BiblioGenius vs Shelfroom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BiblioGenius
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BiblioGenius is a personal library manager that works entirely on your device. Scan barcodes to add books instantly. Organize them into collections, track loans to friends, and discover books from other libraries on your local network. Features: - Barcode scanning for quick book entry - Search across multiple sources - Collections and tags to organize your library - Loan tracking with contacts - Discover and share books with nearby libraries over Wi-Fi - Mini-games with your books - Works offline, no account required - Open source
Shelfroom
Design a visually appealing digital bookshelf to showcase your book collection. Track reading progress, save favorite quotes, and share your curated shelves as images. The app focuses on creating a personal, atmospheric space for your reading life.
- Customizable digital bookshelf scenes
- Track reading progress and consistency
- Save and share favorite book quotes
- Import books from library exports
- Offline core experience
- Create shareable shelf images
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Your reading life deserves more than a grid of covers. Shelfroom makes your shelf the heart of the experience: a full-screen personal space where the books you own and love become part of a scene that grows with you. Start with a thoughtfully designed template or a blank canvas, then make it unmistakably yours. A shelf, not another catalog Arrange your books with intention and shape the atmosphere around them. Build a shelf for a favorite series, a mood, a season, or your whole collection. The result feels less like inventory and more like a place you will want to return to. Bring your reading life with you Starting fresh should not mean starting over. Scan a stack of books, find the edition you own, add an unusual title yourself, or bring your collection from a supported library export. Shelfroom gets you from a list of books to a personal shelf without hours of rebuilding everything by hand. A calmer way to keep reading When you open a book, start a focused reading session and let Shelfroom keep the thread. Pick up where you left off, see your progress take shape, and look back on the time and consistency behind every finished book—without turning reading into a chore. Keep the lines that stay with you Capture a passage from a page, refine it, and keep it connected to the book it came from. Your favorite quotes remain easy to revisit, collect, and share as beautiful cards. Made to share. Designed to stay yours. When your shelf feels right, save the current composition or the entire scene as a clean, share-ready image. Your library and creations live on your device. No account is required to begin, and the core experience remains available offline after your books are saved. Online book search requires a connection. Shelfroom has no ads. Create a shelf you want to return to—and a reading story that grows with it. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BiblioGenius at none against Shelfroom's 2. BiblioGenius also leads on device support (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. Shelfroom sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. BiblioGenius asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BiblioGenius | Shelfroom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Federico Calo | Yurii Solomakha |
In-app purchases
BiblioGenius
No in-app purchases
Shelfroom
- Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
- Premium Annual$39.991 Year









