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library card
The app gives readers a digital card that connects local-library access, reservations and borrowing history.
Case study · Mobile app design
Reading Book App design for local libraries, digital cards and personal reading.
99 Francs designed a mobile application that gives users access to local libraries, an electronic library card, book reservations, borrowing history, return reminders and a personal reading collection.
ClientReading Book App
IndustryeCommerce and lifestyle
ServicesMobile app design, UX/UI design
PlatformiOS and Android app concept
FocusLibrary card, catalog, reading, audiobooks
Product context
Library access had to feel as simple as opening a personal bookshelf.
The design connects service tasks like card registration and returns with everyday reading moments such as browsing, saving, reading and listening.
Direct answer
This mobile app design project turned library access, catalog discovery and reading into one clear product experience.
The interface was built around an electronic library card, book reservations, borrowing history, return reminders, personal collection management and reading or audiobook screens.
Outcome
A mobile reading app that keeps service tasks and reading moments close together.
Readers can move from library card registration to catalog search, reservation, borrowing status and reading without losing the context of what they own or owe.
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reading modes
Book search, reservations, personal collection management and audiobook playback were shaped into one mobile flow.
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user jobs
The interface supports both library borrowing and personal reading, so the app can work as a service and a private bookshelf.
Challenge
The app needed to combine library operations with an interface people would want to use daily.
The product had to support card registration, book reservations, borrowing and return tracking, while still feeling visually warm, accessible and simple enough for casual reading.
The card became the product anchor
The electronic library card gives the app a clear reason to exist and creates a practical bridge between local libraries and mobile reading.
Search needed to handle formats
Readers can look for physical books, ebooks and audiobooks, so filtering and sorting had to stay simple while still supporting format decisions.
Reading history needed operational clarity
Borrowing and return flows were designed around status, reminders and history so users can manage deadlines without opening a separate library system.
Library card
The electronic card made local library access visible and portable.
We designed registration and account access around the card, then connected it to reservations, history and the user's personal collection.
Process
From library workflow to a friendly mobile reading product.
The process followed the same structure we use for mobile app design services: define the service logic, simplify the core flow, design reusable screens and shape the final product story.
Map the library service
We structured the product around local-library access, digital card registration, book availability, borrowing status and return deadlines.
Design discovery and reservation
The catalog experience was organized around search, filtering, sorting and reservation actions for different book formats.
Support personal reading
The app also needed a private collection, reading interfaces and audiobook playback so users could keep borrowed and owned content close together.
Make deadlines visible
Borrowing history and return reminders were treated as part of the core UX, not hidden account details, because missed deadlines are a real user risk.
Reader and audio
The app needed real reading surfaces, not only a catalog.
Reading and audiobook interfaces extend the product beyond discovery, giving users a complete place to search, save, read and listen.
Borrowing flow
Borrowing history and return reminders keep the useful service layer visible.
The app helps users understand what they borrowed, when it should be returned and how to continue reading without switching between disconnected tools.
Designer comment
We hope this solution makes reading more convenient and accessible for users who rely on local libraries and digital formats.
Alexander Vinokurov · CEO 99F, Art Director
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Questions about the Reading Book App design project.
99 Francs designed the mobile UX/UI for a reading app that connects users with local libraries, electronic library cards, book reservations, borrowing history, return reminders and personal reading interfaces.
The main challenge was combining local-library service logic with a pleasant personal reading experience, without making catalog search, reservations, card access and deadlines feel complicated.
The project included mobile app UX/UI design, registration flow design, catalog search design, filtering, personal collection design, reading interface design and audiobook interface design. See the related mobile app design services.
Yes. 99 Francs can turn a service model, marketplace catalog or public-service workflow into mobile screens, product hierarchy, flows and developer-ready app UI.