: a random sound generator. If you can do text and visual, surely you can do a low bitrate sound generator? If you can, thank you.

Also, I would like to be able to disable the VR mode. For example, look around with swiping, so you can use it in a confined area, or on a PC, or on a car ride.

But here’s my final question:
I’m a music creator, and I’m looking for a way to make my music more popular. I make every genre except any singing, and the music is, to be frank, quite repetitive. So reply with an email or something, so I can maybe get your number and send you free songs. Music is about 40% of the game experience, and it would be nice if you had 10+ tracks in-game.

Thank you for your time, Keiwan.
-- Thundercreeper10, 2024-12-09

### **--- "I miss the old librarian"
It’s a cool experience, but the new librarian model makes it less creepy and interesting.
-- GraphieTA, 2024-06-20

### ***** "Does this app use the same Algorithm as Basile’s Website?"
When I go to a the hexagon “0” on Basile’s website, and go to Wall 1, Shelf 1, Book 1, and page 1, it does not match up with what’s in the same “location” as the app.

Is there a reason there’s a difference?

Great app by the way!
-- Bob1234568, 2023-06-30

### ***** "Take it for what it is 🤷🏽‍♂️"
I only touched this app like once or twice and so far I’ve had interesting experiences that I am not sure if they’re were meant to be part of the app.
I.e. I saw the librarians that are pointed out in the description of the app, they do share bits of information but at some point they say nothing anymore even if I restart the app..
I also decided to throw myself into the pit multiple times to see if anything happens and upon respawning into the map, I spawn to a Smokey part of the library where a couple floors down, the room was on fire.
And during my adventures, the further down into the library I went, the less the books started working.
And the first and second floor at some point stopped containing books, bookshelves, and was pure wall, and now thinking about it, there were only 5 floors with endless corridors, and if I tried climbing to the next floor, I would look down to the void and noticed that I never changed floors and I was stuck in the same floor.
It felt like it was meant to be some sort of horror in it which kept it suspenseful, but nothing ever happens until you notice a small change and then you realize you’re not experience the app the same way you did when you first entered, yet the rooms are the same.

You’re weird. You’re a weird developer. I’m looking forward to your next project.
-- a 17 year old intellectual, 2022-01-18

### ***** "Can you hear me?"
Hello! I would like to request the changing of the librarian textures. I use the Library as a meditative place, and I would greatly enjoy a monk or a wise old man in place of the abominations that currently grace Babel’s halls. 
Much appreciated, 
Dell.
-- hhsuebcuhewcfjk, 2021-05-27

### ***-- "Awesome phone app idea, needs updates before I’d recommend it"
This app’s aesthetic is largely based off of the poem made by Jorge Luis Borges in 1941. The attention to detail in regards to the recreation of the library itself based on its description in the poem is great. A lot of reviewers are saying that the library is creepy with its claustrophobic dark atmosphere. I feel that that’s sort of intentional to a certain point, but the giant, completely pitch-black humanoid figures idly standing in place in certain rooms I admit gives off some very creepy Slenderman vibes. Even if the models do improve in the future an option to remove them completely from the library would be nice.
I’m most looking forward to future updates to this app in regards to the ease of use. There are a few issues with the UI: 
-you’re able to look around the room and highlight/select walls, shelves and books even when you’re currently reading a book. 
-It is difficult to check which wall you’re looking at without selecting a specific shelf or book in the process. 
-There NEEDS to be some sort of portrait mode. Landscape orientation forces the text way too small to read, and magnifying a singular page to read it more clearly makes the text way too large, making scrolling through one page take forever.
-Copy/Pasting Hex data generated from the Library of Babel website to this app does not work I presume that not all of the hex data copied is getting fully pasted since the start of the block of copied hex data will match, but the ends will not.
-page numbers are not clear. Since there are always 2 pages on the screen, the page number on the bottom will always be some even number, so it is not clear which page the book is referring to, so when looking for a specific page in the library, it can get particularly difficult to find where you’re at.
Overall I really want to see this app work. I just hope to see most of these issues addressed in the future.
-- Sw1ft3r, 2021-02-01

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## Library of Babel Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Free | Belarus | Books | #159 |

## Library of Babel Discovered Keywords
- philosophy

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