# shelf — user reviews > 24 indexed App Store user reviews of shelf by Shortcut Studios, rated 4.90/5 from 17 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shelf/id6738400450/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shelf/id6738400450.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 16 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (8 of 24) ### 5/5 — so good *2026-01-18, version 1.1.2* such a good app i was a bit sus about it because i’ve tired to use apps similar to this before and they weren’t very good. but this app is incredibly easy to use and it’s all free! i also love how you can change the posters and the background of the movies ### 5/5 — THE Collection App *2025-11-03* I've tried a few of these and this is by far the best designed collection tracker I've used. My only request is to be able to track TV shows too (maybe have the TV show as one item and then when you click on that, you can choose what seasons you have). Other than that, I absolutely love this! **Developer response:** Thanks Matt! I know, TV shows are a whole other beast... Maybe eventually ;) ### 5/5 — Perfect. One request. *2025-09-19* I love the fact that this manages everything without the need for an account. No social media nonsense or anything. Just simple and effective collection logging. One request would be to add a VHS category. Or an “other” or custom tag option. **Developer response:** Hey Luka! Glad you're enjoying the app, the no account experience is exactly what I wanted from the start. Not sure if you've checked out the latest update, but custom tags are now live! I hope this sorts out the pain point you had. All the best :) ### 5/5 — Visually Appealing *2024-12-06* A great looking way to track what movies are in your collection. It doesn't differentiate between releases, but it still looks great. I can't add The Wild Robot for some reason, but that is the first time I've encountered an issue like that. **Developer response:** Hopefully this is fixed now - it's showing up for me. Otherwise, try searching for "The Wild Robot 2024" and it should come up by adding the year! I'm glad you're enjoying the app. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2024-11-23, version 1.0* Great but won’t look up one letter movies so can’t track movie (x) but other than that this is the best app to track my movies very well constructed and love all the details ### 5/5 — Awesome way to keep track of my movies! *2024-11-21* I’m really glad I found this app! I was looking for a way to organize my movie collection for a while. It’s got a straightforward interface, which is just what I needed. I’d love to have a barcode scanner or the option to add TV shows later, but those aren’t deal-breakers. If the app developers add more features in the future, that’s awesome! If not, I’m still happy with it. By the way, the creator’s tip link doesn’t seem to be working as of 11/21/24. Just a heads up! **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your kind words! That means a lot. I'd love to add a barcode scanner eventually, definitely looking into it. All the best and glad you're enjoying it. ### 5/5 — Great app for tracking my movie collection! *2024-11-21, version 1.0* Tracks my whole film collection perfectly and helps keep it organised. ### 5/5 — Wow! *2024-11-21, version 1.0* Fantastic, love how you can filter by format! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 2/5 — Great but buggy *2025-09-13, version 1.0* Would be the best movie collector app out there, but missing some movies and the app is annoyingly very slow. ### 3/5 — Gorgeous app for movie collection. *2026-05-25* I love the design of this app. It’s very simple, but very functional. It would be great if scanning was added. The app also doesn’t populate collections of films like the Back to the Future: Trilogy, etc. These additions would make this a 5-star app. My fear is the app is abandoned, however, as there hasn’t been any update in a while. **Developer response:** Hi there! I did look into adding scanning into the app but all of the barcode scanning services are all very expensive and not able to justify it while keeping the app free to use :( I'm very glad to hear you're enjoying the app though and the aesthetics of it - that was what I was looking for myself! ### 4/5 — Android Compatibility? *2026-07-09, version 1.1.2* Perfect app to track your movie collection however it is only available on Apple Have not been able to know all my movies since switching to android ### 4/5 — Gorgeous app for movie collection. *2026-03-15* I love the design of this app. It’s very simple, but very functional. It would be great if scanning was added; It would make this a 5-star app. ### 4/5 — Lacks some movie titles but gorgeous *2025-09-10, version 1.0* This is the most stunning app out there to track your movie collection right now, the only downside is that there are so many missing movies and no clear way to add them manually. ### 4/5 — Very good app just needs ability to search one or two letter movies *2025-05-02, version 1.0* Works well and easy to use however cannot find movies unless there is minimum 3 characters so movies like Up cannot be found - otherwise would be 5 stars! ### 5/5 — my muse *2026-08-20, version 1.2* i’ve been waiting so long for an app like this, thank you 🙏 ### 5/5 — Great, Clean, Simple *2026-07-23, version 1.2* I found this app because of a facebook group I am in for enthusiasts of physical media, and I am so happy I did. It is clean, required no login or account, and just does what it says - gives me a neat way to catalog my discs. I don’t want any more features than it already has, it’s really just a nice thing to feel like you’re organised in some way. Thanks for making this app, making it free, and keeping it simple 🙏🏻 ### 5/5 — Great free database tool *2026-07-22, version 1.2* Really easy to input movie names and format, with clean interface and attractive design. Would appreciate the movie runtime being displayed on the main shelf page so it’s easier to decide what to watch based on movie length, and also would prefer that numbered films (e.g. 1917) appear at the top rather than the bottom, but these are fairly minor suggestions. Highly recommend ### 5/5 — Great app, perfect functionality *2026-07-12* Love it, especially being able to add custom tags. Would love to see the ability to upload our own cover images for movies and add custom box sets/collectors editions that aren’t in the app currently. **Developer response:** You can! But not directly to shelf... if you upload them to TMDB (the database we pull our movies from), it'll appear on shelf in a couple days - as well as Letterboxd, etc who all pull from the same place. Hot tip! ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fantastic app *2026-07-08* I don’t generally like writing reviews for apps, but I’m writing this one today because I can tell that this app is cared for. It is user friendly and incredibly unproblematic. I will absolutely be donating for the betterment of this app; it’s the least I can do for being able to keep track of all of my tapes! The only thing that I would change is being able to catalog TV shows, but I don’t have that many yet so I’m not worried about it for now. Thank you for being so passionate about your creation! **Developer response:** Thank you so so much for your kind words! That means so much to know people are loving the app that much (I also hate writing app reviews). TV shows are pretty tricky unfortunately, but maybe in a future release... I only have a couple myself too. Best thing I've read today. ### 5/5 — no notes *2026-05-07* this is the absolute perfect app so i can stop buying doubles of vhs tapes! i have noticed a few different things weren’t on here including tim curry’s IT and a movie of Zorro. other than that: no notes. beautiful simple app. thank you!!! **Developer response:** Oh amazing! So happy to hear you like the app it's great to hear from you. You can try searching for the name of the movie + the year (for example, Oppenheimer 2023) and see if that works for you. ### 5/5 — Excellent App! Exactly What I Was Looking For To Catalogue My Movies *2026-04-20, version 1.1.2* So pleased with this simple to use, streamlined app. I was looking for a central place to catalogue all my movie titles and this is perfect. It located all the movies I searched for, even the obscure ones. So much easier to decide what to watch using this than the picture-less spreadsheet I was using before. The cover art and descriptions are great for remembering the movie. The sorting feature is really useful to organise films by release date. It would be useful to have a way to set your own default sorting method as it always reverts to alphabetical when you restart the app. The tags are also really useful, I use them to keep track of films I haven’t watched yet. It would be useful to be able to change the name of the tag as the only choice at the moment is to create a new one if you want to change the name. I also noticed the app crashes after I try to remove a tag from a film, when I click back to return to the main list. After restart the tag is still there. Other than that, everything works perfectly. I love the clean interface and zero distractions, it’s a really easy and satisfying app to use. Big thanks to the developer for making this available, I really like it. ### 5/5 — Most Visually Appealing App!!! *2026-04-04* Ok! I’ve been looking for the best app for tracking my dvd collection. Every one I have tried either doesn’t have the functionality I need, Is to buggy, cost too much or is just plain ugly. BUT….. I think I found the one. This app is beautiful simple to use and has moat the features you need without the extra bloat. I love this app and I can’t wait to see what other improvements will be made. **Developer response:** Thank you so much! That means a lot to me as I'm a solo developer and made this because I found all the same issues with all the other apps too. Glad you're enjoying the app. ### 5/5 — I’ve been looking for a good one of these *2026-03-22* This is fantastic, it works seamlessly and looks great. My only complaint is that none of the Jurrasic films are on here but I can live with that. **Developer response:** Might be a spelling mistake! Give it another go... Glad you're enjoying the app. ### 5/5 — Decent app. *2026-02-23* Overall a great app. I was looking for something basic without all the bells and whistles to just keep track of my movie collection. **Developer response:** Thank you so much! --- *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 2026-09-03.*