Comparison

WebShelf vs TabPad

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

Head to head
About

WebShelf

Organize your digital life by creating custom libraries, shelves, and books to store online or offline pages. Easily arrange content and secure your collections with a password.

Highlights
  • Customizable libraries, shelves, and books
  • Store online and offline pages
  • Drag-and-drop arrangement of content
  • Password protection for collections
  • Organize research and personal interests
Features
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WebShelf allows you to organize your online experience in a way that works best for you. You can create libraries, with a bookcase containing one or more shelves. Each of these bookshelves contains books, which in turn contain pages (either online or offline*). You can fully customize libraries, shelves, books and pages with the names and descriptions you like. For example, you might create a book called recipes, which contains your favorite desserts, main dishes and so forth. WebShelf is also there if you want to research topics, such as how to start a small business. You can quickly build books about how to apply for a license, obtain certifications, connect utilities and so forth. WebShelf also allows you to customize the order of items in your libraries with shelves, books and pages easy to arrange as you please. So, you can organize your collection however you'd like, at any time. And speaking of which, each user can have their own library to collect information and it can be locked with a password, if you prefer, to avoid the possibility of someone modifying your collection of pages. * Please note that offline pages may not always appear exactly as the online version due to dynamic content used by some web pages.

About

TabPad

Organize your notes with a colorful tabbed interface, similar to sticky notes. Pin important notes to the top and quickly find what you need with keyword search. Cloud synchronization is available for seamless access across devices.

Highlights
  • Colorful tabbed note organization
  • Pin important notes
  • Keyword search functionality
  • Cloud synchronization
  • Cross-device support
Features
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Colorful tabs like stickies allow you to switch from one note to another -You can pin a specific note to the first tab. - Keyword search - Cloud Synchronization (charged)

Screenshots

TabPad2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: WebShelf at 100% against TabPad's 50%. WebShelf also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). TabPad's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 7 months vs every 29 months). On ratings volume 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

TabPad is free to download; WebShelf costs $0.99 up front. TabPad sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. WebShelf asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WebShelf holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of WebShelf's written reviews are positive against 50% of TabPad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WebShelf ships an update every 29 months, TabPad every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
WebShelf versus TabPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWebShelfTabPad
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 29 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB59 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSteven SipeShigenori Kumagai

Customer experience

WebShelf

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TabPad

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

WebShelf

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

TabPad

One-time2
  • Upgrade(macOS)$2.99
  • Upgrade(iOS)$3.99

Questions

Is WebShelf free?
WebShelf costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TabPad free?
TabPad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WebShelf or TabPad?
WebShelf is rated higher. WebShelf averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while TabPad averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do WebShelf or TabPad have ads?
TabPad shows ads; WebShelf does not.
Which is updated more often, WebShelf or TabPad?
WebShelf ships an update every 29 months, and TabPad every 7 months. Most recently, WebShelf was updated on June 1, 2026 and TabPad on September 14, 2026.

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