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Information
Preview 2 platforms
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What’s New Version 3.1.0
- Apple CarPlay support: listen to your borrowed audiobooks right from your car's display, with standard play, pause, and skip controls.
- Audiobook download progress is now visible for every title, so you can see at a glance when a book is ready to listen offline.
- Refreshed book details: Audience and Language are now shown, and the metadata layout has been reorganized to help you decide what to borrow at a glance.
- Smaller iCloud backups: downloaded books, covers, and caches are now excluded from device backup to free up your iCloud space.
- More reliable downloads after network drops, plus a restored sign-out confirmation and clearer error messages.
Description
Palace is a free, easy-to-use e-reader app that lets you find, check out, and read or listen to books from your local library.
It’s been said that libraries are “palaces for the people” and the Palace app gives you instant access to your local “palace” any time, right from the palm of your hand.
All you need to sign up is your library card! And even if your library isn’t using Palace yet, you can still read more than 10,000 books--from children’s books to classics to foreign language books--for free from our Palace Bookshelf.
The Palace app is built and maintained by Lyrasis, a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with Digital Public Library of America with funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. For more, visit https://thepalaceproject.org.
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Version history 25 versions
Build 886155151v3.1.02026-06-02 14:54:29
- Apple CarPlay support: listen to your borrowed audiobooks right from your car's display, with standard play, pause, and skip controls.
- Audiobook download progress is now visible for every title, so you can see at a glance when a book is ready to listen offline.
- Refreshed book details: Audience and Language are now shown, and the metadata layout has been reorganized to help you decide what to borrow at a glance.
- Smaller iCloud backups: downloaded books, covers, and caches are now excluded from device backup to free up your iCloud space.
- More reliable downloads after network drops, plus a restored sign-out confirmation and clearer error messages.
Build 885866686v3.0.32026-05-20 14:27:36
- Resolved an issue that prevented some audiobooks from opening and playing.
Build 885438383v3.0.22026-05-15 17:28:19
- Fixed bugs detected in the previous release.
Build 884334976v3.0.02026-04-30 12:36:54
- Filter search results by format to find ebooks or audiobooks faster.
- More reliable holds, including better syncing after canceling a hold and improved handling of "hold ready" notifications.
- Improved VoiceOver navigation across the catalog and book details screens.
- Smoother sign-in with clearer error messages when login fails.
- A handful of stability and polish fixes — including a smoother borrow flow from catalog lanes, fewer accidental double-opens, and clearer language around loans and holds.
Build 883584449v2.2.42026-03-31 17:19:56
- Sorting improvements: Lanes now support reverse sorting.
- Better error handling: Added a retry option for some errors, and the ability to view error details to make troubleshooting easier.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements, including fixes for reading position sync across devices, audiobook downloads, and hold checkouts.
Build 883098343v2.2.22026-03-07 19:03:12
- Fixed an issue where some audiobooks would play chapters out of sequence
Build 882954017v2.2.12026-03-03 12:55:52
- Fixed a crash that sometimes occured in the previous release
Build 882009396v2.2.02026-02-02 12:50:25
- Fixed several issues with audiobook downloads, previews, and chapter playback
- Added smarter login handling when sessions expire, with clearer prompts to sign in again
- Added better, clearer messages when hitting borrowing or hold limits
- Improved accessibility, performance, and stability
Build 879949786v2.1.02025-11-24 14:54:18
- Fixed an error that could occur when a hold became available to borrow
Build 879787743v2.0.52025-11-15 20:16:57
- Fixed a login issue affecting some users
Build 879595513v2.0.42025-11-13 20:54:41
- Fixed a bug that limited search results
- Improved login screen interface for academic libraries
- Added ability to send error logs to support
- Improved sort and filter functionality
Build 879281045v2.0.32025-10-29 11:58:50
- Fixed bugs found in the previous release
Build 879094455v2.0.22025-10-24 16:19:17
- Fixed bugs and crashes detected in the previous release
Build 877785508v2.0.02025-10-16 13:46:00
- Improved audiobook downloads
- Improved VoiceOver support
- Improved visibility of search results
- Modernized catalog
Build 876846883v1.2.82025-07-31 19:02:37
- Fixed an issue where the Borrow button didn't always appear when a hold became available
Build 875885650v1.2.62025-06-26 17:29:41
- Fixed crashes detected in previous release
Build 875923357v1.2.72025-06-26 21:35:02
- Fixed a crash detected in the previous release
Build 875566862v1.2.52025-06-17 12:33:00
- Updated the workflows for borrowing books and managing holds
- Fixed crashes detected in previous release
- Fixed a bug that kept users logged in after reinstalling the app
Build 874969365v1.2.42025-05-28 13:54:53
- Fixed an issue where book description text appeared too small for some books
- Added holds queue position information to Reservations screen
- Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the first search result to be obscured by the library logo
Build 874627043v1.2.32025-05-09 15:19:49
- Fixed crashes detected in previous release
- Fixed a bug that could cause browse lanes to stop loading until app restart
Build 874311664v1.2.22025-04-27 21:22:31
- Introduced a redesigned book details view
- Fixed a bug that prevented audio from playing for some audiobook samples on iPad
- Updated library website links to open in default external browser
- Resolved crashes detected in previous release
Build 874090448v1.2.12025-04-23 11:40:49
- Introduced a new, modern Book Details view
- Fixed a bug that prevented audio from playing for some audiobook samples on iPad
- Updated library website links to open in default external browser
Build 873872438v1.1.72025-04-09 07:49:12
- Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented users from logging into a new library
Build 872475499v1.1.62025-02-13 21:50:04
- Resolved crashes detected in previous version
Build 872294214v1.1.52025-02-06 21:08:16
- Fixed a bug that sometimes caused audiobook playback speed to reset on chapter transitions
- Fixed a bug that prevented some audiobooks from being available for offline listening
- Fixed a bug that prevented storage from being freed up immediately after returning some audiobooks
No pricing data captured yet — comparisons appear once the app has paid storefronts or in-app purchases.
Availability 75 of 75 storefronts
| Region | Language | Price | Ratings | Avg | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | en-US | Free | 4.4k | 4.6 | 3.1.0 |
| CO | es-MX | Free | 1 | 5.0 | 3.1.0 |
| JM | en-GB | Free | 1 | 5.0 | 3.1.0 |
| MX | es-MX | Free | 1 | 5.0 | 3.1.0 |
| AG | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| AI | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| AO | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| AR | es-MX | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| BB | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| BF | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| BJ | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| BO | es-MX | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| BR | pt-BR | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| BS | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| BW | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| BZ | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| CD | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| CG | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| CI | fr-FR | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| CL | es-MX | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| CM | fr-FR | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| CR | es-MX | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| CV | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| DM | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| DO | es-MX | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| DZ | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| EC | es-MX | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| GA | fr-FR | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| GD | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| GH | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| GM | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| GT | es-MX | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| GW | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| GY | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| HN | es-MX | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| KE | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| KN | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| KY | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| LC | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| LR | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| LY | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| MA | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| MG | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| ML | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| MS | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| MU | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| MW | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| MZ | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| NA | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| NE | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| NG | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| NI | es-MX | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| PA | es-MX | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| PE | es-MX | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| PY | es-MX | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| RW | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| SC | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| SL | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| SN | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| SR | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| ST | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| SV | es-MX | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| SZ | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| TC | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| TD | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| TN | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| TT | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| TZ | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| UG | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| UY | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| VC | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| VE | es-MX | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| VG | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| ZM | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
| ZW | en-GB | Free | 0 | — | 3.1.0 |
Change log 28 changes · ZM
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releaseNotes updated
- Apple CarPlay support: listen to your borrowed audiobooks right from your car's display, with standard play, pause, and skip controls.
- Audiobook download pr
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description updated
Palace is a free, easy-to-use e-reader app that lets you find, check out, and read or listen to books from your local library.
It’s been said that libraries
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name updated
The Palace Project
◆
Version 3.1.0 released
- Apple CarPlay support: listen to your borrowed audiobooks right from your car's display, with standard play, pause, and skip controls.
- Audiobook download progress is now visible for every title, so you can see at a glance when a book is
◆
Version 3.0.3 released
- Resolved an issue that prevented some audiobooks from opening and playing.
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Version 3.0.2 released
- Fixed bugs detected in the previous release.
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Version 3.0.0 released
- Filter search results by format to find ebooks or audiobooks faster.
- More reliable holds, including better syncing after canceling a hold and improved handling of "hold ready" notifications.
- Improved VoiceOver navigation across the ca
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Version 2.2.4 released
- Sorting improvements: Lanes now support reverse sorting.
- Better error handling: Added a retry option for some errors, and the ability to view error details to make troubleshooting easier.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements, includin
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Version 2.2.2 released
- Fixed an issue where some audiobooks would play chapters out of sequence
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Version 2.2.1 released
- Fixed a crash that sometimes occured in the previous release
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Version 2.2.0 released
- Fixed several issues with audiobook downloads, previews, and chapter playback
- Added smarter login handling when sessions expire, with clearer prompts to sign in again
- Added better, clearer messages when hitting borrowing or hold limit
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Version 2.1.0 released
- Fixed an error that could occur when a hold became available to borrow
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Version 2.0.5 released
- Fixed a login issue affecting some users
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Version 2.0.4 released
- Fixed a bug that limited search results
- Improved login screen interface for academic libraries
- Added ability to send error logs to support
- Improved sort and filter functionality
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Version 2.0.3 released
- Fixed bugs found in the previous release
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Version 2.0.2 released
- Fixed bugs and crashes detected in the previous release
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Version 2.0.0 released
- Improved audiobook downloads
- Improved VoiceOver support
- Improved visibility of search results
- Modernized catalog
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Version 1.2.8 released
- Fixed an issue where the Borrow button didn't always appear when a hold became available
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Version 1.2.7 released
- Fixed a crash detected in the previous release
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Version 1.2.6 released
- Fixed crashes detected in previous release
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Version 1.2.5 released
- Updated the workflows for borrowing books and managing holds
- Fixed crashes detected in previous release
- Fixed a bug that kept users logged in after reinstalling the app
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Version 1.2.4 released
- Fixed an issue where book description text appeared too small for some books
- Added holds queue position information to Reservations screen
- Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the first search result to be obscured by the library logo
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Version 1.2.3 released
- Fixed crashes detected in previous release
- Fixed a bug that could cause browse lanes to stop loading until app restart
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Version 1.2.2 released
- Introduced a redesigned book details view
- Fixed a bug that prevented audio from playing for some audiobook samples on iPad
- Updated library website links to open in default external browser
- Resolved crashes detected in previous relea
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Version 1.2.1 released
- Introduced a new, modern Book Details view
- Fixed a bug that prevented audio from playing for some audiobook samples on iPad
- Updated library website links to open in default external browser
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Version 1.1.7 released
- Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented users from logging into a new library
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Version 1.1.6 released
- Resolved crashes detected in previous version
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Version 1.1.5 released
- Fixed a bug that sometimes caused audiobook playback speed to reset on chapter transitions
- Fixed a bug that prevented some audiobooks from being available for offline listening
- Fixed a bug that prevented storage from being freed up im