Shakespeare vs PDF Reader Shelf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shakespeare
Access the complete works of William Shakespeare offline. Easily search for specific words and phrases within plays, sonnets, and poems. Customize text appearance and manage your files within the application.
- Complete works of Shakespeare
- Offline access
- Word search functionality
- File management
- Customizable text fonts and sizes
- Includes plays, sonnets, and poems
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare ! Make notes and So easy to search for words ! Off-line independent ! (once downloaded, you don't need internet to use the app. All text and pictures are integrated within.) The list of the whole plays, sonnets and poems: • Sonnets • All‘s well that ends well • Antony & Cleopatra • As you like it • The comedy of errors • Coriolanus • Cymbeline • Hamlet • King Henry IV part 1 • King Henry IV part 2 • King Henry V • Henry VI part 1 • Henry VI part 2 • Henry VI part 3 • King Henry VIII • King John • Julius Caesar • King Lear • Love’s labour‘s lost • Macbeth • Measure for measure • The merchant of Venice • The merry wives of Windsor • A midsummer night‘s dream • Much ado about nothing • Othello • Pericles • King Richard II • King Richard III • Romeo & Juliet • The taming of the shrew • The tempest • Timon of Athens • Titus Andronicus • Troilus & Cressida • Twelfth night • The two gentlemen of Verona • The two noble kinsmen • The Winter‘s Tale • A lover‘s complaint • The passionate pilgrim • The phoenix and the turtle • Lucrece • Venus and Adonis Supports a whole file management ! - New - Save - Open - Delete Change text fonts and sizes ! Shakespeare's quotes: "We know what we are, but know not what we may be." "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." "Better three hours too soon than a minute too late." "If music be the food of love, play on." "No legacy is so rich as honesty." "Brevity is the soul of wit."
PDF Reader Shelf
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PDF Book Reader is a clean and powerful reading app for organizing and reading PDF books, study notes and documents on iPhone and iPad. Import your PDFs, browse your library with automatically generated covers, and continue reading from the page you left off. Search, favorites, shelves, reading progress and sorting tools help keep every document organized. In the reader, you can switch between single page, continuous scrolling and two-page layouts, with horizontal or vertical reading options. Choose normal, sepia, gray or night mode and adjust the reading experience to your eyes. Highlight text, add notes, save bookmarks and search inside your documents. PDF Book Reader makes long PDFs easier to read, revisit and manage. Key features: Import and share PDF files Automatic cover generation Continue from your last page Shelves, favorites, filters and sorting In-document search Bookmarks Color highlights and notes Normal, sepia, gray and night themes Single page, continuous and two-page views iPhone and iPad support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PDF Reader Shelf at Free against Shakespeare's $1.99. PDF Reader Shelf also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 34 months). Shakespeare's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On in-app purchases and device support 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
PDF Reader Shelf is free to download; Shakespeare costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Shakespeare ships an update every 34 months, PDF Reader Shelf daily. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shakespeare | PDF Reader Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 34 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 俊 姜 | Salih ONUS |
In-app purchases
Shakespeare
No in-app purchases
PDF Reader Shelf
No in-app purchases
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