SFPL

San Francisco Public Library

About this app

San Francisco Public Library in your pocket. Browse new titles and recommendations curated by your library staff, place and manage holds, renew checked out materials, plan your visit and see upcoming events, anytime and anywhere.

Ratings and reviews

I had a complaint. It was pretty bad. And they almost fixed it, but not really. Every random-so-often the app requires a complete relogin. Not just requiring the password, like everybody else. I'll use the web site for this kind of fun.

The recent update has hugely improved usability on this app. Before then, if felt like an app from a previous decade. It now has a much improved search function, and adding things to book shelves is no longer a hassle. Finally feels as useable as the actual website.

What a mess. This central app has a lame search function. But if you search in the other 3 apps (lobby, hoopla & axis, because why NOT have 4 apps to use the digital library...) you get incomplete searches and don't find all the available titles. Just sick of trying to find an authour's next book.

What's new

In search results, titles without a jacket cover now display a clearer, format-specific fallback image for better visual consistency and user experience.

In search results, some titles were showing a gray box instead of the jacket image.

This has been fixed. Includes various usability improvements and minor bug fixes.