Shelf Cinema vs Cinema Log
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shelf Cinema
Connect with fellow movie enthusiasts to discover and discuss films. Organize your viewing history, create themed collections, and challenge friends with movie trivia. Explore curated lists and find your next favorite film through shared tastes.
- Build personal film shelves
- Log, rate, and review movies
- Discover films through user taste
- Challenge friends with movie trivia
- Connect with other film lovers
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The Social Film App for discovering films through people. Where movie lovers collect, discuss, and discover films together. Build your personal shelves, log what you watch, and connect with people who share your taste in cinema. Whether you love classic films, cult favorites, or the latest releases, SHELF gives you a place to organize your movie world and share it with others. Build Your Shelves Create curated “Shelves” — collections of films around any theme, mood, director, or genre. Keep them private or share them with the community. Log, Rate & Review Track every film you watch. Rate movies, write reviews, and build a personal record of your cinematic journey. Discover Through Taste Follow friends and explore shelves from other film lovers to discover your next favorite movie — powered by people, not algorithms. Challenge Friends Test your film knowledge in trivia duels including Quote Quiz, Poster Puzzle, Release Year, and Rating Duel. Wager XP and prove who knows movies best.
Cinema Log
Track every movie you see in theaters, rate them, and remember where you saw them. Analyze your viewing habits by genre, director, and format, and see if your theater membership is cost-effective.
- Log movie visits quickly
- Rate and favorite films
- Track theater membership value
- Generate shareable year-in-film recaps
- Follow friends' movie activity
- Analyze viewing statistics
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Cinema Log is for people who love the big screen. Keep a running log of every movie you see in theaters, rate it, and remember where you saw it, then look back on your whole year at the movies. WHY CINEMA LOG ▸ Log a visit in seconds: the film, the theater, the date, the format, what the seat cost. ▸ Rate and favorite what you watch, then build your Best Of for the year. ▸ Know whether your theater membership actually pays for itself. Track AMC A-List, Regal Unlimited, Cinemark Movie Club, Alamo Season Pass or your own plan, and watch each visit count toward break-even. ▸ Your Year in Film. Turn your logs into beautiful, shareable recap cards. ▸ Follow friends and see what they're watching and loving. ▸ See the numbers behind your movie year: genres, directors, formats, and how your taste adds up. ▸ Every kind of showing belongs here: opening night, festival premieres, early previews, secret screenings, the drive-in. For moviegoers, by moviegoers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Shelf Cinema at 13 against Cinema Log's 1. On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Shelf Cinema against 5.0 for Cinema Log. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shelf Cinema has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Shelf Cinema | Cinema Log |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Falcon Rubio-Schoenfelt | Angel Corona |
Customer experience
Shelf Cinema
Cinema Log
In-app purchases
Shelf Cinema
No in-app purchases
Cinema Log
No in-app purchases









