MOBS — My Online Bookshelf is the cozy way to catalog your books, track what you want to read next, and build a beautiful virtual bookshelf that's truly yours.
Whether you're a casual reader or a serious collector, MOBS keeps your whole library organized and gorgeous — right in your pocket.
ADD BOOKS IN SECONDS
• Scan a barcode or search by title — MOBS pulls in the cover and details automatically
• Snap a photo of a cover when a book is hard to find
• Import your reading history from Goodreads, or any CSV (Audible, StoryGraph, and more)
• Add audiobooks straight from a screenshot of your library
• Track physical, Kindle, and audiobook editions of the same title
REAL BOOK SPINES
• See your shelves in real, photographed book spines — contributed by the MOBS community and matched to the books you own
• Flip to decorative sprayed edges for a whole different look
• Or stand your books cover-out, lay them flat, or stack them
THE READER'S JOURNAL
• Keep a private journal for every book you read
• Save favorite quotes with page numbers
• Snap a photo of a page and MOBS pulls the text in for you
• The Archive collects every entry and quote in one place
ORGANIZE YOUR WHOLE COLLECTION
• Sort by title, author, genre, or format
• Follow series and instantly spot the books you're missing
• Group standalone books into a series in a couple of taps
• Keep a to-be-read (TBR) list so you always know what's next
• Lending tracker — remember who borrowed what
BUILD & DECORATE YOUR SHELVES
• Create custom display shelves and arrange them your way
• Decorate with dozens of beautiful figures — dragons, globes, candles, plants, crystals, and more
MAKE IT YOURS
• 60 gorgeous themes that restyle the whole app — fonts, colors, and background art
• From cozy cottagecore to dark fantasy, dungeon crawler to celestial, find the look that fits your reading life
TRACK YOUR READING
• A reading calendar to log the days you read
• Streaks and a yearly reading goal to celebrate your progress
• Stats on your authors, genres, formats, and pages
SHARE YOUR SHELF
• Snap a clean, framed image of any shelf — with your theme's backdrop — and share it in one tap
YOUR LIBRARY, EVERYWHERE
• Use it free as a guest, or create an account to sync across your phone, tablet, and computer
• Export a backup of your library anytime
MOBS is free to use and made with love for book people. Start your shelf today!
Questions or ideas? Email us at mobsmyonlinebookshelf@gmail.com
It’s pretty cool and super easy to use. Love the way the shelves and libraries look and how easy it is to organize. I do have a few suggestions and 1 bug fix. Sorry if this gets long. Wasn’t sure where else to note these. Problem with selecting book covers. I select the right one but then a few minutes later it changes back to wrong cover. I finally got it fixed by adding a screen shot pic as my cover. It doesn’t happen on all books though. I found that all the library backgrounds all have to be the same. Would be awesome to be able to select different backgrounds for different libraries. When adding a book to multiple libraries, it’d be nice if the copied over with all the same selections. I found that I have to go in a re-rate them and select if read or is a TBR and what format the book is (hardcover or paperback etc)When adding a book manually, is there a way to add a synopsis? It’d be nice to have a notes area below the “stars” rating for each book just in case I want to remember something Finally, it’d be helpful to have button choices where you can select if you “own” the book, have “pre-ordered” (because I forget) the book or if it’s a wishlist book.
Developer Response
Thank you for such thoughtful feedback. Honestly the long ones are my favorite, because they help me build the right things. 💛-The notes area you wished for below the rating? It's live now. Update to the latest and you'll find the new Reader's Journal: notes and quotes for every book, with page numbers and even photo-to-text. You asked, and it's there. Click on your "Archive" and there will be new tabs to explore!📖-A couple you might already have: the Hunt tab tracks books you're chasing (including pre-orders and future releases) and TBR marks what's next, which covers a lot of your "own vs. pre-ordered vs. wishlist" idea. Your others (different backgrounds per library, carrying your format and read selections across libraries, and a synopsis on manual entries) are all on my list. And that cover-that-reverts bug? I found it, and a fix is coming in an upcoming update (thanks for the screenshot workaround, a great clue).-Really grateful you took the time. -Megan
Love it
xwhitah
Everything is actually free and you don’t have to pay crazy amounts to decorate your own shelf. You can easily customize your book shelf’s, your books cover, book spine and the background. You have the ability to scan your books you have to add to shelf and if wanted you can use your own picture of the book and spine to customize. You can add the books to series to easily sort through. If you don’t have a book for said series you can add the missing book to “hunt” aka the books you still need to buy. You also have the choice to have several different libraries as well, which I love. I get too have my physical library and my kindle library separated. Of course as most book apps you get to track what you read and the dates you read them as well as the rating you would give. I would like to say it would be nice they give you an option to add personal notes to the book you’ve read. I’ve also noticed a couple of time now while adding books and pictures my screen will zoom in and no way of correcting the issue other than exiting the app and restarting. Sorry this was a bit long but this app is definitely worth!!!
Developer Response
Thank you so much for this. I read every word, twice. 💛 You clearly explored every corner (separate physical and Kindle libraries, Hunt, your own spine photos, yes!), and it means the world that the "genuinely free, no paywall" part landed the way I hoped.-And the one thing you wished for, personal notes on your books? It's live now. Update to the latest version and you'll find the new Reader's Journal: dated notes and favorite quotes for every book, and you can even snap a photo of a page and it pulls the text in. You asked, and it's there. 📖-I also caught that zoom glitch you hit while adding books and photos. A fix is on the way in an upcoming update. Thank you for flagging it so clearly. - Megan
Crash
Book_Dragon33
Amazing idea and I would love to use this however the app crashed multiple times and it didn’t save I also would swipe out to pause and do something however it did the same thing. Multiple times I lost hours of progress because of this. Thats really my only complaint other than that the idea and execution of the rest of the app is great.
NEW — The Reader's Journal: keep a private reading journal for every book, save favorite quotes with page numbers, and even snap a photo of a page to pull the text in automatically.
NEW — 6 more themes, including a bold "Dungeon Crawler" look for LitRPG fans.
NEW — Import your library from a CSV (Audible, StoryGraph, and more), or add audiobooks straight from a screenshot.
NEW — Group your standalone books into a series in a couple of taps.
Fixes and polish, including a cover-photo cropping fix.
Thanks for reading with MOBS
Version 1.6
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Seller
Kyle Sloderbeck
Size
82.5 MB
Category
Books
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.