Comparison

ShelfMark vs LoreKeeper

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

Head to head
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.

About

LoreKeeper

Features
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LoreKeeper is a beautifully designed reading companion that helps you organize your personal library and stay motivated throughout your reading journey. Whether you enjoy fantasy, classics, thrillers, or non-fiction, LoreKeeper gives you a simple and elegant way to manage every book you read. Features: • Build your personal library • Track your reading progress • Set annual reading goals • Discover books and authors • Add books to your favorites • Rate completed books • Organize books by reading status • Clean, distraction-free interface • Dark theme optimized for comfortable reading • English and Turkish language support LoreKeeper keeps your reading history organized and makes every book part of your personal story.

Screenshots

ShelfMark4 screens
LoreKeeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LoreKeeper at none against ShelfMark's 1. LoreKeeper also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. ShelfMark sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LoreKeeper asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
ShelfMark versus LoreKeeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShelfMarkLoreKeeper
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInnovaLabWorksTugay Akdeniz

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ShelfMark

One-time1
  • ShelfMark Lifetime$49.99
None

LoreKeeper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShelfMark free?
ShelfMark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LoreKeeper free?
LoreKeeper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ShelfMark or LoreKeeper have ads?
Neither ShelfMark nor LoreKeeper shows ads.

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