NLS Bard Mobile App is Not Showing Up in the Appstore

I’m not seeing it either. It’s very possible they’re working on Rolling out a from the ground up rewrite because the app is about 11 years old at this point. I wouldn’t worry too much yet.

If you open the App store on your iPhone, then:
1. Tap on My Account from the Today tab.
2. Tap on Apps
3. Scroll through the list until you find, "Bard Mobile".
4. You will be presented with a page that reads like a screenshot, and image recognition will read something like, "Cannot connect. Something went wrong. Please try again. Retry."

So yeah, Bard is out of commission. No idea if this is permanent or not.

HTH. 😞

That's not good. I hope this isn't a sign that they're discontinuing BARD. Something's not right here.

Shows in the App Store for me n my iPad. See if it shows for you now

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bard-mobile/id705229586

Whatever happened yesterday seems to have been rectified.

I also would love for them to implement something to allow for syncing between devices, especially after purchasing new ones since there's a limit on how much you can download every month, of course you also lose your position in every book.
It would just be nice to be able to sync progress across devices.

I reached out to the Overseas librarian who told me that the BARD Mobile app for iOS was "mistakenly removed" from the app store. It should be back by the end of this week.
How and why would someone "mistakenly" remove an app? And yes, there's room for improvements and need for new updates.

It’s up, no question about it. The National Library of Congress or the BARD Mobile app for blind and print disabled aren’t going anywhere.

“since there's a limit on how much you can download every month”

The limit is 250 books during a 30 day running period and they do take into notice unique titles so if you download a book on your iPad and then download the same to your iPhone it only counts as one. However as stated it would be very nice if this would sync between devices. I’ve always wanted that.

I know the amount may seem excessive, but I love having a ton of books, being able to switch between them at will.
I have so many books, along with tons of bookmarks which are unfortunately only specific to this device.
Hopefully something gets done about this soon because it seems like adding books via airdrop or similar means also counts against this limit.
I'd done it after getting most of my library back, and got the same authorization error.

Do they have a number to call or email to make suggestions? Use iPad and iPhone would love to be able to pick up from one device from another with my audiobooks, similar to audible.

Reading through the thread, I heard the bells of the alarmists going off. "I hope this is not permanent." and other such worries. I hope people learn from this and stop spreading such fears. Why would BARD be discontinued? Reall. People. Use your heads. I had noticed that BARD was down for a few hours. I could download nothing, nor could I check for new books. Then I heard that the app had been removed from the store. My first thought was that a problem cropped up that needed immediate fixing. So they took BARD offline for a while. I wasn't a bit worried. Something that longlasting wouldn't, without prior notification to patrons, would not suddenly be permanently be dropped.

Apple made a big booboo. It happen, the app is back. Now all who were concern, which is understandable now have a glass of whatever you drink. Keep save all.