# Shelf Life - Game Companion

> Shelf Life - Game Companion (iPhone/iPad app by Xi Chen.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shelf-life-game-companion/id6774837467 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Xi Chen](https://appshunter.io/developer/6774837469)
- Category: Utilities, Entertainment
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 8 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-03
- Data updated: 2026-08-20
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shelf-life-game-companion/id6774837467/reviews.md

## What is Shelf Life?

Ever wonder who is OBJECTIVELY better at board games in your group? Same.
Shelf Life is your one stop shop for everything you need every board game night.
What you get:
  • Your whole collection in one place, with covers, filters, expansions
  • Play logging, full match histories
  • Customizable score sheets for any game
  • ELO ratings for everyone (so you can finally settle the debate on who is the best)
  • Charts, win rates, head-to-heads, and analytics for nerds
  • Dice, seating shuffles, coin flips, and an HP tracker for the table


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5 — 2026-08-18

Collection
  • Every game now shows how many times you've played it and when you last played.
  • New sort options: number of plays and last played.
  • Games starting with "The" now sort under their real name.

  Record Play
  • Set the date and time of a play right on the record screen
  
  Score Sheets
  • Number columns support multipliers
  • Resolved issue where default sheets aren't updated properly

  Dashboard
  • "This Week" is now "Past 7 Days," a rolling window that no longer resets every week.
  • Played Shelf no longer counts expansions

  Randomizer
  • Optional toggle to favor games you haven't played yet.
  
Minor fixes

### 1.4 — 2026-08-14

Updated connectivity to keep BoardGameGeek features working reliably.

### 1.3 — 2026-07-25

- Added Borrowed games as a playable collection status.
  - Added richer BGG details, including Geek Rating, Best With, and Recommended player counts.
  - Improved Record Play with tiebreak winner selection and per-player ELO inclusion controls.
  - Added winner-determination controls when creating or editing score sheets.
  - Polished Tracker interactions, including better swipe actions, reordering, expanded cards, and score/HP controls.
  - Fixed ELO, import/export, and scoring edge cases.

### 1.2 — 2026-06-17

- Added a new Tracker with Health and Score modes. Track HP, counters, and player scores, then export player scores directly into Record Play.
- Expanded the Randomizer with seating order, first-player picking, dice, coin flip, spinner, and a “What to Play” picker filtered by selected player count.
- Upgraded Record Play with per-game win conditions, lower-score-wins support, all-winners/no-winner modes, and per-play Global/Game ELO exclusion.
- Reworked score sheets with default templates, copy/edit/reset flows, pinned game defaults, reorderable columns, checkbox points, penalty columns, and better automatic totals.
- Added Analytics date filters for today, recent ranges, this month, and custom dates.
- Improved ELO accuracy, tie handling, archived player/game behavior, dashboard layout, haptics, animations, and collection scrolling performance.

### 1.1 — 2026-06-05

Shelf Life 1.1 adds richer game and player insights.

  - New Mechanic Profiles identify each game’s main mechanic and related mechanics.
  - Player Type analytics now summarize play style from your recorded sessions.
  - Collection and game detail screens show clearer mechanic metadata.
  - Improved BGG metadata refresh and mechanic enrichment.
  - Smoother scrolling and chart interactions across Dashboard, Collection, and Analytics.
  - General polish, reliability improvements

## More apps by Xi Chen

- [Waypoint - Find your way](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/waypoint-find-your-way/id6777342528)

All apps by Xi Chen: https://appshunter.io/developer/6774837469

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-20.*