Is Hoopla: Your Library Anywhere Safe for Kids?
Age rating is set by App Store, not by Unstar. This page explains it and adds what parents report in reviews. Not affiliated with Midwest Tape, LLC.
What Hoopla: Your Library Anywhere's age rating means
Hoopla: Your Library Anywhere is rated 12+ on the App Store, meaning it targets older teenagers, not young children. With parental controls and an honest conversation, many teens use apps like this fine, but the rating exists for a reason.
What parents and users report about Hoopla: Your Library Anywhere
Users frequently report reaching borrowing limits even when they haven't borrowed anything, and experience inconsistent borrowing allowances month-to-month. Many complain about technical glitches like page repetition, failed bookmarks, and unresponsive controls. Others criticize the limited selection of titles, poor search functionality, and high costs to libraries that restrict access.
Summarized from 10 recent 1-3 star reviews. These are user reports, not verified claims.
How to keep your child safe with Hoopla: Your Library Anywhere
Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions. Set an age limit for apps, require Ask to Buy for purchases, and restrict or remove Hoopla: Your Library Anywhere if it is above your child's age.
Use Google Family Link to approve installs, set a Play Store content rating limit, require purchase approval, and block or uninstall Hoopla: Your Library Anywhere on your child's device.
Hoopla: Your Library Anywhere for kids: frequently asked questions
Is Hoopla: Your Library Anywhere safe for kids?
Hoopla: Your Library Anywhere has an official age rating of 12+ on the App Store, aimed at older teens rather than young children. It can be appropriate with guidance, parental controls, and a conversation about what to share and who to talk to.
What age rating does Hoopla: Your Library Anywhere have?
The App Store rates Hoopla: Your Library Anywhere as 12+. This is the store's own content rating, set from the app's features and content, not our opinion. Use it as the starting point for whether it fits your child's age.
Can my child use Hoopla: Your Library Anywhere safely?
If you decide to allow it, use device parental controls: Screen Time and Content & Privacy Restrictions on iPhone, or Family Link and Play Store parental controls on Android. Turn on purchase approval, set age-appropriate content limits, and keep the account under your family group so you can see activity.
How do I block or remove Hoopla: Your Library Anywhere from my child's phone?
On iPhone, open Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions, then restrict or delete the app and block reinstalling it. On Android, open Family Link, select your child, find Hoopla: Your Library Anywhere and block or uninstall it. You can also set a store age limit so apps above your child's age cannot be installed.