Mobile Bookshelf vs Simple Book Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mobile Bookshelf
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The Ultimate App for Managing Your Books and Tracking Your Reading. With Mobile Bookshelf – Reading Log, your personal bookshelf is always at your fingertips! Easily keep track of your reading history, too. Manage your entire collection of books conveniently from your smartphone. You can also easily manage your reading progress – track which books you've read, when you read them, or if you're still reading. As an avid reader who often buys and records books, I developed this app based on what I personally wanted. I hope you enjoy using it. [FAQ] Q: Isn't adding books to the app a hassle? A: Not at all! You can easily retrieve book information by scanning barcodes – no manual input required. Q: Can I add eBooks too? A: Yes! You can manually add eBooks. And in the future, we plan to add a keyword search feature so you can easily fetch book details from search results, making eBook registration even easier. Q: I often forget what each book was about... A: No worries. With the tagging feature, you can link custom keywords to your books. You can quickly find what you're looking for by searching by tags in the book list. Since there's no fixed genre system, the tagging system offers high flexibility and ease of use. [Features Available by Plan] Free Plan – Add and Update book information (up to 100 books) – Retrieve book details by barcode scanning – Book Stats & Charts – Add and Update tags (unlimited) – Use tags for searching and organizing Standard Plan – All features from the Free Plan – Add and Update book information (up to 500 books) Advanced Plan – All features from the Standard Plan – Add and Update unlimited books Prices and features are subject to change. [Payment Information for Paid Plans] Payments will be charged to your App Store account and will automatically renew each month. [Details About Auto – Renewal] Unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period, your subscription will automatically renew each month. [Checking Subscription Status & Cancelation] You can check or cancel your subscription from the Settings app on your device. For details, visit Apple Support: https://support.apple.com/118428 [Terms of Service] https://www.houkagomotokiclub.com/activity/app/bookManager/agreement/ios [Privacy Policy] https://www.houkagomotokiclub.com/activity/app/bookManager/policy
Simple Book Manager
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"Do I already own this book?" Have you ever had that experience in a bookstore? With this app, you can log the books you own and search for them by title or author's name, so you can quickly check if you already have a book. The app is simple overall, so adding books is easy. There is also a favorites feature, so you can favorite books you want to read again and easily find them. Some features of this app are available via subscription. By subscribing, you can use the following features: ・Unlimited registration of book covers ・AI auto-input feature ・Unlimited registration of books ・No ads Monthly Subscription Monthly: $2.99 Annual Subscription Yearly: $29.99 Terms of Use https://www.sparkleand.store/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy https://www.sparkleand.store/vr-privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Mobile Bookshelf at none against Simple Book Manager's shown. Mobile Bookshelf also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Mobile Bookshelf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Simple Book Manager sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mobile Bookshelf | Simple Book Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | kouten motoki | SPARKLE AND, K.K. |
In-app purchases
Mobile Bookshelf
- Standard Plan$0.991 Month
- Advance Plan$1.991 Month
Simple Book Manager
- MonthlySubscription$2.991 Month
- annual subscription$29.991 Year
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