Comparison

Die Cast Shelf vs Shelvo

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

Head to head
About

Die Cast Shelf

Features
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Die Cast Shelf is the private garage for Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Greenlight, and diecast collectors โ€” on iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo โ€” without subscriptions, accounts, or cloud lock-in. YOUR SHELF, YOUR RULES โ€ข Catalog every car on your shelf, wishlist, or trade pile โ€ข Add photos, purchase price, estimated value, storage location, and notes โ€ข Spotlight Treasure Hunts, Super Treasure Hunts, chases, and grail cars โ€ข Select multiple cars to move, set location, or delete โ€” with undo โ€ข Find duplicates, merge entries, or move extras to your trade pile FREE TIER (50 CARS) โ€ข Quick Scan barcodes and Scan Package (on-device OCR on blister/card text) โ€ข Browse 22,000+ castings offline โ€” swipe to shelf or wishlist โ€ข Garage milestones, duplicate finder, filters, export PDF/spreadsheet/backup โ€ข Home Screen widget, storage bin QR labels, optional iCloud via your Apple ID PRO โ€” ONE-TIME PURCHASE (NOT A SUBSCRIPTION) โ€ข Unlimited cars on shelf, wishlist, and trade โ€ข Peg Hunt โ€” in-store scan: already on shelf, wishlist, or in a bin (offline) โ€ข Photo Match, Series Tracker, eBay market value refresh โ€ข Restock Radar (optional community peg-drop feed) โ€ข Scan a storage bin QR to filter your shelf by location UNIVERSAL LAYOUT Adaptive grids and readable columns on iPad and iPhone Duo (including Duo vertical toolbar on the outer display). Same garage on every screen size. PRIVACY FIRST Your collection stays on your phone by default. No ads. No analytics. No tracking. Pay once for Pro โ€” own it forever. Restore anytime with your Apple ID.

About

Shelvo

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Your collection, properly kept. Adding a piece takes seconds. Search by name, product code or barcode, pick the exact variant, and it arrives with its photo, year, series and scale already filled in. The catalog holds more than 200,000 records: diecast cars, LEGO sets, figures and trading cards. Nine out of ten have a photo. WHAT YOU RECORD Condition, quantity, boxed or loose, and your own photos. Purchase price and private notes stay private. They never appear on your profile, in the feed, or anywhere another collector can reach. HOW FAR ALONG YOU ARE Follow a series and Shelvo counts for you. Three of fifty. One piece short. When you get close, it says so. YOUR SHELF Pin a collection to your profile. Put your most treasured pieces up front and write a line about why each one matters. What other collectors see is a shelf, not a spreadsheet. LISTS A wishlist, a themed list, a list of the ones you are still hunting. Make one public and other collectors can follow it. THE FEED New series arriving in the catalog, collector fairs coming up, a piece from years back, and what the people you follow are showing off. Choose the categories and brands you care about and the feed leans that way instead of showing you everything. BROWSING By category, by decade, by theme. The time tunnel walks back through release years. Barcode search works, so you can scan the back of a package and land on the exact release. EVENTS Collector fairs and meetups, with a countdown on the ones you follow. Already keeping a spreadsheet? Bring it in as CSV instead of typing it again. Turkish and English, the whole app. Shelvo is in beta. It changes fast right now, and what you tell us decides what gets built next. support@shelvo.app Shelvo Pro is an auto-renewing monthly subscription. It renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://shelvo.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://shelvo.app/terms

Screenshots

Die Cast Shelf4 screens
Shelvo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Shelvo at every 8 days against Die Cast Shelf's every 4 months. Shelvo also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Die Cast Shelf sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Shelvo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Die Cast Shelf ships an update every 4 months, Shelvo every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Die Cast Shelf versus Shelvo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDie Cast ShelfShelvo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 8 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.415.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size16 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMonarch Labs CollectiveCaglar Enes Sezgun

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Die Cast Shelf

One-time1
  • Die Cast Shelf Pro$9.99
2 purchases

Shelvo

Subscriptions1
  • Shelvo Pro$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Founding Supporter$9.99

Questions

Is Die Cast Shelf free?
Die Cast Shelf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shelvo free?
Shelvo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Die Cast Shelf or Shelvo have ads?
Neither Die Cast Shelf nor Shelvo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Die Cast Shelf or Shelvo?
Die Cast Shelf ships an update every 4 months, and Shelvo every 8 days. Most recently, Die Cast Shelf was updated on October 31, 2026 and Shelvo on November 6, 2026.

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