Comparison

Book Tracker vs ShelfLog

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

Head to head
About

Book Tracker

Features
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Set a yearly book goal, log every chapter, watch your ring fill — a minimal offline reading tracker. • Yearly book goal with progress ring • Log chapters or whole books • Up to 3 active books free • Unlimited books and year history (Pro) • Themes: paper, dark, sepia (Pro) Who it's for For readers chasing a yearly goal who don't want a social or cloud-tracked app. Subscription Premium is available as a weekly, monthly, or yearly subscription, with pricing shown in the app before you buy. Subscriptions auto-renew unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the period. You can cancel anytime in your Apple ID Subscription Settings — no charge on the first day if you cancel during the introductory window. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy: everything stays on your device by default. No analytics SDKs, no cross-app tracking. Privacy policy at https://bestpaid.app/legal/privacy. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

Book Tracker4 screens
ShelfLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Book Tracker at none against ShelfLog's shown. ShelfLog's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Book Tracker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and ShelfLog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Book Tracker versus ShelfLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook TrackerShelfLog
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB57 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperVasilii Polovnikovmint-soft

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Book Tracker

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Ā· 1 week$2.997 Days
  • Premium Ā· 1 month$3.991 Month
  • Premium Ā· 1 year$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Ā· Lifetime$7.99
1 purchases

ShelfLog

One-time1
  • ShelfLog Pro$3.99

Questions

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

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