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ShelfBuddy: Book Tracker

by JAN-HENNING BUNS

iPhone

Active Last checked 7 Aug 2026

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What it is
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  • Free to download
  • In-app purchases

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Free app Yes Free Store published
In-app purchases Yes Limited free Store published

Screens

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Pricing & paywalls

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  • ShelfBuddy Freischaltung — $5.99

Ratings & reviews

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0.0 · App Store

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Privacy

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Versions

App Store

  • 1.0.10

    - Kleinere Fehler behoben

  • 1.0.11

    - Haptisches Feedback hinzugefügt - Kleinere Fehler behoben - Leistungsverbesserungen

  • 1.0.7

    - Kleinere Fehler behoben - Anzahl kostenloser Bücher auf 15 angehoben

  • 1.0.8

    - Bücherregale können jetzt mit Icons individualisiert werden - Verschiedene Farbthemen hinzugefügt - Kleinere Fehler behoben

  • 1.1.0

    NEU: Cloud-Synchronisierung! - Synchronisiere deine Bibliothek über iCloud oder Google Drive - Automatische Synchronisierung - Deine Daten bleiben immer aktuell – auf allen Geräten

  • 1.1.1

    - Ausgeliehene & Verliehene Bücher wurden in einer Kachel zusammengefasst - Leseliste hinzugefügt - Es gibt keine Begrenzung für Bücher und Regale mehr

  • 1.1.2

    - Ein Fehler wurde behoben, bei dem zuvor gelöschte Bücher nicht erneut hinzugefügt werden konnten - Fehlerbehebungen für Google Drive Sync

  • 1.1.3

    - Fehler bei der Leseliste behoben

  • 1.1.4

    - Kleine Fehler behoben - Designanpassungen

  • 1.1.5

    - Kleinere Fehler behoben

  • 1.1.6

    - Fehler mit Google Drive behoben - Kleinere Designfehler behoben

  • 1.1.7

    Es können jetzt monatliche und jährliche Rückblicke erstellt werden. Diese können schnell bei Instagram oder anderen Social Media Apps gepostet werden. Die Übersichten kannst du über den Teilen Button in der entsprechenden Statistik erstellen.

  • 1.1.8

    - Fehler beim Monthly Recap behoben

  • 1.1.9

    - Fehler in der Bücher Datenbank behoben, wodurch keine Suche mehr gestartet werden konnte

  • 2.0.0

    Welcome to ShelfBuddy 2.0 – our biggest update yet! • All-new “Paper & Ink” design – warm, calm and made for reading • “Continue Reading” right on the home screen • New Reading List: plan what to read next • Follow your favorite authors & get notified about new releases • Shareable Reading Recap (Feed & Story) • Redesigned reading statistics with monthly and yearly overviews • Borrowed & Lent tracking with reminders • Cloud sync via iCloud or Google Drive • Faster search and lots of refinements Happy reading!

  • 2.0.1

    What's new in this version: Audiobooks: Manage your audiobooks too: add them easily via Audible search, organize them in dedicated shelves and your listening list, track narrator and length, and keep an overview with listening stats. Improved book search • If the book database is temporarily unavailable, the app now automatically falls back to an alternative source – so you can always find your books. • German and other localized editions now show the correct title and cover. • When a book has no description in your language, it's translated automatically (marked "Übersetzung").

  • 2.0.2

    • Track your progress: pages read or time listened. • Add covers straight from the camera – no gallery detour. • New filters in search & Discover: genre (incl. manga), books or audiobooks. • Create a book right from the search if it isn't found. • Audiobooks on your wishlist. • Better data for German editions, plus translator credits you can edit. • Hide audiobooks completely if you only read books. • More reliable cloud sync and many fixes.

  • 2.0.3

    - Rate books with half-stars, in a redesigned rating sheet. - More book covers are now found automatically. - New shelf icons and the ability to reorder shelves. - Badges show whether a search result is a book or audiobook. - Set a return due date with an optional reminder when lending a book. - You can now specify the name of the person a book was lent to. - Further refinements to the new "Paper & Ink" design. - Minor bug fixes.

  • 2.0.4

    - Multiple libraries can now be managed, e.g. a personal library and one for the whole family - Multiple books can be marked in shelves and moved in parallel - Shelves can be sorted by various criteria, including manually - Audiobooks: Listening progress can now be shown either as remaining time or as time already elapsed - Series can now be entered in the metadata of books - Date of acquisition/purchase can be recorded – optionally with a comment - Fixed a bug where previously deleted books could not be added again

  • 2.0.6

    - An import feature has been integrated, which allows libraries to be imported from other providers. More providers will be added gradually - Export and back up your ShelfBuddy library/libraries. Import them on another device - The overview now shows the currently listened-to audiobook alongside the currently read book - Monthly statistics for books have been redesigned and aligned with audiobooks - Book statistics now include the average reading time per book - Small adjustments to the Goodreads import, increasing robustness

  • 2.0.7

    New in ShelfBuddy 2.0.7: • Better English search — Searching for English titles returns more complete and accurate results. • Dutch books — Searching for Dutch titles and authors now brings back noticeably better matches, and more Dutch books now show their cover. • Libraries can now also be imported from StoryGraph • Polish & fixes — The app remembers the tab you last had open, special characters display correctly on your wishlist, and notifications look cleaner. Thanks for using ShelfBuddy — we'd love to hear your feedback!

  • 2.0.8

    - Wishlist export now also includes ISBN - Autocorrect has been disabled for search, as it was frequently changing names incorrectly - "Continue reading" for books & audiobooks can now contain multiple entries. Swipe to browse through them - If a book has multiple genres, they are now displayed correctly - Shelves can now also be sorted by genre - Buy buttons now lead to Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Amazon.nl, depending on the device's region - There's now a guided tour explaining the app's basic features. Existing users can view the tour via Settings - Fred has been introduced as the mascot. You'll encounter him in various places throughout the app

  • 2.0.9

    - Alongside the Lent and Borrowed lists, there is now a "Given Away" list as well. You can move books there that you have sold or given away, for example. - There is now a Reado import too. Please note: unlike Goodreads and StoryGraph, the export file unfortunately has to be requested from Reado's customer support. The process is documented inside ShelfBuddy. - Price and source can now optionally be recorded for books - Settings, sortings, the order of your shelves and the authors you follow are now included in cloud sync and in the backup. After a reinstall everything is back - not just your books. - Minor bugs fixed (including the "Back" button in the guided tour)

  • 2.1.0

    - Improved the display in various situations: - when the navigation bar is enabled on Android devices - when larger text or display zoom is used - on small phones such as the iPhone SE - Fixed a rare error when exporting the wishlist - Custom covers are now reliably shown in the recap as well In addition, for borrowed books you can now optionally record who you borrowed the book from.

  • 2.1.1 · 6 Aug 2026

    - Reading sessions: Start a session, track your reading time, and capture notes & thoughts – exportable and shareable with friends. - Editing book details is now more intuitive - Reading progress now also shown as a percentage - Minor bugs fixed

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