Comparison

Folio vs Shelfroom

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

Head to head
About

Folio

This app provides a beautiful and calm space to track your reading habits, set goals, and journal your thoughts. It helps you log reading sessions, organize your book collection, and visualize your reading year with insightful statistics. Enjoy a paper-inspired interface designed for book lovers.

Highlights
  • Log reading sessions (pages, minutes, audiobooks)
  • Scan barcodes or search for books
  • Organize shelves (reading, finished, TBR)
  • Build daily reading streaks
  • Set yearly book and daily page goals
  • Journal favorite quotes and reflections
  • Year-in-review reading statistics
Features
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Folio is the calm, beautiful home for your reading life. Track every book, build a daily reading streak, and watch a year of pages turn into a story worth keeping. Whether you're a one-book-a-month reader or racing through a series, Folio makes the habit feel effortless — and a little bit magical. TRACK WHAT YOU READ • Log reading sessions in seconds — pages, minutes, or audiobooks • Add books instantly by scanning the barcode, or search any title • Organize your shelf: currently reading, finished, and your TBR pile BUILD A READING HABIT • Keep a daily streak going — with freeze protection for the days life gets busy • Set a yearly book goal and a daily page goal that fit your pace • Gentle reminders nudge you back to your book, never nag A JOURNAL FOR YOUR THOUGHTS • Save favorite quotes and reflections as you read • Turn any quote into a beautiful shareable card • Look back on what moved you, book by book YOUR YEAR IN BOOKS • Folio Wrapped turns your reading into stunning year-in-review stats • See pages read, reading days, your busiest months, and more • A reading heatmap that fills in as your year unfolds BEAUTIFUL BY DESIGN • A warm, paper-inspired interface made for book lovers • Full dark mode for late-night chapters • Your real book covers, everywhere you look YOUR DATA IS YOURS • Export your full library and reading history anytime — free, no lock-in • Import a backup to move or restore your shelf • Optional sign-in to sync across devices FOLIO+ Go further with Folio+: • Unlimited books on your shelf • Pace & finish-date projections — know when you'll turn the last page • Deeper Wrapped insights into your reading life Try Folio+ free for 3 days, then $4.99/month or $39.99/year (save ~33%). Start free and upgrade anytime. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Happy reading. — Questions or ideas? We read every one — reach us right inside the app under Settings. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

Folio4 screens
Shelfroom4 screens

Verdict

The call

Folio and Shelfroom are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Folio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Shelfroom sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Folio versus Shelfroom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFolioShelfroom
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)1.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDylan EzzellYurii Solomakha

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Folio

Subscriptions2
  • Folio+ Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Folio+ Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Shelfroom

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

Questions

Is Folio free?
Folio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shelfroom free?
Shelfroom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Folio or Shelfroom?
Folio and Shelfroom are both rated 1.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Folio or Shelfroom have ads?
Neither Folio nor Shelfroom shows ads.

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