BookQuest vs Shelvd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BookQuest
Gamify your reading with rewards, streaks, and challenges to conquer your book list. Track progress, earn coins, unlock achievements, and compete with friends. Features an AI companion for book discussions and quizzes.
- Track reading time and pages
- Set daily and yearly reading goals
- Earn coins and unlock achievements
- AI companion for book discussions
- AI-generated chapter quizzes
- Detailed reading statistics
- Compete with friends on leaderboards
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BookQuest helps you build a reading habit that sticks — with daily streaks, goals, and a gentle nudge when the phone is winning, so you finally make a dent in your TBR pile. Most reading apps just track. BookQuest helps you show up: log a session or a few pages, hit a small daily goal, and keep your streak alive. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Track reading time, pages, and daily streaks - Search and add any book to your library - Set daily and yearly reading goals - Save quotes and notes as you read - View detailed reading stats and insights - Earn coins by reading and completing quests - Unlock achievements for milestones and finished books - Compete with friends on the leaderboard - Follow friends and share progress in your feed - Create and customize your own avatar BOOKQUEST PRO Remember more of what you read: - Key ideas for every book - Recall quizzes after you read - Unlimited AI Book Coach - Scan pages with your camera - Ambient background sounds - Exclusive app themes Download free and build a reading habit today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://bookquest.app/termsofuse Privacy Policy: https://bookquest.app/privacypolicy
Shelvd
Effortlessly log your reading progress by simply taking a photo of any page. This app organizes your library visually, tracks detailed reading statistics, and syncs with Goodreads. It also facilitates book club participation and helps manage your to-read list.
- Photo-based page logging
- Visual book shelves
- Goodreads synchronization
- Import entire reading history
- Detailed reading statistics
- Book club features
- Add books via cover photo
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Log your reading from a photo, not a keyboard. SHELVD is a book tracker that keeps up with how much you read, and keeps your Goodreads library and friends right where they are. FEATURES • Bookmark: Point your camera at any page or Kindle screen and SHELVD marks your place. It reads the page number and updates your progress in about two seconds. No typing. • Visual shelves: Your library lives as real, browsable shelves with spine art, not a list of rows. • Keep your Goodreads updated (Pro): Track everything in SHELVD and your Goodreads profile stays current on its own. Your progress, ratings, and finished books show up there automatically, so the friends you already have keep seeing what you're reading. No other reading app does this. • Bring your whole library: One upload imports your full Goodreads or StoryGraph history: ratings, read dates, and shelves included. • Reading stats: A heatmap of every day you've read, your reading pace, time-to-finish predictions, genre breakdowns, streaks, and progress toward your reading goals. • Book clubs: Read alongside friends, follow live progress on leaderboards, and share what you're into. Create and run your own clubs on Pro. • Snap a cover: Spot a book you want? Photograph the cover and SHELVD adds it to your want-to-read shelf (your TBR). • Hands-free Kindle tracking (Founders): Connect your Amazon account once and your Kindle reading logs itself, no photos needed. Your reading data stays yours. SHELVD never sells or shares your information with third parties. Terms of Use (EULA): https://shelvd.io/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://shelvd.io/legal/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BookQuest at 4.4 against Shelvd's 3.9. On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. BookQuest sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Shelvd sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $6.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BookQuest holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of BookQuest's written reviews are positive against 67% of Shelvd's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BookQuest ships an update every 2 weeks, Shelvd fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BookQuest | Shelvd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (8 ratings) — better | 3.9 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Leanne Calderwood | Platform Thirteen |
Customer experience
BookQuest
Shelvd
In-app purchases
BookQuest
- BookQuest Pro - Monthly$6.991 Month
- BookQuest Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
Shelvd
- Plus (Monthly)1 Month trial$6.001 Month
- Pro (Monthly)1 Month trial$12.001 Month
- Full Shelfie (Monthly)$18.001 Month
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- Plus (Annual)1 Month trial$58.001 Year
- Pro (Annual)1 Month trial$114.991 Year
- Full Shelfie (Annual)$172.991 Year
- Founders (Annual)$299.991 Year









