Comparison

PagePath vs ShelfLog

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

Head to head
About

PagePath

Track your reading habits privately and offline. Easily add books by scanning or typing, view detailed stats, set reading goals, and get visual recaps of your progress. Offers a free tier with a limit and a one-time purchase for unlimited access.

Highlights
  • Add books via scan or manual entry
  • Detailed reading statistics
  • Weekly and monthly reading recaps
  • Set and track yearly reading goals
  • Offline and private data storage
  • Import/export reading library
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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PagePath keeps your entire reading life on your phone - private, offline, and subscription-free. ADD BOOKS IN SECONDS Scan the ISBN barcode or type in the author and title. PagePath pulls the cover and details automatically. You can also upload your own cover or add books entirely by hand. YOUR STATS Books finished this month. Pages read this year. All-time totals. Daily reading streaks. WEEKLY & MONTHLY WRAPS A visual recap of your reading - books finished, pages read, genres explored, time spent. Like a year-in-review you can check anytime. Share them or keep them private. SET A GOAL Pick a yearly book target. PagePath tracks your progress and celebrates when you hit it. YOUR DATA, YOUR PHONE Your reading library stays on your device. PagePath does not upload your reading history. Book lookups send only the ISBN, title, or author needed to fetch covers and details. Purchases and referrals use external services, but your library and reading history are not uploaded. SWITCH WITHOUT LOSING ANYTHING Import your existing reading library from CSV. Books, ratings, shelves, and dates carry over. Export your full history anytime as a backup. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS See your current book and reading goal right on your home screen. No need to open the app. TBR ROULETTE Can't decide what to read next? Spin the roulette and let PagePath pick from your to-be-read pile. TIME YOUR SESSIONS Track each reading session. Enter your start and end pages. See how your reading time adds up by day, week, and month. FREE & PRO Your first 25 books are free. A one-time purchase unlocks unlimited books plus monthly and yearly wraps. No subscription. Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Turkish, and Chinese.

About

ShelfLog

Features
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ShelfLog is a calm, private reading tracker — no account, no social feed. Your books, reading sessions and notes live only on your device. KEY FEATURES • Reading timer — start a session and it is logged automatically, with the pages you read. • Your shelf — add books (paper, e-book or audiobook), track progress and mark them finished. • Scan an ISBN — scan the barcode on the back cover and the title, author and page count fill themselves in. Typing a book in by hand still works too. • Book details — open any book to update progress, finish it, and look back at every session and note it holds. • Notes & quotes — save a quote or a thought as you read, with the page number, then filter by book or search everything at once. • Stats — see minutes read by week, month and year, your reading speed and format mix. • Reading calendar — a heatmap of your whole year, plus a year in review with books finished, minutes read, top genre and fastest finish. • Yearly challenge — set a book goal and watch the ring fill as you finish books. • Streaks — keep your daily reading streak alive. • Backup — export and import your data, notes included, as a file. It is yours to keep. Private by design: everything is stored on your device. No sign-up, no account, no tracking. Available in 25 languages, with dates and numbers in your local format. ShelfLog is free and supported by ads. A one-time Pro purchase removes the ads and unlocks advanced charts, personal rankings, yearly archives and themes.

Screenshots

PagePath4 screens
ShelfLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PagePath at none against ShelfLog's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PagePath sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and ShelfLog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
PagePath versus ShelfLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPagePathShelfLog
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB57 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperAndreas Schevzikmint-soft

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PagePath

One-time2
  • PagePath Pro — Lifetime (Special)$4.99
  • PagePath Pro — Lifetime$9.99
1 purchases

ShelfLog

One-time1
  • ShelfLog Pro$3.99

Questions

Is PagePath free?
PagePath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShelfLog free?
ShelfLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PagePath or ShelfLog have ads?
ShelfLog shows ads; PagePath does not.

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