SharedBookshelves vs MyShelf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SharedBookshelves
Easily manage and share your personal library of Christian books with others in your community. List books you own or want to read, and connect with others to lend and borrow titles.
- List owned books
- Scan books via barcode
- Create virtual library
- Lend books to others
- Borrow books from others
- Share Christian titles
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Christian books can be expensive, and it's quite likely that someone else in your church family already has the book you're interested in reading and would be willing to lend it to you. Or, you might have a book that someone else would like to read. This app lets you list (and scan in via the barcode reader) the books you own and would like to read to create a virtual library so you can lend and borrow books.
MyShelf
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Add books to your digital library and track the pages you've read. Use a barcode scanner for an easier process. You may purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase. • Auto-renewable subscription • 1 month ($1.99), 1 year ($19.99) durations. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SharedBookshelves at none against MyShelf's 2. SharedBookshelves also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 17.0). MyShelf's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). On price and ads 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
Both are free to download. MyShelf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SharedBookshelves asks for nothing beyond the download.
SharedBookshelves ships an update every 6 weeks, MyShelf every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SharedBookshelves | MyShelf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Butler | Serdar Onur Karadag |
In-app purchases
SharedBookshelves
No in-app purchases
MyShelf
- MyShelf Monthly$1.991 Month
- MyShelf Yearly$19.991 Year
