BrainShorts vs Book Queue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BrainShorts
Access summaries and recommendations from over 40 million books across various genres. Replace scrolling with insightful takeaways to spark curiosity and personal growth. Discover tailored suggestions and save books for future reference.
- 40 million book summaries
- Personalized recommendations
- Daily insightful takeaways
- Search and save books
- Knowledge expansion
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Explore 40 Million Books: Dive into a vast library of summaries and recommendations across countless genres. Get Smarter Every Day: Replace mindless scrolling with insightful book takeaways that spark curiosity and growth. Personalized Recommendations: Scroll through tailored book suggestions that match your interests. Search & Save: Quickly find and bookmark books you love or want to revisit. Stay Inspired: Build your knowledge and broaden your horizons—one summary at a time.
Book Queue
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: BrainShorts at 3 against Book Queue's 1. BrainShorts also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | BrainShorts | Book Queue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scalogy, Inc. | Svetlana Stolyarova |
In-app purchases
BrainShorts
No in-app purchases
Book Queue
No in-app purchases
