# Shelflife: Book Journal — Your paper books, remembered

> Your paper books, remembered (iPhone/iPad app by Ho Van Dai.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shelflife-book-journal/id6790657863 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ho Van Dai](https://appshunter.io/developer/1572981836)
- Category: Books, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 39 MB
- Languages: American English, Vietnamese
- Released: 2026-07-22
- Data updated: 2026-09-03
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shelflife-book-journal/id6790657863/reviews.md

## What is Shelflife?

Some books are more than their pages.
The one you found at a street market.
The one your mother gave you.
The one you've read three times, differently each time.

Shelflife is a private home for your paper books.
Scan an ISBN and set the book on your shelf — with its spot on the shelf, its receipt, what you paid, what it's worth, and who's borrowing it now.

Then keep the journal. Every reading is its own entry: progress, sessions, notes, quotes, and how it left you.
Read a book again years later and both readings stand side by side.

And keep the memories. Photos, places, moments — "bought at the Da Nang book fair", "finished on New Year's Eve" — laid out on a timeline, like an album of your reading life.

No accounts. No feed. Your shelf, your ink, your story.
Everything lives on your phone, with backup export whenever you want it.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.2 — 2026-08-31

Bug fixes and small improvements.

### 1.2.1 — 2026-08-30

Bug fixes and small improvements.

### 1.2.0 — 2026-08-28

More colour themes and 12 languages, interface tweaks, and a few small fixes.

### 1.0.4 — 2026-08-22

Reliability fixes under the hood.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-08-09

Fixes and small improvements to keep everything running smoothly. Thanks for reading with Shelflife.

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All apps by Ho Van Dai: https://appshunter.io/developer/1572981836

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