Comparison

Your Digital Bookshelf vs Endleaf

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

Head to head
About

Your Digital Bookshelf

Features
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"Your Digital Bookshelf" is a powerful yet simple offline-first books library app designed to help you organize, track, and manage your personal book collection. This library app serves as your own private bookshelf manager that lives entirely on your device—no accounts, no cloud, no tracking. WHY USE YOUR DIGITAL BOOKSHELF? • Offline-First & Privacy-Focused: Your library is strictly yours. All data is stored locally on your device. No accounts, no cloud sync, no tracking—just your books, your way. • Complete Book Management: Track every detail about your books—title, author, ISBN, publisher, publication year, price, and even add custom cover images. • Reading Progress Tracking: Monitor your reading journey with status tracking (Reading, Completed, Want to Read) and date tracking for when you started and finished each book. • Smart Organization with Tags: Create custom tags to categorize your books by genre, mood, topic, or any system that works for you. Color-code your tags for visual organization. • Powerful Analytics: Get insights into your reading habits with comprehensive analytics including total books, completed books, reading progress over time, category distribution, and spending analysis by currency. • Import & Export Your Library: Easily import books from CSV files or export your entire library to CSV or Excel format for backup or data portability. • Search & Filter: Quickly find books in your collection with powerful search and filtering capabilities. KEY FEATURES • Create Your Digital Library: Add books manually with all the details you need—title, author, ISBN, publisher, year, price, and custom cover images. • Track Reading Status: Mark books as "Reading," "Completed," or "Want to Read" with start and end dates. • Custom Tags & Categories: Organize your collection with color-coded tags. Perfect for genres, reading lists, or research topics. • Visual Analytics Dashboard: View your reading statistics with beautiful charts showing reading progress, category distribution, and spending patterns. • Data Portability: Import books from CSV files to quickly populate your library. Export to CSV or Excel for backup or analysis. • Offline-First Design: Everything works without an internet connection. Your data stays on your device. • Dark Mode Support: Comfortable reading in any lighting condition with full dark mode support. • No Limits on Organization: Create unlimited tags, track unlimited books (subject to device storage), and organize your way. HOW TO USE YOUR DIGITAL BOOKSHELF • Adding Books: Tap the add button to create a new book entry. Fill in details like title, author, ISBN, and optionally add a cover image. • Organizing with Tags: Create tags with custom colors to categorize your books. Assign multiple tags to each book for flexible organization. • Tracking Reading: Set reading status and dates to track your progress. Mark books as "Reading" when you start and "Completed" when you finish. • Importing Books: Have an existing collection in a spreadsheet? Import it via CSV file. The app will map your columns and add books to your library. • Viewing Analytics: Check the Analytics tab to see your reading statistics, category distribution, and spending patterns over different time periods. • Backup & Restore: Export your entire library as JSON for backup. Import it later to restore your collection. PERFECT FOR • Book collectors who want to catalog their physical library • Avid readers tracking their reading journey • Students organizing research materials • Anyone who values privacy and offline functionality • People who want full control over their book data PRIVACY & DATA Your Digital Bookshelf is a privacy-focused library app built with privacy as a core principle. All your data is stored locally on your device. We don't collect, transmit, or store any of your personal information or book data on external servers. Your bookshelf is completely private and under your control.

About

Endleaf

Track your reading habits privately on your device. Log books, rate them with detailed sub-ratings, time your reading sessions, and analyze your reading year. Import data from other services and export your library anytime.

Highlights
  • Private reading tracker
  • Log and rate books
  • Reading session timer
  • Import from Goodreads/StoryGraph
  • Export to JSON/CSV
  • Barcode scanning for books
  • Quote saving
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Endleaf is a reading tracker that keeps everything on your phone. Log what you read, rate in half and quarter stars, time your sessions, and find out where your reading year actually went. There is no account to make and no feed to scroll. PRIVACY Your library lives on your device and syncs only through your own iCloud. We never see it. No ads, no trackers, no analytics, nothing to sell. FREE, WITH NO CAPS - Unlimited books and unlimited reading sessions. - Half and quarter stars, plus optional sub-ratings for enjoyment, quality, characters, and plot. - Six statuses: Want to Read, Reading, Read, Did Not Finish, Paused, and Re-reading. - Approximate dates, for the book you finished "sometime in 2019". - A timer that counts pages or minutes, with a Live Activity on the Lock Screen. - Import from Goodreads and StoryGraph, covers included, and export to JSON or CSV whenever you want. - Core stats, a share card, Dark Mode, and everything works offline. - Add a book by scanning its barcode, searching for it, or typing it in. - Save quotes by typing them or by scanning the passage with the camera. - Rain, a fireplace, or plain noise under the timer, made on your phone. - Mark books as owned, borrowed, from the library, or wanted, and browse every series on your shelf in one place. - After an import, fill in missing page counts from the catalog in one tap. PREMIUM ADDS - A finish date for the book in hand, from your own pace: how long is left, and the day you'll close it if you keep reading like you have been. - A reading calendar: every day you read, with the cover of the book that took it. - Rewind: your year as a short story, made into a video for Stories. - Your Kindle and Apple Books highlights, imported into your quotes library. The file never leaves your phone. - Advanced stats: reading speed, genre and format breakdowns, and how your ratings shift over time. - Your Year in Review, built to share. - Extra share card themes. - Unlimited shelves and tags. - Your full quotes library. - The cover edition picker and the whole widget set, streak and Lock Screen included. Also in the app: yearly goals, reading streaks with a weekly grace bookmark, reminders that respect quiet hours, monthly wrap-ups, session logging on Apple Watch, and Siri ("log 30 minutes of reading"). Endleaf Premium is $3.99 per month or $24.99 per year with a 7-day free trial, or $69.99 once for lifetime access. The App Store shows the price in your local currency before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getendleaf.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Your Digital Bookshelf4 screens
Endleaf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Your Digital Bookshelf at none against Endleaf's 3. Your Digital Bookshelf also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Endleaf's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Endleaf sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Your Digital Bookshelf asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Your Digital Bookshelf ships an update every 4 days, Endleaf every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Your Digital Bookshelf versus Endleaf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYour Digital BookshelfEndleaf
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMehmet Ozan GuvenHandler Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

Your Digital Bookshelf

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Endleaf

Subscriptions2
  • Endleaf Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Endleaf Premium Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Endleaf Premium Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Your Digital Bookshelf free?
Your Digital Bookshelf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Endleaf free?
Endleaf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Your Digital Bookshelf or Endleaf have ads?
Your Digital Bookshelf shows ads; Endleaf does not.
Which is updated more often, Your Digital Bookshelf or Endleaf?
Your Digital Bookshelf ships an update every 4 days, and Endleaf every 2 days. Most recently, Your Digital Bookshelf was updated on October 25, 2026 and Endleaf on October 31, 2026.

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