NovelQuest vs ShelfBuddy

Turn your reading journey into an adventure with NovelQuest! Earn XP in unique “Skills” by marking books as read. Can you reach Level 5 in Love, Magic, Mythology, or Artificial Intelligence? Whether you love romance, thrillers, sci-fi, history, or fantasy, there’s a skill tailored just for you. Timeline Dive into a vibrant social feed where you can explore what others are reading, share your progress, and compare skills with fellow book lovers. You can also recommend books or ask the community for suggestions. My Books Effortlessly manage your want-to-read, currently-reading, and read lists. Powered by Open Library, finding your next read is easier than ever. Skills Curious about what to read next? Discover books that boost your XP in specific skills. Learn something new or master the ones you already love! Badges Embark on a treasure hunt! Unlock badges by reading books that match two specific skills. Can you collect them all? My Profile Track your skills and customize how your profile is displayed to other readers. Share your top skills as a sleek graphic and inspire others to join the adventure. Ready to level up your reading? Download NovelQuest today!

ShelfBuddy is your digital bookshelf: beautiful, calm and built entirely around reading. Keep track of every book and audiobook you own, are reading, have lent out or still want. Free, with no limit on books. Premium is a one-time purchase, no subscription. YOUR LIBRARY, ORGANIZED Create as many shelves as you like, for example Fantasy, Thrillers or Classics, keep wishlists, and plan what to read next with a reading list. A book may sit on several shelves, and copies marked "collected only" count neither as read nor as unread. Manage genres and tags across all your books at once, and "Edit fields" sets author, genres and tags for several books in one step. Filter your TBR pile by shelf, format, genre, tag or language. BOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS The overview keeps books and audiobooks apart: audiobooks get their own series, wishlists, loans and statistics. Count them as read if you like, and keep manga and comics separate. BOOK SERIES AT A GLANCE See for every series which volumes you own and which are still missing, and add them to your wishlist or a shelf with one tap. Discover suggests book series and audiobook series picked by your taste, search puts the series you look for first, and you get notified when a new volume is released. RATINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Rate your books in quarter stars and see ratings from Thalia and other ShelfBuddy readers alongside. "Popular on ShelfBuddy" shows what the community is reading a lot right now, next to recommendations picked by your taste and "Next in your series". TRACK YOUR READING Reading tracker and reading journal in one: status, start and finish dates, reading progress, notes and quotes, also for books you have read more than once. "Read as" remembers when you read a book as an eBook or a borrowed copy while the print edition stays on your shelf. READING SESSIONS WITH A READING TIMER Start a reading session and the timer runs along. When you're done, enter your page and ShelfBuddy updates your progress and reading pace. Log past reading time after the fact, and start your next session from the home screen, the app icon or a widget, with a Live Activity on the Lock Screen. INSIGHTS: GET TO KNOW YOUR READING HABITS A reading calendar shows which days you read and how much. See the time of day and the weekdays you read most, which genres get most of your reading time, your records, your spending per week, month and year, and a short written summary of your reading year. YOUR READING RECAP Share your reading year or month as an image: six templates, headline styles, reading time or pages, your covers and highlights. ADD BOOKS IN SECONDS Scan the ISBN barcode, search millions of books or add books by hand. Import your library from Goodreads, StoryGraph, Reado and other apps, genres and covers included. "Missing details" fills in page counts and publishers, and you can export your whole library as a .csv spreadsheet. AUTHORS AND LENDING Follow your favorite authors in several languages and get notified about new titles. Lending remembers who has which book, with a reminder to get it back, and borrowed books remember when you got them. YOUR DATA, YOUR CHOICE Keep everything 100% local on your device, or sync via iCloud or Google Drive. Export a complete backup at any time. PREMIUM: PAY ONCE, NO SUBSCRIPTION No ads, cloud sync, Insights, and your library in the browser on your computer at app.shelfbuddy.de, linked with a QR code, no account needed and encrypted on your device. One purchase, all future updates included. ON IPHONE, IPAD AND IPHONE DUO On iPad you work with a sidebar and the book page side by side. Optimized for iPhone Duo: unfolded, ShelfBuddy uses the large screen like a tablet. ALL YOURS Dark mode, selectable accent colors and available in four languages.