A warm, unhurried home for your reading life — track what you're reading, keep every finished book, and let the shelf remember for you.
No streaks to protect. No numbers to chase. Free to start, and yours to keep.
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Free to download · iPhone · iOS 17 and later
Some books stay with you for years. Others slip away the moment you close the cover. Shelfd helps you hold onto both — a quiet record of everything you've read, and everything still waiting.
No streaks bullying you into one more page. No numbers turning your hobby into a job. Just a warm, well-kept shelf that celebrates finishing a book instead of measuring you against it.
Six ways Shelfd keeps your books close — and none of them involve a leaderboard.
Too many books, not enough decisions. Load up your shelf, give it a spin, and let fate choose your next read.
Flip through what you're reading now like reaching for a favorite from the shelf — your books, always at hand.
Coming from Goodreads or StoryGraph? Import your whole reading history with a single file and pick up where you left off.
See the shape of your taste — which genres you gravitate to, what you finish, and the quiet trends across your year.
Every finished book earns a stamp from the Archivist, who is keeping count — and is quietly more invested than he lets on.
Build shelves for classics, summer reads, or whatever catches your eye. Your collection, organized your way.
Fortunately, ours already volunteered.
The Archivist watches your reading life with great interest and grudging approval — stamping your achievements, keeping your records in impeccable order, and noting, for the file, exactly how long that book has been sitting unfinished.
He is very proud of you. He would never say so.
A quiet flameFor the late chapters.
Your recordsKept in impeccable order.
A place of your ownOn the shelf, always.
"Keep reading. That's all I ask."
— The Archivist
The Shelfd 52-Week Reading Quest — a physical journal made to sit beside the app. Fifty-two weekly quests across four themed chapters, a reflection for every book, and a collectible stamp waiting at the end of each week.
It arrives later this year. Join the waitlist and you'll be the first to hear when it's ready. Read more about the Quest →
Be the first to hear about app updates, new features, and the Shelfd Reading Quest journal. The occasional letter from people who think about books a little too much.