NetGalley Shelf vs Poetrify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NetGalley Shelf
Access and review digital books and audiobooks provided by publishers and authors. Discover new titles, download them for offline reading, or stream audiobooks directly within the app. This platform is designed for book advocates and industry professionals to provide valuable feedback.
- Access digital review copies
- Listen to audiobooks
- Download books for offline reading
- Stream audiobooks
- Discover new titles
- Request and review books
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NetGalley Shelf is a reading and listening app for NetGalley members. NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies and audiobooks to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley community to discover, request, read, and review. NetGalley does not sell any content, including books or audiobooks. Each book on NetGalley is provided to specific members by the publisher directly, at no cost to the NetGalley member. Books on the NetGalley site are used for review and promotional purposes only. Users of the NetGalley Shelf app will need to register as NetGalley members on NetGalley.com or NetGalley.co.uk, then all your approved NetGalley books and audiobooks will automatically appear in this app. No need to press Download on the NetGalley website! Reading is easy and convenient using the NetGalley Shelf app. Download approved books for access on the go, or start listening right away with streaming for audiobooks.
Poetrify
Create and read various document types, including journals, stories, quotes, and poems, using a rich text editor. Organize content by language and connect with a community through profiles and direct messaging. Compete for daily, weekly, and monthly awards based on user likes.
- Rich text editor
- Multiple document types (journals, stories, quotes, poems)
- Language-specific organization
- User profiles with social links
- Trophy system for popular content
- Direct messaging with developer
- Tutorial section
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This app allows users to read or write 4 different types of documents, journals, stories, quotes and poems through a rich text editor. Each section is divided by language so that each user can use the language they prefer or improve the idiom they are studying. There is a profile page where you can link your social networks, view your followers or users we follow and read comments other users may have left on our profile. There is a trophy system, specifically each day, week and month the documents that have received the most likes for each language and type of document will be chosen. To avoid problems in using the app there is a tutorial section where the main features are described in detail and it is also possible to send a direct message to the developer so that he can correct any problems.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Poetrify at 100% against NetGalley Shelf's 20%. Poetrify also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). NetGalley Shelf's advantage is ratings volume (87 vs 6) and chart position (#187 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Poetrify holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NetGalley Shelf has 87 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of NetGalley Shelf's written reviews are positive against 100% of Poetrify's.
NetGalley Shelf ships an update every 6 months, Poetrify every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NetGalley Shelf | Poetrify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (87 ratings) | 4.5 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #187 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | NetGalley, LLC | Mauro Cristofoli |
Customer experience
NetGalley Shelf
Poetrify
Bugs and requests
NetGalley Shelf
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login issues
- Downloading issues with audiobooks
- Books disappearing from shelf
- Inability to remove expired books
- Inconsistent behavior when opening books
Requested features
7 requests- Add ability to write reviews within the app
- Improve audiobook playback controls
- Add font size adjustment
- Implement dark mode
- Sync reading progress across devices
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- Add highlighting and note-taking features
- Improve organization and sorting of books
Poetrify
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
NetGalley Shelf
No in-app purchases
Poetrify
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is NetGalley Shelf free?
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