Comparison

ALA Booklist Publications vs BookBye

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ALA Booklist Publications

This app provides access to thousands of book and media reviews for children, teens, and adults. It's a valuable resource for librarians, teachers, and book lovers seeking recommendations and collection development tools. Features include curated lists, author interviews, and classroom resources.

Highlights
  • Thousands of annual book and media reviews
  • Collection development tools
  • Readers' advisory resources
  • Top 10 and core collection lists
  • Author interviews
  • Classroom resources and activities
Features
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Since 1905, Booklist, the book review magazine of the American Library Association, has been the go-to source for librarians, teachers, and bibliophiles. With more than 8,000 annual reviews of children, teen, and adult books and media, Booklist is a key resource for collection development and readers’ advisory. Top 10 lists, core collection and read-alike lists, author interviews, classroom resources and activities, trend alerts, and more make Booklist indispensable to library professionals and teachers. Book Links, is a quarterly supplement, providing literature-based resources for K-8 educators. Privacy Policy: http://www.ala.org/privacypolicy Terms and Conditions: http://www.ala.org/user-guidelines

About

BookBye

Features
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BookBye has what other book-selling apps don't: school, department, and class number search filters. BookBye allows you to search for books posted for sale by other students at your school, university, or college. You can filter your search by the department of the class you're about to take, and even filter by specific class code. For example, you can search for textbooks used in the ENG 101 class at your school! BookBye also provides a built in chat-feature, so you don't have to share your phone number, email, or social accounts with other students to communicate. If you're tired of trying to sell your books on generic third-party platforms like Amazon and Facebook Marketplace, try the features that cater specifically to students like you, and give BookBye a try.

Screenshots

ALA Booklist Publications4 screens
BookBye4 screens

Verdict

The call

ALA Booklist Publications and BookBye are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ALA Booklist Publications versus BookBye: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterALA Booklist PublicationsBookBye
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 29 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB54 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAmerican Library AssociationRafed El-Issa

In-app purchases

None

ALA Booklist Publications

No in-app purchases

None

BookBye

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ALA Booklist Publications free?
ALA Booklist Publications is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BookBye free?
BookBye is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ALA Booklist Publications or BookBye have ads?
Neither ALA Booklist Publications nor BookBye shows ads.

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