Comparison

Animal Giga Scroll vs shelfio

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

Head to head
About

Animal Giga Scroll

Explore animated medieval Japanese animal scrolls, considered by some to be the first manga. Swipe and pinch to zoom through these ancient ink drawings, brought to life on your iPad.

Highlights
  • View medieval Japanese animal scrolls
  • Swipe to navigate
  • Pinch to zoom
  • High-quality ink drawings
  • Interactive digital art
Features
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Medieval Japanese hand scrolls, brought back to life on your iPad.   Animal Giga Scroll (Animal Caricature Scroll, Scroll of Frolicking Animals) is a Japanese well-loved National Treasure, commonly called Choju Giga. Famous for its humorous depictions of various animals acting like humans, sometimes called the first Manga. The Choju Giga consists of four separate scrolls drawn in ink on papers, and this App contains the first two scrolls supposedly drawn in the middle of the 12th century. Scroll A, measuring 30.4cm × 11.5m (1 × 38ft), is the most famous and beloved, consisting entirely of caricatures of animals. Scroll B, measuring 30.6cm × 12.2m (1 × 40ft), consists of depictions of various animals, both real and mythical. Though they have no stories, and been disordered during the long-term preservation, the vivacity of the action and the sinuous elegance of the brush strokes are still outstanding. - Swipe to view, and let the medieval animals frolic again. - Pinch to zoom-in, and enjoy the high quality of draftsmanship. * TEXT IN JAPANESE ONLY...

About

shelfio

Features
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「My Bookshelf」は「shelfio」に生まれ変わりました。 shelfio(シェルフィオ)は、あなたの読書をシンプルに記録・管理できる本棚アプリです。 「この本、持ってたっけ?」と本屋で迷ったことはありませんか? shelfioなら、手持ちの本をサッと登録して、いつでもどこでも自分の本棚を確認できます。 ■ 本の登録はわずか数秒 本のバーコードをスキャンするだけで、タイトル・著者・表紙が自動で登録されます。キーワード検索や ISBN検索にも対応しているので、電子書籍や手元にない本の登録もかんたんです。 ■ 読書ステータスをひと目で管理 本ごとに「未読」「読了」を記録。フィルター機能で「まだ読んでいない本」だけを表示できるので、積読の解消にも役立ちます。新しい順・古い順の並べ替えにも対応しています。 ■ 評価とメモで読書の記録を残す 読み終えた本には5段階の星評価とメモを記録できます。感想や気づきを残して、自分だけの読書ログを育てましょう。 ■ iCloudで自動同期 本棚のデータはiCloudに自動でバックアップ。iPhoneを買い替えても、大切な読書記録はそのまま引き継げます。 ■ うっかり削除しても安心 削除した本は30日間保管され、いつでも復元できます。 読書好きの方はもちろん、「積読を整理したい」「蔵書のダブり買いを防ぎたい」という方にもおすすめです。 シンプルで気持ちいい本棚管理を、shelfioで始めてみませんか?

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: shelfio at fortnightly against Animal Giga Scroll's every 20 months. Animal Giga Scroll's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animal Giga Scroll ships an update every 20 months, shelfio fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Animal Giga Scroll versus shelfio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimal Giga Scrollshelfio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB64 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJUGEND LLC.Reo Shigeno

In-app purchases

None

Animal Giga Scroll

No in-app purchases

None

shelfio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Animal Giga Scroll free?
Animal Giga Scroll is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is shelfio free?
shelfio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Animal Giga Scroll or shelfio have ads?
Neither Animal Giga Scroll nor shelfio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Animal Giga Scroll or shelfio?
Animal Giga Scroll ships an update every 20 months, and shelfio fortnightly. Most recently, Animal Giga Scroll was updated on November 1, 2026 and shelfio on November 3, 2026.

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