Comparison

Shelfieline vs Yomiage

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

Head to head
About

Shelfieline

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Your private study, in your pocket. Shelfieline is an iPhone / iPad app that turns reading from a list-management chore into a personal experience. We've recreated a real bookshelf in digital form — spine textures, varying book heights, the heft of the shelf itself. The dark, "private den" aesthetic is built for readers who care about how their library looks. ▼ Key Features 【Study】Your bookshelves side by side. Swipe to switch; neighboring shelves peek in from both sides. On iPad the shelves fill the screen. 【Bookshelf】Your books as realistic spines. Pinch to zoom and the rows rearrange themselves. Paper, cloth and leather textures with letterpress-style titles. Long-press a book to lift it and drag it into place. 【Adding Books】 ・Scan an ISBN barcode (fills in the title, author and page count) ・Continuous scan: scan book after book, then shelve them all at once. Books you already own are flagged ・Enter the title and author by hand ・Share a cover image from Safari and assign it to a book Cover images come only from your camera or your photo library — the choice is always yours. 【Search】 ・Search every shelf by title, author, or the text of your notes ・Filter by status: want to read / reading / finished / stockpile 【Reading Status】 ・Four states, page progress for books in progress, 5-star ratings for finished books ・Start and finish dates 【Reading Stats】 ・Books and pages finished per year, with a month-by-month chart ・A yearly goal, and a breakdown by status 【Reading Diary】 ・Multiple notes per book, grouped by month ・Optional photo attachment 【Shelf Memo & Reading History】 ・A memo and photos for each shelf ・A bank-passbook-style timeline of books added, started, finished and noted 【Share Shelfie!】 ・Turn a shelf into an image of your study and post it ・Preview before sharing; choose 9:16, 4:5 or 1:1 ・Or make an image of the books you read this year 【Flat View & Organize Mode】 ・Switch between spines and a grid of covers ・Select several books and move them to another shelf at once 【Export & Backup】 ・Export your book list as CSV ・Create a backup that includes covers, notes and shelf memo photos, and restore from it 【Shelf Materials & Wallpapers (Pro)】 ・6 shelf materials: Walnut, Ebony (free) + Oak, Maple, Teak, Mahogany (Pro) ・5 wallpapers: Plain (free) + Linen, Wood Panel, Dark Concrete, Leather (Pro) 【Widgets (Pro)】 ・Library size and books finished ・A shelf widget showing your actual spines ・The book you're reading and how far you are (also on the Lock Screen) ▼ Privacy ・Your books, notes and photos stay on your device. No account, no email collected ・No user tracking, no ads ・To improve the app, only anonymous usage counts that cannot identify you are sent ・Cover images come only from your camera or photo library ・Book information is looked up through the official openBD, National Diet Library Search and Open Library APIs ▼ Plans ・Free: up to 3 bookshelves and 30 books. Search, stats, sharing, backup and the rest are all included ・Pro Plan (one-time purchase): unlimited shelves and books + 4 shelf materials + 4 wallpapers + widgets ▼ Requirements iOS 17 or later, iPhone or iPad. --- YOU ARE WHAT YOU READ.

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Yomiage

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Listen to PDFs, EPUB books, Word files and web articles with every core reading tool included at no cost: no account, no ads, no tracking. Follow along as each sentence is highlighted, search and bookmark passages, and keep listening through long documents. Core reading runs on your device and works offline. A note on voices: Yomiage reads with the voices built into your iPhone. For the most natural sound, download an Enhanced or Premium voice in Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content > Voices. (Siri voices can't be used by third-party apps.) ■ READ YOUR DOCUMENTS ALOUD • PDFs with selectable text, EPUB, DOCX and TXT. Scanned or photographed pages aren't supported (no OCR) • Web articles: paste a URL, or share from Safari and other apps • Sentence-by-sentence highlighting that follows the voice • Speed, pitch and pauses between paragraphs • Sleep timer (5–60 minutes) for commutes, chores and bedtime • Multi-part documents play continuously • Full-text search and bookmarks • English and Japanese voices are chosen automatically from the document's language • Drama Mode reads dialogue and narration in different voices • Touch and hold a word to set how it should be pronounced ■ LISTEN & PRACTICE: AUDIO AND VIDEO PLAYER Import mp3 / wav / m4a / mp4 / mov for listening practice: • A-B repeat for any passage you choose • Waveform scrubbing to jump back instantly • Speed presets • A mini player that keeps playing while you move around the app • Lock screen and headphone controls, background playback ■ LEARNING JAPANESE? 17,000+ CLASSICS BUILT IN Browse and download public-domain Japanese literature from the built-in Aozora Bunko catalog (Natsume Sōseki, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kenji Miyazawa and more). The texts are in Japanese; their furigana is used to choose readings. ■ HANDS-FREE AND ACCESSIBLE • Siri and Shortcuts to play and continue • Spotlight search for your documents (you can turn it off) • VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support • An alternative for people who prefer listening because of dyslexia, eye strain or low vision • Split view and keyboard shortcuts on iPad ■ PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account or sign-in, no ads, no behavioral data collection, no tracking • No third-party SDKs • Imported documents are read with on-device iOS voices Importing a web article needs an internet connection. Optional AI features send the text you choose to the provider whose API key you set up, only after you agree, and you can withdraw consent at any time. ■ YOMIAGE PREMIUM (OPTIONAL, AUTO-RENEWING SUBSCRIPTION) Everything above works without Premium. Premium unlocks integrations for people who already have OpenAI or Speechify API access: • Text cleanup, chapter insights and summaries, using your own OpenAI API key • Cloud voices, emotion styles and MP3 export, using your own Speechify API key Important: Premium includes no AI credits, API access or cloud voice time. Those providers bill you separately, and without your own API key the Premium features won't work. Premium is offered monthly or yearly. The price for your region is shown in the app before you buy. ■ SUBSCRIPTION TERMS • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews at the same price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Manage or cancel any time in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://legal-pages-hiros-projects-fdd12c60.vercel.app/privacy#tts-reader-en

Screenshots

Shelfieline4 screens
Yomiage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Yomiage at none against Shelfieline's 1. Shelfieline's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, 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. Shelfieline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Yomiage asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shelfieline ships an update every 2 days, Yomiage every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Shelfieline versus Yomiage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShelfielineYomiage
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTakayuki Hamurohiroyuki matsuzaki

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Shelfieline

One-time1
  • Shelfieline Pro Unlock$9.99
None

Yomiage

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shelfieline free?
Shelfieline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Yomiage free?
Yomiage is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shelfieline or Yomiage have ads?
Neither Shelfieline nor Yomiage shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shelfieline or Yomiage?
Shelfieline ships an update every 2 days, and Yomiage every 5 weeks. Most recently, Shelfieline was updated on October 7, 2026 and Yomiage on October 1, 2026.

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