The Shelf is a private reading tracker for books you study, stories you love, 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, or scan one book or a whole stack.
• Keep each edition or physical copy as its own book with its own details and history.
• Choose Owned, Wishlist, or Track without implying that every saved book is yours.
• 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.
• Confirm or correct a book's page count before its first Reading or Study session.
• Keep every re-read separate, with its own dates, rating, mood, and notes.
BORROW AND LEND WITH CLARITY
• Mark a book as borrowed without pretending you own it.
• Record who lent or borrowed it, dates, due dates, and optional notes.
• Keep editable borrowing and lending histories for each physical book.
• Add a gentle device reminder when a borrowed book is due.
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.
REMEMBER WHAT YOU READ
• Save notes, journal entries, session thoughts, and favorite quotes.
• Add photos to journal entries and quotes, then review text recognized on your device.
• Find everything again in each book's Notebook.
MAKE IT FEEL LIKE YOURS
• Choose your background and two 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.
• Browse a detailed shelf or a clean wall of covers.
MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD
• Use widgets, Spotlight, Siri, keyboard, pointer, 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.
