Comparison

Poplog · Media Tracker vs Shelfd

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

Head to head
About

Poplog · Media Tracker

Log your favorite movies, series, books, music, podcasts, and games. Build a personal timeline, share your pop culture journey with friends, and discover new recommendations. Never forget what to watch or listen to again.

Highlights
  • Log movies, series, books, music, podcasts, and games
  • Build a personal media timeline
  • Share your media journey with friends
  • Discover new recommendations
  • Create wish lists for future media
Features
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Poplog is your all-in-one hub to track movies, series, books, podcasts, music, and games. Build your personal timeline and diary — or share your journey with friends, talk about your favorite pop culture moments, and get inspired. No more “What should I watch today?” — simply save your friends’ recommendations to your wish list and never forget that show or podcast again.

About

Shelfd

Track all your movies, TV shows, anime, games, and music in one organized place. Discover new content, follow friends' activities, and share your media experiences. Keep a detailed record of your progress and ratings.

Highlights
  • Track movies, TV, anime, games, and music
  • Status tracking and episode progress
  • Rate media on a 5-star scale
  • Detailed game stats and clip sharing
  • Media discovery by decade, genre, and more
  • Follow friends and view activity feed
  • Direct messaging and shared watch lists
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Movies, shows, anime, games, and music. One shelf. Shelfd is the better way to track everything you watch and play. Rate it, review it, and see what your friends are into, without juggling notes, screenshots, and five separate apps. Your watchlist, backlog, ratings, reviews, and friends' activity, all in one place. The app is always evolving, and many more amazing features and improvements are planned to come! Thank you to the over 4,000 users across all platforms. Key Features include: • Your Shelf Page - This is your home for keeping everything organized. This is your Shelf! - Separate categories for Movies, TV, Anime, Games, and Music. - Each category has its own statuses for further organization. - Movies: Planning, Watched, Paused - TV Shows / Anime: Watching, Planning, Watched, Paused - Here is where you can manage, rate your episodes, rate your seasons, and keeping everything organized into season cards and episode cards so you never lose track. - Gaming: Playing -> Competitive, Live Games, Single Player, Party Games - Planning, Played, Wishlist - Rate every title on a 5-star scale with half-star ratings - Write full reviews for anything you watch, play, or listen to - Add friends to a Share Watch, or plan to watch something together • User Profile - Customize your top 3 for movies, tv, anime, video games, albums, music artists, directors, actors, and fictional characters. - Make custom lists for all media - See your stat breakdowns for movies, tv, anime, and video games. In-depth breakdown of your viewing and playing habits. - Favorites, seeing all your favorite actors, directors, titles, studios, and more all in one place. - Diary keeping track of what you have done each day • Friends & Activity - Follow your friends and see their activity in your feed. The app becomes even more enjoyable when your friends are on it. - See what they're watching and playing, and everything they rate, from a TV season or episode to a movie, game, album, or song, all in one place. - Message friends directly, and get a notification the day a new episode, movie, or game from your library actually drops. • Discovery page / Search Page - Find new media for your enjoyment with in-depth search, filter, and sort tools. - Search studios, exact year, year range, genre, producers, actors, directors, country, language, and many more in-depth filters, and sorting options to help you find whatever specific vibe you are feeling • Share Watch - Invite your friends and keep the memory of who you watched a movie with. - Add friends to a movie, TV show, or anime to mark that you all watched it together. - You can also plan who you want to watch things with by pinning them • Gaming Discovery page - A gaming release calendar showing what's coming out across all platforms. A great way to discover new games, not just the AAA ones. - Steam player count chart, allowing you to search, filter and sort all titles on Steam and see the live player count at any moment. - See how long a game takes to finish with built-in Time to Beat estimates. • Gaming Library - Organize your gaming library by by Single Player, Live Games, Competitive, and Party Games - Add ranks, stats, tracker links, and clips to your games - Link your gaming accounts to bring in your library, hours played, and more. Shelfd is built for anyone who wants a better way to track movies, shows, anime, and games without using notes, screenshots, or separate apps. Your watchlist, backlog, ratings, reviews, and friends’ activity all on one shelf.

Screenshots

Poplog · Media Tracker4 screens
Shelfd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shelfd at 5.0 against Poplog · Media Tracker's 4.0. Shelfd also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Poplog · Media Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Shelfd asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shelfd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shelfd has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Poplog · Media Tracker ships an update every 5 weeks, Shelfd weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Poplog · Media Tracker versus Shelfd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPoplog · Media TrackerShelfd
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings118 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB22 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperJulian HorstKUMAR SINGH

Customer experience

Poplog · Media Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Shelfd

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Poplog · Media Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Supporter Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Supporter Yearly$17.491 Year
None

Shelfd

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Poplog · Media Tracker free?
Poplog · Media Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shelfd free?
Shelfd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Poplog · Media Tracker or Shelfd?
Shelfd is rated higher. Poplog · Media Tracker averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Shelfd averages 5.0 from 18 ratings.
Do Poplog · Media Tracker or Shelfd have ads?
Neither Poplog · Media Tracker nor Shelfd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Poplog · Media Tracker or Shelfd?
Poplog · Media Tracker ships an update every 5 weeks, and Shelfd weekly. Most recently, Poplog · Media Tracker was updated on September 9, 2026 and Shelfd on September 10, 2026.

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