Serialist Tracker vs Shelv

Follow, read, and revisit serialized stories in one app with Serialist. Bring novels from different websites into one library, keep your place, and make the reading experience your own. • Cross-site search and update tracking: Search supported sites by title or author, or add a novel using its book-page URL. Check new chapters, filter updated books, and pick up where you left off. • Multiple sources for one novel: Combine chapter lists from different websites. Check source status and switch while reading; if a chapter fails to load, Serialist tries available alternatives. • On-device AI chapter insights: Use Apple Intelligence for a summary of the current chapter, a recap of a selected earlier chapter, or possible future developments based on clues in a selected chapter up to your current reading position. Processing happens on your device. Predictions may differ from the original story. Requires a supported device and language, Apple Intelligence enabled, and the system model ready. • Reading your way: Adjust font, text size, line and paragraph spacing, and margins. Cycle through reading colors or customize text and background colors. Includes Traditional/Simplified Chinese conversion, left- or right-handed tap paging, immersive mode, and a searchable chapter list within the reader. • Read aloud and auto-scroll: Listen to stories or let the text scroll at your chosen speed. Optional continuous playback moves on to the next chapter automatically. • Offline reading: Download selected chapters in advance and manage offline content and storage in one place. • Reading achievements: Track completed chapters and reading streak milestones, with Game Center achievements. • Backup, restore, and iCloud: Export your library and reading progress, choose merge or replace when restoring, and sync between your own devices with iCloud. • iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo: Library and chapter navigation adapt to the available space, with a focused reading screen. In-app tips are an optional way to support development.

You've stood in a bookstore and guessed. Picked up a volume that felt like a gap in your collection. Got home. Already owned it. That's what Shelv is for. Scan the barcode before you buy. It takes about two seconds. Shelv checks your collection and tells you right then whether you already have it — and if you don't, adds it immediately. No spreadsheet. No trying to remember. Just a straight answer while you're still standing in the aisle. Beyond the scan, Shelv gives you a proper view of what you actually own. Every series you collect, organized by volume, with the gaps clearly visible. You'll know you're missing Chainsaw Man Vol. 4 before you're at a convention speed-buying through a dealer's table. The release calendar is personalized to your collection. Not every upcoming manga release — just the ones from series you're tracking. New volume for something on your shelf? It shows up. Simple. There's also a collection value calculator. Shelv pulls current Amazon pricing for every volume you own and adds it up. Most collectors haven't actually sat down and calculated what their shelf is worth. When you do, especially if you've been collecting for a few years and picked up some volumes that've since gone out of print, the number is usually surprising in a good way. Wishlist keeps the titles you're planning to collect next. You can add volumes without owning them yet, which matters when you're at a sale and want to know what you were supposed to be looking for. Shelv supports English, German, French, and Japanese — including separate edition tracking for each region. If you collect across markets, or you're buying both the English singles and the Japanese originals for the same series, that's handled properly. Not bolted on as an afterthought. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/