OPL Mobile

3.0
264 reviews
50K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Use the Ottawa Public Library app to discover new titles, plan your next visit, and browse recommendations curated by your library staff.

Features:

Instant access your library card
Search the collection and save titles for later
Place and manage holds
Renew checked out items
Check library hours and locations
Updated on
Jun 23, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.0
235 reviews
Coryl Addy
June 7, 2025
Helpful for my lending and account needs. Future holiday hours and closures are listed for my location as of May 2025, which is excellent. The app also has my card, so I can scan it if I forget my physical card.
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A Google user
September 6, 2019
VERY poor developer who should lose their contract. App is never updated and targets a VERY old API version which sacrifices the security of users. In fact, on the latest devices users will actually be WARNED by Android about running this app. They are targetting API version 20 while the current is 29 and the MINIMUM allowed for an update is 26. Has issues remembering sessions. Excessive permissions. Sluggish performance. UX needs some work to make actions more intuitive/frictionless.
23 people found this review helpful
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Kevin Peterson
November 21, 2020
This app has far too many privacy concerns to risk using it. Consistent location monitoring, phone calls, camera access and more. The majority of access requested is unnecessary for a library app. One is better off using the OPL website to manage one's account and Overdrive for ebooks and audio books on mobile devices.
12 people found this review helpful
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What’s new

Added audience, genre, and language filters to the ‘New at the Library’ carousels.

Includes bug fixes.

App support

About the developer
Ottawa Public Library Board
infoservice@biblioottawalibrary.ca
120 Metcalfe St Ottawa, ON K1P 5M2 Canada
+1 613-552-5435