What's new
New libraries, features and app releases. Briefly, newest first.
- What we are working on
- soonComing next
Libella on Google Play
You'll be able to install Libella from Google Play as an Android app. Your library stays the same on the web and on your phone.
- soonComing next
More library catalogues
We keep adding national and union catalogues. Which country is missing for you? Let us know.
- November 2026
- version 1.2.7Improvement
Series in the table and import
The table has Series, Volume and Translator columns, and CSV import reads them.
- version 1.2.5New feature
A clearer book detail
Translator and series are now shown, and one tap lists every book in a series.
- version 1.2.5Improvement
The colophon has the final say
Details from a photographed colophon now take priority over the catalogue, including series, translator and page count.
- version 1.2.4New feature
Trial shelf scan
Try your first shelf scan for free, up to 6 photos.
- version 1.2.3Improvement
Faster editing in the table
Move around the table with the arrow keys, press Enter to edit a cell, and get author and publisher suggestions from your own library.
- version 1.2.3Improvement
Covers for Polish books
Polish books now get covers from eLibri.
- version 1.2.2Improvement
More covers from more sources
We now look for book covers in more sources than before.
- version 1.2.2Improvement
Better Goodreads import
The import window now shows you how to download your books from Goodreads.
- version 1.2.2New feature
Cropping your own cover, plus small fixes
You can now crop your own cover photo when you upload it. Plus a few small fixes.
- version 1.2.1Improvement
Greek books: more covers
Books with a Greek ISBN are now also looked up in Biblionet, the database of Greek books, which has covers too. Greek books already in your library without a cover will get one gradually, on their own.
- Announcement
End of the beta: the final version
Libella is moving from its free beta to the final version. Your first 100 books stay free, forever, and libraries built during the beta stay just as they are. For bigger libraries there are paid plans: a one-time lifetime licence or the yearly Libella AI plan. Thank you to everyone who tried the beta and sent us feedback.
- version 1.1.102New library
The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Greece
Dutch books are looked up in the national bibliography of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Luxembourg ones in the bibnet.lu network and Greek ones in the National Library of Greece. Libella now asks 24 library catalogues.
- version 1.1.102New library
Portugal, Finland and Estonia
Books with a Portuguese ISBN are looked up in the national catalogue PORBASE (Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal), Finnish ones in Melinda / Fennica (Kansalliskirjasto) and Estonian ones in the ESTER union catalogue. Libella now asks 21 library catalogues.
- Website
ISBN lookup in libraries
A new free tool on the website: enter an ISBN and see what national and university libraries know about the book. It also checks the check digit and converts ISBN-10 to ISBN-13.
- version 1.1.102New library
Romania: the university library in Cluj
Books with a Romanian ISBN are now looked up in the catalogue of the Lucian Blaga Central University Library in Cluj (BCU Cluj). Libella now asks 18 library catalogues.
- version 1.1.102New library
The Hungarian National Library
Books with a Hungarian ISBN are looked up directly in the catalogue of the Országos Széchényi Könyvtár.
- Website
Where our data comes from
The website now lists every library catalogue Libella draws on — and shows whether each one is responding right now.
- version 1.1.100New feature
Report a problem from inside the app
There is a new Report a problem item in the menu. Describe what happened, attach a screenshot if you like, and we also get the details we need to fix it.
- version 1.1.100Improvement
Reels on iPhone too
You can now create a video of your library on iPhone as well.
- version 1.1.100New library
Italian books, faster
We now query the Italian union catalogue OPAC SBN through its new interface — it answers faster and more reliably.
- version 1.1.100Improvement
More accurate editions of old books
If you know the year of publication, the app picks exactly that edition. For old books it also uses numbers from the copyright page and no longer mistakes East German licence numbers for an ISBN.
- version 1.1.98New library
Oxford, Denmark and Belgium
New libraries: the Bodleian (Oxford), Det Kgl. Bibliotek (Denmark) and the UniCat union catalogue (Belgium).
- version 1.1.98Improvement
Library overview when filling in details
In the Fill in details window you can see every library that is responding right now and choose which ones to ask. If one is temporarily down, the app retries later on its own.
- version 1.1.89New language
Libella in Italian
The app and the website are now available in Italian. The Swiss library network SLSP has been added too.
- October 2026
- version 1.1.83New feature
Author suggestions
When you add a book by hand, the app suggests authors already in your library. Names from catalogues are stored the way people write them — Agatha Christie, not "Christie, Agatha".
- version 1.1.82Improvement
Phone and computer at the same time
When you edit your library on several devices, changes from one no longer overwrite those from the other.
- version 1.1.77Improvement
Better import
After an import from Goodreads or CSV, the app fills in covers and missing details on its own — without overwriting what was in your file.
- version 1.1.69New feature
Emails in your language
Sign-up confirmation and password reset emails now arrive in the language you use the app in.
- version 1.1.59New feature
Import a list right from the start
You can start a new library by importing from Goodreads, CSV or JSON — straight from the welcome screen.
- Website
A blog with guides
The blog has articles on cataloguing a home library, old books without an ISBN and inherited collections.
- September 2026
- version 1.1.54Improvement
More reliable saving
Changes to your library are saved more reliably, even when you have it open in several windows at once.
- version 1.1.46Announcement
Free beta
We launched a free beta: every feature free and no book limit. Thank you to everyone who tried it and sent us feedback.