Comparison

ALA Booklist Publications vs Book Queue

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

Book Queue

Features
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BookQueue helps you stay on top of what to read next, what you’re reading now, and what you’ve already finished. Search books by title, author, or ISBN, then add them to the right list in one tap. Keep your reading organized with clean list management, progress updates, ratings, and detailed book metadata. Features: - Organize books into To Be Read (TBR), Reading, Finished, and DNF - Manual ordering of your To Be Read list - Track reading progress by pages or percent - Save reading dates, ratings, format, and notes - Get series-aware suggestions, including next-in-series recommendations - Own your data, export and import your full library as JSON - Privacy first, keep your data on your device BookQueue is designed for readers who want a simple To Be Read (TBR) list manager with manual ordering.

Screenshots

ALA Booklist Publications4 screens
Book Queue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Book Queue at every 4 weeks against ALA Booklist Publications's every 29 months. ALA Booklist Publications's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ALA Booklist Publications ships an update every 29 months, Book Queue every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ALA Booklist Publications versus Book Queue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterALA Booklist PublicationsBook Queue
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 29 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmerican Library AssociationSvetlana Stolyarova

In-app purchases

None

ALA Booklist Publications

No in-app purchases

None

Book Queue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ALA Booklist Publications free?
ALA Booklist Publications is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Book Queue free?
Book Queue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ALA Booklist Publications or Book Queue have ads?
Neither ALA Booklist Publications nor Book Queue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ALA Booklist Publications or Book Queue?
ALA Booklist Publications ships an update every 29 months, and Book Queue every 4 weeks. Most recently, ALA Booklist Publications was updated on September 14, 2026 and Book Queue on September 9, 2026.

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