Shelfless vs Booklore

Stop scrolling through lists. Start seeing your library. Shelfless turns your reading history into a beautiful, visual bookshelf. No more boring spreadsheets or text-only trackers—just your books, your taste, and your journey.

Every book you read, one tap away. Booklore is a reading log for people who would rather be reading: add a book, log your page, close the app. No sign-up stands between you and your first book, and your library lives on your phone. On the shelf • Find books by title, author or ISBN, or scan the barcode on the back cover • Shelves for Reading, Want to Read, Read, Paused and Did Not Finish, plus your own shelves and tags • Rate in quarter stars, from ¼ to 5, and tag a book's mood and pace • Print books, e-books and audiobooks side by side, with rereads counted • See a shelf as spines, each book in its own colors • Series in order, with the next book to read • Can't choose? Pick my next read deals your Want to Read shelf one book at a time • Lent a book? Note who has it and when it's due, with a reminder that day At the page • Log progress with one tap (¼, ½, ¾, Finished) or type the exact page • Reading an e-book or listening to an audiobook? Enter the percentage your reader or player shows • See how much reading time is left in a book, at your own measured pace • Time a session and add ambient sound: rain, ocean, forest, café, fireplace and more, generated on your device • A Live Activity keeps the running session on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Write notes and a review, and keep a library of quotes: type them or scan them off the page with your camera, then share one as an image Over the year • A reading calendar that fills in every day you read • Streaks with a best-streak record, and a yearly goal that paces you from the day you set it • Goals for books and pages each month and for reading minutes each day or week, with a reminder at your reading time • A daily reminder that skips the days you already read, scheduled on your device • Home Screen widget, Apple Watch app and Siri ("Start reading in Booklore") • Your Reading Year and monthly wrap-up cards to share, plus all-time stats Your library, your phone • Bring your library over from a CSV export and export everything whenever you like • Optional backup to your own iCloud • Book search and one-time cover downloads are the only network use, and cover downloads can be switched off • Your reading is never sold or used to build a profile of you Happy reading.