iBookworm vs Librarian BookShelf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iBookworm
Easily catalog your reading by scanning book ISBNs. Find and purchase books from various online stores, and share your discoveries with friends through social networks, email, or SMS. The app intelligently retries downloads in areas with weak signals.
- Quick ISBN barcode scanning
- Manual ISBN input
- Find books to buy online
- Share book discoveries
- Offline download retry
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iBookworm is for people who like to read. Simply scan a book's ISBN bar code, and iBookworm will quickly download information about the book, and add it to your reading list. You can buy books from your reading list too. Tap on a book, then tap Find a Copy. You can search the iBook Store, and several other stores, for the book you'd like to buy. You have more fun reading if you share. To help you, iBookworm lets you share books on your favorite social networks, via email, and even SMS. Tap on a book, then tap Share. Features: • Quick and Easy Scanning: With a redesigned scanner, you can scan many books without stopping. iBookworm looks up books online in the background, so you can keep scanning while it works. • Manual ISBN Input: If you have a book with no barcode on the back, you can manually enter an ISBN number too. • Find a Copy: See a book you like at a friend's house or in the office? iBookworm helps you find a copy of the book you're looking for in the iBook Store, and several online stores. • Share: If you've recently discovered a great book, iBookworm lets you share that with your friends, really easily. • Bounceback: If you're in an area where your signal isn't strong enough to download information about a book, iBookworm will bounce back and try again the next time it's opened up. iBookworm is for readers, by a reader. In fact, I prototyped it in Barnes and Noble in New York City. I hope you like it!
Librarian BookShelf
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Librarian allows organize books in a easy way. Start store your books using ISBN manually or using your camera. You could use Tags to categorize, also you can see with book information you can see estimate prices. Works perfectly with large fonts!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Librarian BookShelf at none against iBookworm's 1. Librarian BookShelf also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 17 months). iBookworm's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. iBookworm sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Librarian BookShelf asks for nothing beyond the download.
iBookworm ships an update every 17 months, Librarian BookShelf monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iBookworm | Librarian BookShelf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Moshe Berman | Namocode |
In-app purchases
iBookworm
- Bookworm Premium$1.99
Librarian BookShelf
No in-app purchases









