Libib vs Oil Shelf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Libib
Easily catalog your books, movies, music, and games by scanning barcodes. Organize your personal library and manage your collection through a connected website, adding notes, ratings, and tags.
- Scan books, board games, movies, music, and video games
- Barcode scanner
- Tag, review, and rate items
- Add notes to items
- Publish your library online
- Syncs with website
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Libib is a small org and home library cataloging app that allows you to scan in your books, board games, movies, music and video games. Mobile app works in concert with Libib's website, where you can tag, review, rate, import, make notes and publish your library! Includes a built-in high quality barcode scanner! We are committed to your privacy: • We do not have advertisements • We do not sell or share your data
Oil Shelf
Easily manage your essential oil collection and avoid over-ordering. Scan products with your camera to update inventory, receive stock alerts, and create custom shopping lists. Stay organized and invest wisely in the oils you truly need.
- Shelfie Cam product scanning
- Custom user profiles
- Product stock alerts
- Customizable inventory lists
- Young Living product database
- Shopping list creation
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What's worse? Realizing you're one ingredient short of the perfect diffuser blend, or stashing your 12th bottle of the same "Citrus Fresh" oil because you forgot to update your order? Simplify your supply with the Oil Shelf app, so you'll never run out of your favorite products again. The tedious tasks of counting, marking, and keeping up with your inventory has always been dreadful and redundant. Until now. Introducing: Shelfie Cam Take a "shelfie" to easily scan and update your collection instantly. Search, filter, and scan through the entire database of Young Living products and enjoy customizing your shopping list. Finally know what you have on hand, so you can invest wisely on the things you actually need... without wasting valuable hours on inventory. The Oil Shelf mobile app is fun, fast, and super easy! FEATURES: Shelfie Cam Transform your camera into Shelfie Cam, using advanced text detection to scan your products and match them to our database instantly. Custom User Profiles Create multiple profiles to track and list products separately for home, work, and everywhere else. Product Alerts Get real-time notifications when a particular product is in/out of stock. Set reminders when it's time to re-order. Custom Inventory Lists Organize your oil inventory by name or color. Stay up to date on your shopping list for everything you have and everything you need. ———— Oil Shelf uses auto-renewing subscriptions. The subscription is $4.99 a month. Premium provides additional features like inventory profiles and stock alerts. All new users get an initial 30 day “shelf evaluation” to start adding your inventory. After the end of the evaluation window inventory cannot be edited without a $4.99/month subscription. You will not be automatically charged at the end of your trial. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew unless it is cancelled at least 24 hrs before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings. Cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed. Privacy Policy: https://oilshelf.app/privacy Terms of use: https://oilshelf.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Libib at 74% against Oil Shelf's 0%. Libib also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Oil Shelf's advantage is iOS requirement (14.7 vs 16.4). 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
Both are free to download. Oil Shelf sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Libib asks for nothing beyond the download.
Libib holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Libib has 1.2K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Libib's written reviews are positive against 0% of Oil Shelf's.
Libib ships an update fortnightly, Oil Shelf every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Libib | Oil Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.2K ratings) — better | 4.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 14.7 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Libib, Inc. | Oil Shelf App, Inc. |
Customer experience
Libib
Oil Shelf
Bugs and requests
Libib
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes or freezes after adding multiple items
- Deleted items not recoverable
- Syncing issues between app and website versions
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to sort by author, series, or publication date
- Option to view collections in grid/cover view
- Functionality to mark books as read/unread
- Integration with e-book/reading apps
- Sharing/collaboration features for libraries
Oil Shelf
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Libib
No in-app purchases
Oil Shelf
- Shelf Indulgence (Premium)$4.991 Month








