Comparison

NetGalley Shelf vs Anthologized

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Access digital review copies
  • Listen to audiobooks
  • Download books for offline reading
  • Stream audiobooks
  • Discover new titles
  • Request and review books
Currently charting
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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.

About

Anthologized

This app helps readers of short-form literature track, rate, and remember individual stories, poems, essays, and plays within their anthology collections. Easily add new books by scanning barcodes or searching, and organize your reading with custom lists and wishlists.

Highlights
  • Track individual stories, poems, essays, and plays
  • Rate and write notes on literary works
  • Mark reading status (read, want to read, abandoned)
  • Add new books via barcode scan or search
  • Organize reading with custom lists and wishlists
  • Track magazines and journals
Features
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Anthologized You've read hundreds of stories across dozens of anthologies. But ask yourself which book "The Lottery" was in, or which collection had that perfect essay about grief, and the answer is gone. Anthologized fixes that. Anthologized is the only app built for readers of short-form literature. Track, rate, and remember every story, poem, essay, and play inside your anthology collections — not just the books themselves. What you can do: Track every story inside every anthology you own. Rate them individually. Write notes on the ones that stayed with you. Mark what you've read, what you want to read, and what you abandoned halfway through. If we don't have the book or story you're reading it is easy to add new books by scanning the barcode or searching by title. Anthologized pulls in the cover, publication details, and lets you build out the table of contents at your own pace. Organize your reading with custom lists. Keep a wishlist for anthologies you want to pick up next. Track magazines and journals alongside your books. Built for anthology lovers: The Best American series. The Norton anthologies. Year's Best collections. Prize anthologies. Themed collections. These books don't fit neatly into apps built around novels — Anthologized was designed specifically for them. No more losing track of who wrote that story about the lighthouse. No more buying an anthology only to realize you've already read half of it elsewhere. No more forgetting that haunting tale from page 47. Your reading, your way: Keep your library private or share it publicly. Follow other readers and see what they're discovering. Earn badges as your collection grows. Anthologized is free to download.

Screenshots

NetGalley Shelf4 screens
Anthologized4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Anthologized at 5.0 against NetGalley Shelf's 2.1. NetGalley Shelf's advantage is ratings volume (87 vs 2) and chart position (#198 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Anthologized holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NetGalley Shelf has 87 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
NetGalley Shelf versus Anthologized: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNetGalley ShelfAnthologized
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (87 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews19.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings87 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#198 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB38 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNetGalley, LLCTim Peysar

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

Anthologized

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

NetGalley Shelf

No in-app purchases

None

Anthologized

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NetGalley Shelf free?
NetGalley Shelf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Anthologized free?
Anthologized is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NetGalley Shelf or Anthologized?
Anthologized is rated higher. NetGalley Shelf averages 2.1 out of 5 from 87 ratings, while Anthologized averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do NetGalley Shelf or Anthologized have ads?
Neither NetGalley Shelf nor Anthologized shows ads.

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