Comparison

Book Journal & Reading Tracker vs Shelfroom

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

Head to head
About

Book Journal & Reading Tracker

Log your reading sessions, organize your library on a virtual bookshelf, and track your progress with detailed statistics. Capture notes, quotes, and reviews with photo attachments and OCR. Import your Goodreads library easily.

Highlights
  • Virtual wooden bookshelf with cover art
  • Full-screen reading timer
  • Notes, quotes, and reviews with photo attachments
  • Page-scan OCR for text capture
  • Reading streaks and yearly goal tracking
  • Goodreads import
  • Home-screen widgets
Features
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Track every book you read, log each reading session, and watch your library come alive on a shelf that actually looks like one. Book Tracker is the reading log that turns pages into a habit that lasts. Most reading apps feel like a spreadsheet. This one gives you a warm, skeuomorphic wooden bookshelf you decorate yourself, a calm full-screen reading timer, and a Literary Clock with a passage for every time of day — so tracking your books feels as good as reading them. WHAT YOU GET - Add any title in seconds by search, barcode scan, or a manual entry with your own cover photo - A wooden bookshelf you arrange yourself, with real cover art in spine or cover view - A full-screen reading timer that logs every session and updates your progress automatically - Notes, quotes, and reviews with photo attachments and page-scan OCR to capture text instantly - Stats that keep you going: reading streaks, a yearly goal ring, pages read, formats, and top authors - One-tap Goodreads import so your whole library comes with you PERFECT FOR - Readers building a TBR pile they will actually finish - Bookworms who want their shelf to feel real, not like a database - Anyone chasing a yearly reading goal or a daily reading streak - Note-takers who collect quotes, thoughts, and reviews as they read WHY NOT JUST USE A SPREADSHEET A spreadsheet can hold titles, but it can't scan a barcode, time your sessions, show your covers on a shelf, or turn a year of reading into streaks and charts you look forward to. Book Tracker does all of it in one place, built for readers. PRIVACY Your library, notes, and sessions live on your device. No account, no sign-up, no reading data sold. FULL ACCESS A single unlock opens the entire app — every shelf and decoration, the reading timer, notes and OCR, Goodreads import, full stats, and home-screen widgets. Choose what fits you: a weekly plan, a yearly plan, or a one-time lifetime unlock. Add your first book, start the timer, and watch your shelf grow. Your next chapter begins here. Terms of Use (EULA): https://web-levi.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://web-levi.web.app/privacy-policy Questions? tphuc.work@gmail.com

About

Shelfroom

Design a visually appealing digital bookshelf to showcase your book collection. Track reading progress, save favorite quotes, and share your curated shelves as images. The app focuses on creating a personal, atmospheric space for your reading life.

Highlights
  • Customizable digital bookshelf scenes
  • Track reading progress and consistency
  • Save and share favorite book quotes
  • Import books from library exports
  • Offline core experience
  • Create shareable shelf images
Features
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Your reading life deserves more than a grid of covers. Shelfroom makes your shelf the heart of the experience: a full-screen personal space where the books you own and love become part of a scene that grows with you. Start with a thoughtfully designed template or a blank canvas, then make it unmistakably yours. A shelf, not another catalog Arrange your books with intention and shape the atmosphere around them. Build a shelf for a favorite series, a mood, a season, or your whole collection. The result feels less like inventory and more like a place you will want to return to. Bring your reading life with you Starting fresh should not mean starting over. Scan a stack of books, find the edition you own, add an unusual title yourself, or bring your collection from a supported library export. Shelfroom gets you from a list of books to a personal shelf without hours of rebuilding everything by hand. A calmer way to keep reading When you open a book, start a focused reading session and let Shelfroom keep the thread. Pick up where you left off, see your progress take shape, and look back on the time and consistency behind every finished book—without turning reading into a chore. Keep the lines that stay with you Capture a passage from a page, refine it, and keep it connected to the book it came from. Your favorite quotes remain easy to revisit, collect, and share as beautiful cards. Made to share. Designed to stay yours. When your shelf feels right, save the current composition or the entire scene as a clean, share-ready image. Your library and creations live on your device. No account is required to begin, and the core experience remains available offline after your books are saved. Online book search requires a connection. Shelfroom has no ads. Create a shelf you want to return to—and a reading story that grows with it. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Book Journal & Reading Tracker4 screens
Shelfroom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Book Journal & Reading Tracker at none against Shelfroom's 2. Shelfroom's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Shelfroom sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Book Journal & Reading Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for Book Journal & Reading Tracker against 1.0 for Shelfroom. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Book Journal & Reading Tracker ships an update every 2 months, Shelfroom every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Book Journal & Reading Tracker versus Shelfroom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBook Journal & Reading TrackerShelfroom
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)1.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhuc PhamYurii Solomakha

Customer experience

Book Journal & Reading Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Shelfroom

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Book Journal & Reading Tracker

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Shelfroom

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Book Journal & Reading Tracker free?
Book Journal & Reading Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shelfroom free?
Shelfroom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Book Journal & Reading Tracker or Shelfroom?
Book Journal & Reading Tracker and Shelfroom are both rated 1.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Book Journal & Reading Tracker or Shelfroom have ads?
Neither Book Journal & Reading Tracker nor Shelfroom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Book Journal & Reading Tracker or Shelfroom?
Book Journal & Reading Tracker ships an update every 2 months, and Shelfroom every 4 days. Most recently, Book Journal & Reading Tracker was updated on October 31, 2026 and Shelfroom on October 25, 2026.

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