Comparison

ShelfKeep vs DocHarbor

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

Head to head
About

ShelfKeep

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Shelfkeep is where you put the things in your life that have a date attached, and we make sure you don't forget them. Forget your passport expiration โ†’ trip canceled. Forget a free trial โ†’ wallet drained. Forget a warranty window โ†’ can't claim. Forget a renewal โ†’ fine in the mail. Same feeling every time: Oh, I forgot. Shelfkeep keeps all of it on one screen, organized into shelves, with smart reminders before each date so you actually have time to act. WHAT YOU CAN TRACK - Subscriptions and free trials (with monthly cost summary) - Documents: passport, driver's license, visa, work permit - Warranties and receipts - Vehicle registration, insurance, inspection - Medications and prescriptions - Professional certifications and licenses - Home maintenance: smoke detectors, filters, fire extinguishers - Anything else with a date REMINDERS Local notifications fire 30 days, 7 days, 1 day, and the day of each expiration. Choose which ones you want in Settings. Or choose a custom reminder. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No account, no login, no sign-up - 100% local โ€” your data lives only on your device - No tracking, no analytics, no ads - If you uninstall, the data is gone with it FREE FOREVER No paywall, no premium tier, no in-app purchases. Just a useful tool. Made by Shelf Studio.

About

DocHarbor

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Know your passport is still valid before you book the trip. DocHarbor is a private, on-device vault for your family's passports, IDs, licenses, insurance, and home and car papers, with reminders that warn you well before anything expires. If you carry the mental load for everyone's paperwork, or you're an expat or frequent traveler juggling visas and permits, this is for you. Scan or import a document, and on-device Apple Vision suggests a title, category, owner, and dates. You review and confirm every field before it saves, so nothing is filed behind your back. Everything is then filed by person or object and by category, searchable in seconds, and quietly watched for renewals, so a lapsed passport never derails a trip again. CAPTURE - Scan multi-page documents with the built-in scanner, take a photo, or import from Photos or Files (PDF or image) - Retake, reorder, or delete pages; each document is kept as both an image and a PDF - Apple Vision suggests the title, category, owner, and dates, marked "Suggested" or "Check," never as a mystery percentage - Manual entry is always there; recognition is assistive and English-first, and you confirm everything ORGANIZE - File into folders by person or object: Me, a partner, a child, or a parent, and Home, Car, Trip, or Insurance - Ready-made categories from Identity and Passport & Visa to Home & Property, Medical, School & Kids, Finance & Tax, Work & Legal, and Warranties & Receipts - Add custom categories and fields with Pro, and star the ones you reach for most as Favorites FIND - Search across title, recognized text, folder, category, document number, issuer, and notes - Narrow with filter chips and sorting to land on the right paper fast - Add or search documents hands-free with Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight REMIND - Add an expiry date and get cascading reminders sensible for that document, like a passport at six months, three months, one month, and one week ahead - An Expiring dashboard groups everything into Expired, Next 30 days, Next 90 days, Later, and No date - We ask for notification permission only after you save a document with an expiry date, and lock-screen alerts stay redacted, so sensitive numbers are never shown ON YOUR HOME SCREEN - Quick Add widget (free): scan or add a document in one tap, straight from your Home Screen - Expiring Soon widget (Pro): see the documents closest to expiring at a glance, in small or medium size; titles stay hidden until you unlock the app PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No DocHarbor account and no company servers. Your documents are never sent to us or any third party - Local-first: stored on your device, protected by iOS Data Protection at rest - Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode app lock, always free and never behind a paywall - Share any document, or export your whole vault as a .zip (with a summary index) โ€” free and fully offline - Light and dark mode, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and localization throughout. No ads, and we never track your document contents. FREE & PRO The free vault is small but genuinely useful: 1 profile, up to 5 documents, expiry reminders on up to 2 of them, OCR search, manual fields, the Face ID lock, full vault export, and the Quick Add widget. The Expiring Soon widget is Pro. Pro unlocks unlimited documents and profiles, expiry reminders on everything, custom categories and fields, advanced search, and the Expiring Soon Home Screen widget. PRICING DocHarbor Pro comes as an Annual plan at $24.99 (best value), a one-time Lifetime purchase at $49.99, or Monthly at $3.99 (USD; prices may vary by region). There is no free trial. The Annual and Monthly plans auto-renew until cancelled; Lifetime is a single one-time purchase. Manage or cancel subscriptions anytime in Apple Settings. Restore Purchases is on the paywall and in Settings. Your documents stay on your iPhone, protected behind your Face ID. That's the whole point. Privacy Policy: https://marbyte.dev/privacy Terms of Use: https://marbyte.dev/terms

Screenshots

ShelfKeep3 screens
DocHarbor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShelfKeep at none against DocHarbor's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. DocHarbor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. ShelfKeep asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 4 level
ShelfKeep versus DocHarbor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShelfKeepDocHarbor
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size35 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergei BarmichevMark Opanasiuk

In-app purchases

None

ShelfKeep

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

DocHarbor

Subscriptions2
  • DocHarbor Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • DocHarbor Pro Annual$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • DocHarbor Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is ShelfKeep free?
ShelfKeep is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DocHarbor free?
DocHarbor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ShelfKeep or DocHarbor have ads?
Neither ShelfKeep nor DocHarbor shows ads.

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