Comparison

Readable vs Shelfroom

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

Head to head
About

Readable

Track your reading journey with a private, ad-free app. Log books, time sessions, and view detailed stats. Discover new reads and connect with book clubs.

Highlights
  • Log reading progress
  • Time reading sessions
  • Import libraries
  • Detailed reading statistics
  • Earn reading milestones
  • Write book reviews and notes
  • Organize books into shelves
  • Join or create book clubs
Features
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Every book you read, kept for good. Readable is a calm, private place to track what you read and see your reading life measured — page by page, year by year. No noise, no feeds shouting for your attention. Only your books, and what they add up to. Open the app and start straight away — your name, your genres, your favourite books. No account required until you want one, and everything you make comes with you when you do. TRACK EVERY BOOK Log what you're reading, what you've finished, and what's next. Time your reading sessions — real books included, not just ebooks — record your pages, and watch a quiet streak build as you go. Search by title, author or ISBN, or scan a barcode. BRING YOUR LIBRARY WITH YOU Moving from Goodreads or StoryGraph? Import your whole library with a single CSV file and keep your history. SEE YOUR READING, MEASURED A stats screen built like a year in review: books finished, pages read, and reading days as a masthead you'll want to screenshot. Go deeper into your genres, your most-read authors, how your ratings fall, and how your pace changes through the year. EARN YOUR MILESTONES Reading milestones drawn like engravings — earned quietly, kept for good. Yearly challenges and community goals give the habit somewhere to point. KEEP A DIARY Rate on a half-star scale, review every book, keep private notes, and save the lines worth remembering. Look back on a diary of everything you've read. FIND YOUR NEXT BOOK Search that knows the difference between editions and finds the one you meant. Browse by mood when you don't know what's next. Keep a wishlist for the books you want, with buy options from stores you know — Booktopia, Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, Amazon and more — matched to your country. BUILD YOUR SHELVES Organise your library your way and keep every format you own — paperback, hardcover, audio, ebook — together on one shelf. A PROFILE BUILT FROM BOOKS Headline your profile with the four books you love most, pin the reviews and lists you're proud of, and follow readers whose taste you trust. READ TOGETHER Book clubs with a room of their own: read the same book in sync, discuss chapter by chapter without spoilers, and finish together. Public, private, or invite-only. FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE THEM Verified authors can claim their works, share writing progress, and host read-alongs with their readers. CALM BY DESIGN Independent, ad-free, and quiet on purpose. No feeds engineered to keep you scrolling, and no selling your personal data. When you mark a book private, it leaves every public surface with one switch. MAKE IT YOURS Choose the cover each book wears, pick your theme, and shape the app around your reading. READABLE PRO Readable is free to use. Readable Pro adds the full depth of your stats, your choice of themes, streak freezes, a cloud-synced journal, hosting your own clubs, and more — for readers who want the complete picture. A Pro subscription renews until cancelled; manage it any time in your account settings. Every book you read, kept for good. Terms of Use: https://thereadableapp.com/terms.html

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Readable4 screens
Shelfroom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Readable at 4.0 against Shelfroom's 1.0. On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Readable sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Shelfroom sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Readable holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Readable ships an update every 4 days, Shelfroom every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Readable versus Shelfroom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadableShelfroom
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB95 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDAKOTA SWAINYurii Solomakha

Customer experience

Readable

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Shelfroom

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Readable

Subscriptions2
  • Readable Pro — Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Readable Pro Yearly14 Days trial$29.991 Year
2 purchases

Shelfroom

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Readable free?
Readable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shelfroom free?
Shelfroom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Readable or Shelfroom?
Readable is rated higher. Readable averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Shelfroom averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Readable or Shelfroom have ads?
Neither Readable nor Shelfroom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Readable or Shelfroom?
Readable ships an update every 4 days, and Shelfroom every 3 days. Most recently, Readable was updated on October 2, 2026 and Shelfroom on October 11, 2026.

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