Queens Public Library

Queens Library

About this app

The Queens Public Library App is your gateway to QPL’s services on your mobile device. Our revamped application represents a leap forward in usability, speed, and convenience for our users. You can read, listen to, and watch materials directly, search our catalog, view account information, request books, search and register for events, find our locations, ask for assistance, join our vibrant online community, and much more. The QPL Mobile App is compatible with both phones and tablets. Experience Queens Public Library like never before, anywhere you have a network connection.

Ratings and reviews

This app is easier to use and less janky than the mobile website, which may be reason enough to download and keep it. But if you're limited on space, it has no offline functionality whatsoever and no push notifications for things like checking when your materials are due. Other than few small features like being able to pull up your library card barcode for scanning (I never tested if tapping works like physical cards), there isn't a major reason to just stick with the mobile website anyway.

9/04/2024 Update to below review:. It is now 3 months since my last review. Contacted tech support about this app. They " claimed " they would have the search function fixed " soon". I guess they don't know the concept . THE ISSUE IS NOT FIXED!!!!! Supposedly app was updated. I never had a problem until the " fix" was completed. When I try to filter search results to years, nothing happens. It just highlights "years" word. Will not filter. Terrible,!

I got to say that I am pleased with how the update fixed all the problems I had with the app. It's impressive really, the interfaces and menu are so much better than before. Neater, very modern looking, although there is a small issue keeping it from being a 5 star experiment. For some reason the home inferface is very laggy, very choppy, and I'm thinking it had something to do with your servers, although it's not the way on the other interfaces, so I would suggest getting that fixed in someway.

What’s new

-Updated search filters for more refined search results.
-UI enhancements, including long press and swipe left features on My Account screens.
-Minor bug fixes.