MyPocketShelf vs Codex Books
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyPocketShelf
Easily track, organize, and manage your personal book collection. Scan books to check your library, catalog special editions, and create custom tags for detailed organization. View insightful statistics about your library's contents.
- Scan books by barcode
- Track owned books and wishlists
- Catalog special and signed editions
- Create custom tags for organization
- Design virtual bookshelves
- View library statistics
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MyPocketShelf – Your Book Collection & Library Tracker MyPocketShelf is the ultimate book tracker and library app for readers and collectors. Scan, organize, and manage your entire book collection—physical books, e-books, and audiobooks—all in one place. Track your TBR, wishlist, signed editions, and pre-orders with ease. Key Features: Scan While You Shop Scan any book's barcode to instantly see if it's already in your collection. Track Your Bookshelf Keep track of what you own, your wishlist, special editions, signed copies, and pre-orders—complete with notes for what you're waiting on. Special & Signed Editions Keep track of signed books, limited editions & exclusives. Powerful Custom Tags Organize your collection your way. Create and manage tags for genres, formats, tropes, moods—ANYTHING—and assign them right from the Tags area or any book's detail screen. Series Editing Made Easy Update a series title once, and it automatically applies across every book in that series. ARC Tracking Tag your Advance Reader Copies just like Read or TBR, with their own dedicated stats. Track What You Spend Optionally add prices to your books to keep tabs on the value of your collection. Import & Share Your Library Already using Goodreads, Fable, StoryGraph, My Library, or Libib? Import your existing collection in just a few taps. Want to show off your shelf? Export and share your library with friends via email. Beautiful Virtual Shelves Choose the look of your bookshelf to match your favorite genre or mood. View Your Stats Number of books in your library, wishlist, and loaned out. Number of books by format—Physical, E-Book, Audiobook. Number of Authors, Genres, Series, Tags, and Total Pages. Simple. Pretty. Personal. Designed for book lovers, by a book lover. MyPocketShelf is designed for book lovers who want more than just a list—it's a smarter way to manage your personal library. Start building your perfect shelf today.
Codex Books
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Codex helps you build and organize a personal book library from the books around you. Scan a book cover with your camera, pick a photo from your library, scan an ISBN barcode, or search by title, author, or ISBN. Codex retrieves book details such as title, author, year, cover, description, and ISBN, then saves them into your library for quick browsing and lookup. Your collection can be sorted by author, year, or category, and books can be grouped into genres and adjusted manually when needed. You can also export your full library as JSON for backup or sharing. Features: - Scan book covers with OCR-based search - Scan ISBN barcodes with the camera - Search manually by title, author, or ISBN - Save title, author, year, category, description, cover, and ISBN - Organize books by author, year, and category - Edit categories and remove books from the library - Export your collection as JSON - Sync your library through iCloud - Codex is designed for readers who want a fast way to catalog physical books without maintaining a spreadsheet by hand.Note:In order to function, the app needs Google API with Books API access which can be configured via the app settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Codex Books at every 3 days against MyPocketShelf's every 11 days. MyPocketShelf's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. MyPocketShelf sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month and Codex Books sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MyPocketShelf ships an update every 11 days, Codex Books every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyPocketShelf | Codex Books |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bryon Fowler | Shinro OU |
In-app purchases
MyPocketShelf
- Premium Monthly$3.491 Month
- Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Premium Annual$34.991 Year
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- Premium Annual$49.991 Year
Codex Books
- Unlimited Library (Lifetime)$5.99









