
Shellf
AI-powered book discovery and reading insights
Details
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- @jaysonrobinsonLinkedIn
- Categories
- Mobile AppsAI
- Use Cases
- Book RecommendationsReading Insights
- Target Audience
- Non-Technical UsersBook ReadersBibliophiles
- Pricing
- Freemium from $18
- Platforms
- Mobile
- Featured in
- Best Book Recommendations ToolsBest Reading Insights ToolsBest Tools for Book ReadersBest Tools for Bibliophiles
- Alternative To
GoodreadsSStorygraph
About Shellf
Shellf is a book tracker built for people who take their reading seriously β the kind who finish 50+ books a year, keep mental notes on prose style, and have outgrown Goodreads. Three things Shellf does differently: **Recommendations that actually know your taste.** Most book apps recommend whatever's popular. Shellf's AI is trained on YOUR library, ratings, tags, and notes. It recognises the patterns of what tickles your senses and finds books that match. The more you rate, the sharper it gets. **Reading insights that tell you something.** Free tools show you what happened: pages read, books finished, a pie chart of genres. Shellf Plus tells you what it means. Your reader archetype. The taste clusters hiding in your library. How your reading compares to other serious readers. What your ratings reveal about what you actually value in a book. **A beautiful shelf you'll want to open.** Dark, textured, typographic β designed to feel like a private library, not a social network. No feeds, no streaks, no gamification. Just your books, your data, and tools that respect your attention. **Who it's for:** - Readers who track everything and want their tools to keep up - Goodreads refugees tired of a stagnant product owned by Amazon - StoryGraph users who want sharper recommendations and better design - Anyone curious about the shape of their own reading life **Pricing:** - Free: track unlimited books, unlimited custom shelves, review, basic stats, 100 AI credits - Shellf Pro: $18/year β 2,000 AI credits, advanced insights, your annual Year in Books report Built by a solo creator who's wife begged him to build her an app that actually did she she wanted. Android now, iOS soon. Import via Goodreads direct, or via CSV.
Product Insights
Shellf is an AI-powered mobile book tracker available for Android that provides deep reading analytics and personalized recommendations for bibliophiles. The platform offers a choice between a free tier with 100 AI credits and a Pro subscription for advanced reader archetypes and reporting.
- AI-driven recommendations based on personal library ratings, tags, and notes.
- Advanced insights that define reader archetypes and taste clusters.
- Flexible data portability with direct Goodreads and CSV import support.
- Ad-free, dark-themed interface focused on privacy without social gamification.
Ideal for: Book readers and bibliophiles who need a dedicated tool for tracking high volumes of books and discovering new titles through personal data analysis.
Shellf serves as a modern alternative to established book tracking platforms like Goodreads and Storygraph.
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Reviews (1)
Average 5.0 out of 5
Based on 1 review
Visuals and UX on point - easy and a joy to use - but the quality of the AI based recommendations are what makes it stand out






Comments (1)
This is my first (major) product to have built. Very proud of it and excited about bringing it to market.