Shelf of Mind: Home Library
Your home library, organised
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
The books you chose to live with. Scan a barcode and the book is on your shelf. Your unread books now have a name: the antilibrary.
Shelf of Mind keeps the books you chose to live with: what you read, what waits, who borrowed it and where every copy lives.
ADD BOOKS IN SECONDS
• Scan the ISBN barcode with your camera, or type it in.
• Search by title or author. Shelf of Mind finds the cover and details for you.
• Add any book by hand when it is not online.
• Scan many barcodes in a row, add a whole shelf from one photo, or find a book by its cover.
• Batch scanning tells you what happened with every barcode: added, already on the list, already in your library, not found, or not a book barcode. The camera reads barcodes held close.
KNOW YOUR READING
• Mark each book as To Read, Reading or Read.
• See your library at a glance: number of books, authors, and how your reading is split.
• See your top authors and open all their books with one tap.
• The antilibrary: see how many books still wait, and since when.
• Home screen widgets, Siri and Spotlight keep your library at hand.
• The Journal, in Discover: essays on reading, owning and keeping, in your language.
KNOW WHERE EVERY COPY IS
• Place each book in a room, a bookcase and a shelf.
• Open Places to see your books the way they stand at home: room by room, shelf by shelf.
• Place many books at once.
KEEP TRACK OF SPECIAL COPIES
• Mark books you received as a gift, and from whom.
• Mark books you lent, and to whom, so they come back.
• Mark copies signed by the author.
• Add a return date to a lent book. A quiet reminder comes on that day.
• Keep a wish list. "Do I own this?" checks a barcode in the bookshop.
• Why it stays: one line per book on why you keep it.
ORGANISE YOUR WAY
• Sort books into main category, form and genre, like a bookshop.
• Change, add or remove any category, room or shelf.
• Filter by reading status, language, category, gift, lent or signed.
• Update many books at once with bulk actions. Select all selects the filtered list, with an "X of Y selected" count.
SHARE IF YOU WANT
• Choose who sees your library: Only me (the default), Approved followers or Everyone. Approved followers ask to follow you, and you approve each one.
• Visitors see your books, read-only. Lending names, return dates, "gift from", "borrowed from", inscriptions and notes stay private to you.
• Each library has its own web page at shelfofmind.com/u/yourname. Reading status is not shown there.
• Find readers by name or username and follow their libraries.
• Report or block any library.
• One Share button on the home card. Share story images: your library card, your antilibrary cover, What your shelves say and your year in books. Shared images are always light; the app itself follows dark mode.
• See what the readers you follow add. Borrow requests stay off until you turn them on, and only readers who follow you back can send them.
SIMPLE AND PRIVATE
• Sign in with Apple or with email.
• Available in English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish and Turkish.
• No ads and no tracking.
• Delete your account and all your data at any time in the app.
SHELF OF MIND PRO
The free plan holds 150 books. Pro removes the limit: monthly, yearly or one purchase for life. Subscriptions renew automatically until you cancel them at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings.
Terms of Use: https://shelfofmind.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://shelfofmind.com/privacy
Questions? Write to hello@shelfofmind.com.
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BookNest is now Shelf of Mind. New name, new look, same library.
• A new icon and a quieter, editorial design.
• The antilibrary: your unread books get a count and a year.
• Add faster: scan many barcodes in a row, add books from one shelf photo, or find a book by its cover.
• Places: home, office, rooms, bookcases and shelves. Place many books at once.
• Owned, wish list, borrowed or once owned. "Do I own this?" checks a barcode in the bookshop.
• Follow readers, see what they add, and mark a post as Noted.
• Borrow requests, only if you turn them on and only between readers who follow each other.
• Return dates for lent books, with a quiet reminder.
• Why it stays: one line per book on why you keep it.
• Home screen widgets, Siri and Spotlight.
• Who sees your library: Only me (the default), Approved followers or Everyone. With Approved followers, readers ask and you approve.
• Visitors see your books. Lending names, return dates, "gift from", "borrowed from", inscriptions and notes stay private to you. Reading status is not shown on the web page.
• Each library has its own web page at shelfofmind.com/u/yourname.
• Batch scanning tells you what happened with every barcode: added, already on the list, already in your library, not found, or not a book barcode. The camera reads barcodes held close.
• One Share button on the home card. Share story images: your library card, your antilibrary cover, What your shelves say and your year in books.
• Shared images are always light. The home screen follows dark mode.
• Select all selects the filtered list, with an "X of Y selected" count.
• The Journal: essays on reading, owning and keeping. Open it from Discover, in your language.
• Sign in with Apple. Now in English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish and Turkish.
• Shelf of Mind Pro: the free plan holds 150 books. Pro has room for all of them.
The developer, ZenithApp, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
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Information
- Seller
- Zenithalig
- Size
- 20.6 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 5 more
- English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Turkish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Pro Lifetime $44.99
- Pro Monthly $2.99
- Pro Yearly $17.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Zenithalig
