Comparison

ShelfLog vs BoothLog

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

Head to head
About

ShelfLog

Manage your business or home inventory with this app. Track items, quantities, costs, and stock levels. Features barcode scanning, low-stock alerts, and export options for detailed reporting.

Highlights
  • Add items with details and photos
  • Fast stock counting
  • Search by name, barcode, or location
  • Low-stock and out-of-stock alerts
  • Barcode and QR label lookup
  • Export inventory to CSV/PDF
  • Local backup and restore
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ShelfLog is an inventory tracker for small business inventory, home inventory, reseller inventory, storage bins, supplies, and warehouse stock counts. Use it to: - Add items with quantity, category, location, cost, price, notes, and photos - Count stock fast with plus and minus controls - Search by name, barcode, SKU, category, or location - Track low-stock and out-of-stock items - Use barcode and QR labels for item lookup - Export inventory to CSV or PDF - Make a local backup and restore it later - Review inventory value, cost, sales value, and profit estimates ShelfLog works without an account for local inventory tracking. Free includes local photos plus camera or manual barcode/QR lookup. Lifetime Local Pro is a one-time local unlock for unlimited items and locations, advanced filters, inventory value, QR label creation, CSV/PDF exports, alerts, reminders, photo ZIP backup, and manual backup/restore. This release is local-only. Inventory, photos, and backup files stay on your device and are not uploaded to a ShelfLog inventory server. ShelfLog is not a POS system, accounting app, tax app, or marketplace integration. It is a focused mobile inventory tracker for counting stock, organizing items, finding products, exporting records, and keeping local backups. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://polenest.com/privacy

About

BoothLog

Features
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BoothLog is a sales tracker for vendors at craft fairs, craft shows, artist alley at comic and anime events, farmers markets, flea markets, school fairs and pop-up shops. Tap an item to ring it up, see the change, and watch your stock count down. Your totals by day and by item are worked out for you. It is a simple cash register and sales log (a basic POS) that works offline, with no account. One notebook per event Create a notebook for each event and set which items you are bringing and how many. Multi-day events get one page per day. Check out in 3 taps Tap an item, tap Checkout, then confirm. Choose the amount the customer paid and BoothLog shows the change. Items sold, stock left and each item's inventory update right away. BoothLog does not take card payments or print receipts. Record in bulk later Too busy to ring up every sale? Enter just the quantities sold afterwards, all at once. Sales report See your total, number of checkouts, average sale, and sales by hour, by item and by category, with tables and charts. Enter your starting cash and BoothLog works out how much cash you should have on hand. Add your expenses to see your sales minus expenses (cost of goods and profit per item are not calculated). Overall report Look back on all your events together, by event or by period. Your items Give each item a name, a price and a photo. Organize items by artwork and by category, and filter them on the checkout screen. Inventory by item Enter how many of an item you have, and its inventory goes down by itself whenever it sells, in any notebook. Checkouts and bulk entries both count, and recording on two devices never takes it down twice. Tap the inventory to add stock (+1, +5, +10, your usual quantity, or any number), recount it to match what you really have, or see the inventory changes. Each item's inventory is shown when you create a notebook, and spreadsheet exports include the current inventory. Inventory tracking works without a purchase. It counts what you have on hand; it is not for purchasing, cost accounting or official bookkeeping. Journal Keep notes and photos about each day. And more Choose from 14 color themes. Available in 31 languages, with support for local currencies. Unlock everything with a one-time purchase Recording sales and viewing reports work without a purchase. A one-time purchase unlocks the following. It is not a subscription and never renews automatically. - Link two or more devices and record in the same notebook together, for example when you share the stall with a friend or helper - Export sales reports as PDF, spreadsheet files, images to post on social media, and files for your tax records - Hand a notebook to someone far away as a file, and get it back - Export all your data and restore it on another device - Change the app icon to the color you like - Remove ads If you change phones, tap Restore purchase with the same account to unlock everything again. About ads Without the purchase, ads are shown on some screens. Only ads that are not based on your interests are shown. After the purchase, ads are no longer shown. Even without the purchase, you can watch an ad to create one image to post. About your records Your records are kept only on your device and are never sent to our servers. No account is needed. The app connects to the internet only to show ads and to check your purchase. At venues with no signal, checkout and reports keep working. When you record on two or more devices, they talk to each other directly. When you change or reinstall your phone, your records can be restored from your device backup. Please note - BoothLog does not make tax judgments. Please check tax matters yourself or with a tax professional. Support https://artlet-lab.com/boothlog/en Privacy policy https://artlet-lab.com/boothlog/en/privacy Terms of use https://artlet-lab.com/boothlog/en/terms

Screenshots

ShelfLog2 screens
BoothLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ShelfLog at none against BoothLog's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. ShelfLog sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and BoothLog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShelfLog ships an update every 3 weeks, BoothLog every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ShelfLog versus BoothLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShelfLogBoothLog
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJIHOON LIMArtlet Lab

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ShelfLog

Subscriptions2
  • Cloud Sync Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Cloud Sync Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Local Pro$3.99
1 purchases

BoothLog

One-time1
  • BoothLog Full Access$5.99

Questions

Is ShelfLog free?
ShelfLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BoothLog free?
BoothLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ShelfLog or BoothLog have ads?
BoothLog shows ads; ShelfLog does not.
Which is updated more often, ShelfLog or BoothLog?
ShelfLog ships an update every 3 weeks, and BoothLog every 2 weeks. Most recently, ShelfLog was updated on October 31, 2026 and BoothLog on October 31, 2026.

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