PageWave vs ShelfMark

PageWave – where books belong. PageWave brings order, clarity, and joy to your book collection. Import your own audiobooks and eBooks, organize them at a glance, and enjoy them in a clean, elegant design. PageWave is made for people who like to own their content but still want a modern app experience. Your library and progress sync automatically across your Apple devices via iCloud — start on your iPhone and pick up seamlessly on your iPad, no manual transfer required. Or store your library on your own WebDAV server (NAS, Nextcloud, etc.). Features • Import your own audiobooks (MP3, M4B, M4A, WAV, FLAC, and more) and eBooks (EPUB, PDF) • Organized library with a book series view • Powerful search – finds chapter titles, descriptions, and other metadata • Listening and reading progress automatically saved for each book • Personal reading list – plan what to read next • Bookmarks with notes and colors for audiobooks and eBooks • Text search within the eBook reader – search by chapter or the entire book • Companion PDFs for audiobooks – booklets, sheet music, or scripts right alongside the book • Widgets for Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Mac – includes playback controls directly in the widget • Siri & Shortcuts: start books and entire series via voice, control playback, check daily goals • Daily reading goal with reminders and a confetti celebration upon completion • Detailed reading statistics – updated in real-time, featuring streaks and reading trends • PageWave Rewind: your reading year presented as an animated "Stories" slideshow • Chapter and track navigation, adjustable playback speed • Sleep timer with fixed times, custom duration, or "until end of chapter" • Magic Metadata: relevant book info automatically added during import • PageWave on Apple Watch: access the first three audiobooks on your reading list right on your wrist • iCloud synchronization for your library, progress, and settings • WebDAV support for personal servers – NAS, Nextcloud, etc. • Automatic cover art extraction from file metadata (ID3, MP4 atoms, EPUB) or via JPEG/PNG • Optional metadata import via JSON file (title, author, series, etc.) • Available in German, English, French, and Italian Activation To unlock the full feature set, a purchase is required — available as a one-time in-app purchase or a subscription. Audiobooks and eBooks themselves cannot be purchased or subscribed to within the app. Privacy PageWave does not process personal data beyond what's needed for the app to function. That data stays local on your device or — if enabled — in your iCloud account or on your own WebDAV server. PageWave has no backend of its own. The books shown in the screenshots are sample content and are not part of the app. End User License Agreement (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://pyritapps.ch/en/privacy-policy-en/ Support https://pyritapps.ch/en/support-en/

A quiet reading tracker for people who love books more than apps. ShelfMark keeps your reading life in one calm, paper-warm place. Log the page you are on, keep a streak alive, and save the lines worth keeping. No account, no feed, no noise. MADE FOR READERS - Three shelves: to be read, reading, and finished. Move a book with a tap. - Quick page updates with percent complete, pages a day, and time left at your current pace. - A daily page goal beside your grace-day reading streak. - Search your library, filter by genre, and sort by recency, title, author, or progress. - A quote wall with the book, page number, and an optional photo of the page. - A yearly reading goal and Wrapped view with pages, streaks, genres, fastest reads, and monthly activity. - A private Home and Lock Screen widget for your current book, pages today, goal, and streak. - A complete local backup, additive restore, and Delete All My Data control. FREE AND LIFETIME ShelfMark is free for up to 3 books and 5 saved quotes. Reading progress, streaks, daily and yearly goals, search, backup, restore, deletion, and the widget stay useful without paying. A single Lifetime purchase unlocks unlimited books and quotes, the 30-day Reading Pulse, finish-date pace plans, full Wrapped statistics, and the one-page Reading Year PDF. It is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Existing records always remain readable and editable. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your reading library stays locally on your iPhone or iPad. No account, no analytics, and no tracking. Widget content uses Apple's private on-device App Group storage and is marked privacy sensitive.