FoxMark vs Shelfd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FoxMark
Organize your reading with custom shelves, track page progress, and discover new books. Get personalized yearly recaps of your reading habits and connect with other readers. Premium features offer advanced insights.
- Customizable reading shelves
- Page progress tracking
- Book discovery and search
- Personalized reading stats
- Yearly reading recaps
- Social reading features
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FoxMark is a reading tracker and book discovery app. Keep all your books in one place, track every page, and get a personalized recap of your year in books. YOUR SHELVES, YOUR WAY Sort everything you read into To Be Read, Currently Reading, Finished, and Did Not Finish. Did Not Finish gets its own shelf, because giving up on a book counts too. Never forget what you wanted to pick up next. DISCOVER YOUR NEXT FAVORITE BOOK Browse new releases and search millions of titles. Tap any book to see details, add it to a shelf, and start tracking right away. Add your own tags to track your reading trends and get personalized reports. TRACK EVERY PAGE Log your progress as you read, set start and finish dates, and leave ratings and reviews. Your whole reading history stays at your fingertips. SEE YOUR READING STATS Get yearly breakdowns of books finished, pages read, top genres, and your reading pace. Your numbers grow with every book you finish. YOUR YEAR IN BOOKS At the end of each year, get a personalized recap with your top genres, your most read author, and your own reader archetype. Share it with one tap. CONNECT WITH OTHER READERS See what your friends are reading, find out what the community is loving, and share your own reading activity. FOXMARK PREMIUM Take things further with an auto renewable Premium membership. Unlock a monthly reading report, advanced stats, and more. - Yearly: $19.99/year - Monthly: $2.99/month - Lifetime: $59.99/one-time Prices may vary by region. Upgrade anytime from within the app. Some features shown in the listing images may require a Premium membership. Privacy Policy: https://eggplant-carmesan.github.io/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://eggplant-carmesan.github.io/terms.html Apple Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ For support, contact wardcarmen91@gmail.com
Shelfd
Organize your reading life with a charming book tracker. Log what you're reading, discover your next book with a spin of a wheel, and visualize your reading habits with personalized stats and achievements. Enjoy a cozy, ad-free experience with optional premium features for advanced tracking.
- Track current, finished, and to-be-read books
- Spin a wheel to pick your next read
- Organize books by genre with custom colors
- Set reading goals and view yearly stats
- Earn achievements narrated by an Archivist
- Import libraries from other apps (CSV)
- Backup and restore your library
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A warm, unhurried home for your reading life. Shelfd keeps a quiet record of everything you've read and everything still waiting — without turning your hobby into a job. No leaderboards. No guilt for the week you didn't finish anything. HOWEVER YOU READ IT Paper, ebook, or audiobook — track them side by side on the same shelf. Audiobooks count down in hours and minutes remaining, the way your listening app shows them, so there's no maths to do when you log your progress. YOUR SHELF, ACTUALLY SHELVED Finished books stand as real spines, coloured from their own covers. Browse them as a shelf or a list, and build your own collections for classics, comfort rereads, or whatever you're hoarding this month. SPIN THE WHEEL Too many books, not enough decisions. Load up your TBR, give it a spin, and let fate choose your next read. A GOAL WORTH HITTING Set a books-per-year target and watch the arrow move toward the bullseye. Miss it and nothing bad happens. Hit it and something rather nice does. THE SHAPE OF YOUR TASTE See which genres you actually gravitate to, how you read — paper, screen, or headphones — and the quiet trends across your year. ACHIEVEMENTS, STAMPED Every finished book earns a mark from the Archivist, who keeps your records in impeccable order and is quietly more invested than he lets on. BRING YOUR LIBRARY Coming from Goodreads or StoryGraph? Import your whole history from a single file and pick up where you left off. Back up your shelf whenever you like — your library is yours, and it stays on your device. SCAN AND GO Point the camera at a barcode and the book is on your shelf, page count and cover included. SHELFD PREMIUM Read up to three books at once, unlock the Ratings Card with half-stars and emoji vibes for how a book actually felt, get the deeper genre breakdown, and build unlimited shelves and lists. "Keep reading. That's all I ask." — The Archivist SHELFD PREMIUM — SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Shelfd Premium is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time Founders Group purchase. A 7-day free trial is included with the subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://joinshelfd.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shelfd at 5.0 against FoxMark's 4.0. Shelfd also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). FoxMark's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. FoxMark sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Shelfd sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shelfd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of FoxMark's written reviews are positive against 100% of Shelfd's.
FoxMark ships an update every 5 days, Shelfd every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FoxMark | Shelfd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CARMEN MARIE WARD | Zachary Selburg |
Customer experience
FoxMark
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In-app purchases
FoxMark
- Bookmark'd Premium$2.991 Month
- Bookmark'd Premium$19.991 Year
Shelfd
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Shelfd Founders Group$59.99









