RedShelf vs Yellowdig
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RedShelf
Access and read your digital textbooks on any device. Highlight text, take notes, create flashcards, and have content read aloud. Your notes and highlights sync across all your devices.
- Access textbooks on any device
- Highlight text and take notes
- Create flashcards from content
- Define unfamiliar words
- Text-to-speech functionality
- Sync notes and highlights across devices
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The RedShelf eReader companion app provides access to read and engage with your textbooks located in your RedShelf account on the My Shelf page. Access your textbooks no matter where you go with a unified experience across mobile, tablet, and desktop devices. eReader Features: - Access textbooks on your device for seamless reading - Easily highlight text, take notes, and share with classmates - Create flashcards while reading to test your understanding of the content - Define unfamiliar words quickly and easily - Have text read aloud and select the voice and pace - Sync all of your notes and highlights to your account and across devices App Requirements: - Active RedShelf account - One or more books available in your RedShelf account
Yellowdig
Engage in vibrant community discussions and share content seamlessly. This app provides real-time notifications and flexible content sharing for learners, facilitators, and administrators. Experience meaningful engagement on the go.
- Vibrant conversations
- Real-time notifications
- Flexible content sharing
- Seamless community interactions
- Mobile engagement
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Discover a new way to stay connected and engaged with Yellowdig Conversations! Perfect for learners, facilitators, and administrators, this app lets you dive into vibrant conversations, receive real-time notifications, and share content from anywhere. Built to offer seamless community interactions and flexible content sharing on mobile, Yellowdig Conversations brings powerful, meaningful engagement to your fingertips.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RedShelf at 4.5 against Yellowdig's 2.6. RedShelf also leads on ratings volume (7.1K vs 30). Yellowdig's advantage is review sentiment (22% vs 3%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). 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.
RedShelf holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RedShelf has 7.1K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 3% of RedShelf's written reviews are positive against 22% of Yellowdig's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
RedShelf ships an update every 5 weeks, Yellowdig every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RedShelf | Yellowdig |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (7.1K ratings) — better | 2.6 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 3.1% of reviews | 22.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.1K — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | RedShelf | Yellowdig |
Customer experience
RedShelf
Yellowdig
Bugs and requests
RedShelf
Reported bugs
3 issues- Books not loading or showing blank screens
- Highlighting issues (selecting wrong text, unable to edit)
- Sync issues between devices and web version
Requested features
4 requests- Improve highlighting and annotation tools
- Add support for split-screen mode
- Enhance text-to-speech capabilities
- Allow offline access to downloaded books
Yellowdig
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RedShelf
No in-app purchases
Yellowdig
No in-app purchases
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