Comparison

myShelf vs epilogue

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

Head to head
About

myShelf

Track your reading progress, rate and review books, and organize your personal library. Share your reading habits and stats visually on social media. Set reading goals and connect with a community of fellow book lovers.

Highlights
  • Track reading progress page by page
  • Rate and review books
  • Create themed bookshelves
  • Generate shareable reading visuals
  • Set annual reading goals
  • Follow other readers and activity feed
  • View reading statistics
Features
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The reading journal that makes you want to read. myShelf tracks your books, times your reading sessions, keeps your daily goal on track and turns your reading into cards worth sharing. Free, with no ads. READING SESSIONS Tap Read, put your phone down, get lost in your book. The timer runs and your daily goal ring fills up as you read. When you stop, enter the page you reached: myShelf counts your pages and works out your real pace. A line you loved? Jot it down on the spot and it goes straight into your reading journal. A DAILY GOAL, A YEARLY CHALLENGE Pick how many books you want to read this year. myShelf turns it into a monthly pace and a daily goal in minutes that you can fit around your life. A reminder at the time you usually read, a streak that keeps growing, and you always know whether you're ahead. YOUR LIBRARY IN SECONDS • Scan barcodes one after another, straight from your pile • Search by title, author or ISBN • Import your Goodreads, StoryGraph or Babelio history: statuses, ratings, reviews and dates, with no duplicates • Rate in half stars and write your review • To read, in progress, read, abandoned: every book has its place, your TBR included STATS THAT TELL YOUR STORY Reading time, pages per hour, days read, longest streak, biggest book, fastest read. Find out whether you're a morning or a night reader, and compare this week with your usual. Your weekly recap is free. SHARE YOUR READING, BEAUTIFULLY Current read, review, shelf, goal, session, quote, achievement: every moment becomes a story or post card, ready for Instagram, TikTok or your camera roll. You choose what it shows. No Canva needed. YOUR COLLECTION, MEASURED Mark the books you own and see your pile in a new light: how tall it stands (a labrador? a giraffe? the Eiffel Tower?), what it weighs, what it's worth new, your oldest book, your biggest doorstopper, your favorite publishers and how long it would take to read it all. A READER PROFILE THAT FEELS LIKE YOU Arrange your books on your own shelves, pick your 3 bedside books and collect wax-seal achievements, from "First page" to "Bookworm". Your profile even has its own web page. Rather read for yourself? Go private and choose who follows you. YOUR NOTEBOOK AND JOURNAL A private note for every book, for your eyes only. And a journal that keeps every session, day after day, as a list or a calendar. FIND YOUR NEXT READ Follow readers like you and see what they finish, rate and recommend. On every book page, reviews from people you follow come first, next to the estimated reading time. Follow your favorite authors and myShelf lets you know when they publish something new. MYSHELF PREMIUM Go further with unlimited shelves, monthly, yearly and all-time recaps, the list of readers who viewed your profile, and every color, font and photo background for your cards. Monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. myShelf is an independent reading tracker, made in France. An idea, an issue? contact@myshelfapp.app Terms of Use: https://myshelfapp.app/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://myshelfapp.app/en/privacy

About

epilogue

This app helps you meticulously track your reading habits, from print books to ebooks and audiobooks. It offers detailed statistics, character tracking, and personalized library views. Unlock unlimited tracking with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Track print, ebook, and audiobook editions
  • Detailed reading statistics and goals
  • Character tracking with relationships and quotes
  • Organize your TBR with moods and queues
  • Import from Goodreads, StoryGraph, and Fable
  • Customizable library views and sharing options
Features
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epilogue is the beautiful, private way to track everything you read — and actually OWN the app instead of renting it. No subscription, ever. Track up to 50 books free, then unlock unlimited with a single one-time purchase. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR WAY • Four gorgeous views: clean cards, a wooden bookshelf, e-reader devices for your ebooks, and cassette tapes for your audiobooks • Track print, ebook and audiobook editions of the same book together • Ratings, reviews, tags, custom covers and reading dates A READING JOURNAL THAT KEEPS YOU GOING • Log sessions by pages read or listening time • Daily streaks and a calendar of everything you've read • Reading goals for books, pages and hours STATS THAT GO DEEP • Genre, author and reading-pace breakdowns • Format splits, DNF analysis and a personal Year in Review TRACK THE CAST — LIKE NOBODY ELSE • Build a cast for every book: roles, relationships, quotes and spoiler-safe fates • Link a character across multiple books — even across different series • Explore a whole-series relationship map and share it as an image SERIES, SORTED • Search and filter by series across your Library and TBR • Share a beautiful series card of the whole collection YOUR TBR, ORGANISED • Moods, a "what's next" queue, and gentle nudges for books waiting too long FIND YOUR NEXT READ • Search any title or author, or scan a barcode to add instantly SHARE THE LOVE • Stunning, customisable cards for finishes, monthly wraps, your reading calendar, goals, series and cast YOURS, AND BACKED UP • Optional Google Drive sync and backup • Custom colour themes • Import from Goodreads, StoryGraph and Fable No subscription. No ads. No selling your data. Track up to 50 books free — then unlock unlimited, forever, with one purchase. Happy Tracking!

Screenshots

myShelf4 screens
epilogue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: myShelf at 100% against epilogue's 82%. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. myShelf sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and epilogue sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

myShelf ships an update every 9 days, epilogue weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
myShelf versus epilogue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermyShelfepilogue
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.9 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better82.4% of reviews
Number of ratings—16 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB56 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBRYAN TAYLOR CHRIS HOUBLONOliver Turk

Customer experience

myShelf

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

epilogue

All ratings16 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative18.8%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative11.8%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

myShelf

Subscriptions2
  • Myshelf Premium - Monthly14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • MyShelf - Annual Plan14 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$89.99
7 purchases

epilogue

One-time7
  • Tip: Paragraph$1.00
  • Tip: Page$5.00
  • epilogue unlimited$6.99
Show 4 more
  • Tip: Chapter$10.00
  • Tip: Book$20.00
  • Tip: Series$50.00
  • Tip: Library$100.00

Questions

Is myShelf free?
myShelf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is epilogue free?
epilogue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do myShelf or epilogue have ads?
Neither myShelf nor epilogue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, myShelf or epilogue?
myShelf ships an update every 9 days, and epilogue weekly. Most recently, myShelf was updated on October 20, 2026 and epilogue on October 21, 2026.

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