The Shelf vs Aleph

The Shelf is a private reading tracker for stories you love, books you study, and everything in between. Search or scan a book, choose the edition that matches yours, then track only what feels useful. BUILD YOUR LIBRARY • Search by title, author, or ISBN, explore author pages, or scan one book or a whole stack. • Keep each edition or physical copy as its own book with its own details, progress, sessions, and history. • Mark books as Owned, add to Wishlist, or Track borrowed books. • Organize books with reading status, your own Lists, shelf locations, and Subjects. • Import Goodreads or StoryGraph CSV files and export a complete backup whenever you want. TRACK READING WITHOUT FRICTION • Update pages, percentage, audiobook position, chapters, or study problems. • Start a focused Reading, Listening, or Study session from any book. • Record starting and ending pages, then see pace, pages read, records, session patterns, and estimated time to finish after your first session. • Keep every re-read separate, with its own dates, rating, mood, and notes. REMEMBER WHAT YOU READ • Save Book notes, dated notes, favorite quotes, page references, scanned text, and photographs. • Search across your Library and jump directly to a Book note or annotation, with the matching text brought into view. • Make chapters, study problems, and annotations easier to discover through gentle, dismissible suggestions on each Book. BORROW AND LEND WITH CLARITY • Keep editable borrowing and lending histories for each book. • Record people, dates, due dates, shelf locations, and optional notes. • Reuse recent people and locations while keeping every field free-form. SEE YOUR READING LIFE • Explore daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and recent activity. • See goals, streaks, totals, records, and finished books on a reading calendar. • Compare progress by Subject and view your library as a prerequisite map. • Revisit books, notes, and quotes from this day in earlier years. MAKE IT FEEL LIKE YOURS • Choose your own background and accent colors, or start with an included Look. • Pair a Solid or Gradient background with System, Glass, Soft Depth, Lined Paper, Dot Grid, or Dog-eared Page cards. • Invite Dewey into Book and Focus views, then choose his hat, accessory, prop, and colors. • Celebrate the moments you choose with Confetti, Sparkles, or Stars. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD • Use widgets, Spotlight, Siri, Live Activities, Split View, and Stage Manager. • Sync with iCloud when you choose and keep a complete JSON backup. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts, ads, tracking, analytics, or subscriptions. • Optional book lookup sends only a title, author, or ISBN after you ask the app to search or fetch. • Camera images and recognized text stay on your device or in your own optional private iCloud library. • Use the optional system privacy lock and outside-app redaction when you want them. • Turn Online Lookup off for a fully offline library. Pay once, own it forever.

Aleph is a reading tracker that turns reading into a daily habit. Log a session in seconds, keep your streak alive, and watch your shelf fill with every book you've read. BUILD A READING HABIT • Keep a daily reading streak, and chase your longest • See your consistency on a reading activity heatmap • Watch your pages and listening time add up: today, this week, and all time LOG A SESSION IN SECONDS • Slide to the page where you stopped, and Aleph records the rest • Track pages for print and e-books, minutes for audiobooks • Start tracking partway through a book you've already begun • Look back on every session you've logged YOUR LIBRARY, FACE OUT • Every book stands cover-forward on your shelf, the way it would at home • Sort books into Reading, Finished, and Want to Read • Search and filter your shelf as you type • Keep notes on every book, and rate the ones you finish READ ALONGSIDE OTHERS • Climb the leaderboard for today, this week, and this month • Books and audiobooks each have their own board • Tap any reader to see their profile YOUR LIBRARY GOES WITH YOU • Sign in with Apple or Google, and your library syncs across your devices Whether you want to read 10 pages a day or finish 50 books this year, Aleph helps you turn good intentions into a habit that lasts. PLANS • Monthly — after a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers • Annual — after a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers • Lifetime — one-time purchase Aleph offers a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. A subscription unlocks all features, with no ads or feature tiers. Prices vary by region and are displayed in the app before purchase. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Monthly and Annual are auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Terms of Use: https://www.readaleph.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.readaleph.com/privacy