Comparison

PagePact vs Shelflog

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PagePact

This app helps serious readers track their reading habits, log sessions, and review books. It offers unique ranking features and allows for social interaction or solo reading, fitting your personal reading style.

Highlights
  • Import Goodreads library
  • Log reading sessions
  • Head-to-head book ranking
  • Write in-moment footnotes
  • Build reading streaks
  • Follow readers and share quotes
Features
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PagePact is the reading tracker for people who take their books seriously, whether that means reading in quiet solitude or trading notes with a community of people who actually finish their books. If you've outgrown Goodreads or Storygraph, the move takes seconds. Import your entire library with one CSV upload and pick up exactly where you left off. Years of reading history, instantly yours. Track your reading life, your way. Log sessions as you go, write reviews or quick footnotes while the story is still fresh. Your library becomes a living record, not just a list of titles collecting dust. Ranking that actually works. Head-to-head matchups make it effortless to place every book against everything else you've read. No more staring at a star rating wondering if this one was a 3 or a 4. Your shelf sorts itself. A habit that works on your terms. Reading streaks and your PagePact—your personal reading commitment—are there when you want them. Ignore them when you don't. The app doesn't guilt-trip you for living your life. Solo or social. PagePact fits the reader you actually are. The Pact is home to readers who annotate, review, quote, and champion the books they love. Dip in when you want the social side: follow readers you trust, share footnotes, see what people are actually reading. Close the app and it's just you and your book. Both feel complete. Your shelf, your rules. Finally, a shelf that treats DNF as a real decision, reading sessions as real data, custom tags as real organization, and every edit to your log as your own business, not workarounds for a system that wasn't built for you. → Import your Goodreads library in one step → Log sessions and track your reading pace → Rank books head-to-head and review every finish → Write footnotes in the moment → Build streaks and set your PagePact → Follow readers, share quotes, and join The Pact when you're ready

About

Shelflog

Features
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Shelflog is a private, local-first reading tracker for people who want a beautiful personal library without a social network. Save books to Reading, TBR, and Finished shelves. Track ratings, pages, reading dates, private notes, quotes, and yearly goals. Search a bundled book catalog, scan an ISBN barcode, or add a title manually. Shelflog turns your reading year into clear, visual stats: - Yearly book and page progress - Monthly reading bars - Genre mix - Average rating - Reading streak - A shareable Year in Books recap Your library stays on your device in version 1.0. Shelflog has no account system, no ads, no analytics SDK, no tracking SDK, and no developer backend. Free plan: - Save up to 25 books - Use the minimal theme - Track your library and basic stats - Preview Year in Books with a Shelflog watermark Shelflog Premium is a one-time lifetime unlock: - Unlimited saved books - All visual themes - Full Year in Books export without watermark Book metadata and cover links may be provided by Open Library, an Internet Archive project. Shelflog is not affiliated with Open Library, Internet Archive, publishers, authors, or booksellers.

Screenshots

PagePact4 screens
Shelflog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PagePact at none against Shelflog's 1. PagePact also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Shelflog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PagePact asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PagePact versus Shelflog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPagePactShelflog
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (38 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings38 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB57 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperHyunjin KangPByte Tech

In-app purchases

None

PagePact

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Shelflog

One-time1
  • Shelflog Premium$2.99

Questions

Is PagePact free?
PagePact is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shelflog free?
Shelflog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PagePact or Shelflog have ads?
Neither PagePact nor Shelflog shows ads.

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