NetGalley Shelf vs Jackson County Library
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.
Jackson County Library
Access your library's digital collection from anywhere. Browse and search for books, movies, music, and video games. Manage your account by placing holds, checking due dates, and renewing items.
- Search entire catalog
- Place holds
- Check due dates
- Renew items
- Discover new media
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Explore your library on the go with the JCLS app! Find new books, movies, music, and even video games! Quickly search our entire catalog, place holds, check due dates, and renew eligible titles. It's your library, your way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Jackson County Library at 4.1 against NetGalley Shelf's 2.1. Jackson County Library also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). NetGalley Shelf's advantage is review sentiment (20% vs 0%) and ratings volume (82 vs 8). 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.
Jackson County Library holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NetGalley Shelf has 82 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of NetGalley Shelf's written reviews are positive against 0% of Jackson County Library's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
NetGalley Shelf ships an update every 6 months, Jackson County Library every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NetGalley Shelf | Jackson County Library |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (82 ratings) | 4.1 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 82 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #181 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NetGalley, LLC | Jackson County Library District |
Customer experience
NetGalley Shelf
Jackson County Library
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
Jackson County Library
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
NetGalley Shelf
No in-app purchases
Jackson County Library
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is NetGalley Shelf free?
Is Jackson County Library free?
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