Comparison

Readistry vs ShelfMark

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

Head to head
About

Readistry

Features
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A private library card catalog for your reading life. Log the book, log the pages, log the minutes โ€” and nothing else. Coming from Goodreads? Bring your library with you. No feed. No followers. No algorithm deciding what you read next. Readistry is the quiet shelf your reading actually lives on. THE SHELF Every book gets a card: a colored spine, a class mark, an accession number and a progress bar that fills page by page. Three books on the desk at once, or as many as you like with Premium. THE SESSION LOG Tap LOG READING and enter the page you stopped on. With Premium, add the minutes too. That is the whole ritual, and it takes about four seconds. COMING FROM GOODREADS Export your library on goodreads.com (My Books โ†’ Import and export) and open the CSV file in Readistry. A preview shows how many books are new and how many are already on your shelf, before anything changes. The import is free: titles, authors, page counts and read dates come across, the books you are reading land on your desk, your to-read list waits on its own To Read shelf, and books already in your library are skipped, never duplicated. Start any book on the shelf with one tap. THE LEDGER Books finished, pages turned, pages per day and your current streak. Premium adds the genre breakdown, the streak calendar and the full record of every book you have finished. A QUIET GOAL Set how many books you want this year. Readistry shows your pace and then leaves you alone. "14 to go. No rush." WHY IT IS DIFFERENT - Private by design. No public profile, no followers, nothing to share. - Not owned by a bookseller. Nothing here is trying to sell you your next book. - Built like an object. Cream card stock, book-cloth spines and library date stamps, in light and dark. - At most one gentle reminder a day, and only if you ask for one. FREE - Three books on the desk at once - Unlimited reading sessions - A yearly reading goal - Books, pages and your current streak - Import your library from Goodreads PREMIUM โ€” $2.99/month or $19.99/year - Unlimited books - Genre breakdown and the streak calendar - The full record of every book you have finished - Session length on every reading log Readistry is a log, not a social network. Add a book and start the card. SUBSCRIPTION Readistry Premium is an auto-renewable subscription: $2.99 per month or $19.99 per year. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://readistry.app/privacy Readistry is not affiliated with Goodreads.

About

ShelfMark

Features
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A quiet reading tracker for people who love books more than apps. ShelfMark keeps your reading life in one calm, paper-warm place. Log the page you are on, keep a streak alive, and save the lines worth keeping. No account, no feed, no noise. MADE FOR READERS - Three shelves: to be read, reading, and finished. Move a book with a tap. - Quick page updates with percent complete, pages a day, and time left at your current pace. - A daily page goal beside your grace-day reading streak. - Search your library, filter by genre, and sort by recency, title, author, or progress. - A quote wall with the book, page number, and an optional photo of the page. - A yearly reading goal and Wrapped view with pages, streaks, genres, fastest reads, and monthly activity. - A private Home and Lock Screen widget for your current book, pages today, goal, and streak. - A complete local backup, additive restore, and Delete All My Data control. FREE AND LIFETIME ShelfMark is free for up to 3 books and 5 saved quotes. Reading progress, streaks, daily and yearly goals, search, backup, restore, deletion, and the widget stay useful without paying. A single Lifetime purchase unlocks unlimited books and quotes, the 30-day Reading Pulse, finish-date pace plans, full Wrapped statistics, and the one-page Reading Year PDF. It is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Existing records always remain readable and editable. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your reading library stays locally on your iPhone or iPad. No account, no analytics, and no tracking. Widget content uses Apple's private on-device App Group storage and is marked privacy sensitive.

Screenshots

Readistry4 screens
ShelfMark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Readistry at 15.1 against ShelfMark's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Readistry sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and ShelfMark sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Readistry versus ShelfMark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReadistryShelfMark
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size50 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDJUMP, MBInnovaLabWorks

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Readistry

Subscriptions2
  • Readistry Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Readistry Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
1 purchases

ShelfMark

One-time1
  • ShelfMark Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Readistry free?
Readistry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShelfMark free?
ShelfMark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Readistry or ShelfMark have ads?
Neither Readistry nor ShelfMark shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Readistry or ShelfMark?
Readistry ships an update weekly, and ShelfMark weekly. Most recently, Readistry was updated on October 31, 2026 and ShelfMark on October 31, 2026.

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