Comparison

ShelfMark vs Read Everyday

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” 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

Read Everyday

Features
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Read Everyday is a reading scheduler, not a reading log. Instead of "39% complete," it tells you "pages 67-83 today." Pick your books and a target date, and it works out how much to read today from the pages and days that are left. โ–  Only what you need to read today Reading several books at once? The home screen shows today's total and each book's share. For every book you get an exact range, from which page to which page. Hide the ones you are taking a break from, and reorder the rest to put what matters first. โ–  Fall behind without replanning Reading less than today's goal is not marked as a failure. When the day rolls over, tomorrow's amount is recalculated from the pages and days remaining. Read more than the goal and future amounts shrink on their own. โ–  Record with one slide Slide the vertical control up to the page you reached. Need an exact number? Type it in. Finished the book? Slide to the top. โ–  You don't have to open the app The home screen widget shows today's progress and each book's range. The small widget shows today's total and how many books are in progress; the medium one shows each book's range and whether it is done. โ–  For people who read past midnight Choose when your day rolls over, anywhere from 10 PM to 2 AM. Set it to 2 AM and reading at 1 AM counts toward the previous day. โ–  Easy on the eyes Follow the device setting, or lock the app to light or dark. โ–  English and Korean The app follows your device language. You can also lock it to either language in Settings. โ–  Your records stay on your device No account, no sign-in. Everything is stored on your device and never sent anywhere. No ads, no tracking.

Screenshots

ShelfMark4 screens
Read Everyday3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ShelfMark at Free against Read Everyday's $0.99. Read Everyday's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

ShelfMark is free to download; Read Everyday costs $0.99 up front. ShelfMark sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Read Everyday asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShelfMark ships an update weekly, Read Everyday every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
ShelfMark versus Read Everyday: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShelfMarkRead Everyday
PriceFree โ€” better$0.99
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInnovaLabWorksShinhye Lee

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ShelfMark

One-time1
  • ShelfMark Lifetime$12.99
None

Read Everyday

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShelfMark free?
ShelfMark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Read Everyday free?
Read Everyday costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ShelfMark or Read Everyday have ads?
Neither ShelfMark nor Read Everyday shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShelfMark or Read Everyday?
ShelfMark ships an update weekly, and Read Everyday every 3 days. Most recently, ShelfMark was updated on September 15, 2026 and Read Everyday on September 9, 2026.

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