Shelf Downloads & RevenueShelf: music, books, movies · App Store & Google Play
Shelf: music, books, movies gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Shelf: music, books, movies by Koodos, Inc. is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Shelf: music, books, movies update history & changes
Last change · 71 events since 26 Jul 2023Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 71 events
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA, TR, ZA
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA, TR, ZA
- 📦Shelf: music, books, movies updated to version 8.149.7iOSWe never stop making bug fixes and small improvements to the app. See anything weird? Reach out to us directly in the app — we'll be on it!
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA, TR, ZA
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA, TR, ZA
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA, TR, ZA
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies new best rank in the overall chart: #13iOSTop Free · All Apps · PL
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA, TR, ZA
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies new best rank in the overall chart: #26iOSTop Free · All Apps · PL
- 📦Shelf: music, books, movies updated to version 8.148.15iOSWe never stop making bug fixes and small improvements to the app. See anything weird? Reach out to us directly in the app — we'll be on it!
- 📦Shelf: music, books, movies: now updating weeklyiOS4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA, TR, ZA
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA, TR, ZA
- 📦Shelf: music, books, movies updated to version 2.80.1AndroidNo release notes
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA, TR, ZA
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · VN
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · TR
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies charting in a new countryAndroidTurkey
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA, TR, ZA
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies entered the top 100iOSTop Free · All Apps · VN
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA, TR, ZA
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies entered the top 10iOSTop Free · Utilities · IT
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA, TR, ZA
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · DE
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies charting in a new countryAndroidGermany
- ✏️Shelf: music, books, movies: content notes changediOS+ Infrequent/Mild Contests − Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
- ✏️Shelf: music, books, movies: app got biggeriOS81 MB → 95 MB (+17%)
- 📦Shelf: music, books, movies updated to version 8.139.1iOSWe never stop making bug fixes and small improvements to the app. See anything weird? Reach out to us directly in the app — we'll be on it!
- 📦Shelf: music, books, movies updated to version 2.77.18AndroidNo release notes
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · ID
- 📦Shelf: music, books, movies updated to version 8.126.1iOSWe never stop making bug fixes and small improvements to the app. See anything weird? Reach out to us directly in the app — we'll be on it!
- 📦Shelf: music, books, movies updated to version 2.76.8AndroidNo release notes
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · TW
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · US
- 📦Shelf: music, books, movies updated to version 8.112.1iOSWe never stop making bug fixes and small improvements to the app. See anything weird? Reach out to us directly in the app — we'll be on it!
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · SE
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies charting in a new countryAndroidSweden
- 📦Shelf: music, books, movies: now updating weeklyAndroid4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · TW
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies charting in a new countryAndroidTaiwan
- 📊Shelf: music, books, movies: downloads up ×6.5 in a weekiOSabout 1k a day now (our estimate)
- 📦Shelf: music, books, movies updated to version 2.74.4AndroidNo release notes
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · VN
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies charting in a new countryAndroidVietnam
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies entered the top 100 in 4 chartsAndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · ES · Top Free · Books & Reference · GB · Top Free · Books & Reference · MX · Top Free · Books & Reference · TH
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies charting in a new country in 4 chartsAndroidSpain · United Kingdom · Mexico · Thailand
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies entered the top 10iOSTop Free · Utilities · KR
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA, TR
- 📦Shelf: music, books, movies updated to version 2.69.1AndroidNo release notes
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA, TR
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · JP
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA, TR
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Free · Books & Reference · AE · Top Free · Books & Reference · SA
- 📈Shelf: music, books, movies charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidJapan · Saudi Arabia
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA, TR
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA, TR
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA, TR
- 🆕Shelf: music, books, movies first spotted by AppInsideriOS#60 in Top Free · Utilities · Brazil
- 📦Shelf: music, books, movies version 2.0.22iOSWe never stop making bug fixes and small improvements to the app. See anything weird? Reach out to us directly in the app — we'll be on it!
- 🆕Shelf: music, books, movies first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidFrance
- 🌟Shelf: music, books, movies featured by AppleiOSapps · AE, SA
- 📦Shelf: music, books, movies updated to version 2.68.2AndroidNo release notes
- 📦Shelf: music, books, movies version 2.63.0AndroidNo release notes
- 🆕Shelf: music, books, movies released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕Shelf: music, books, movies released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Books & Reference FreeShelf: music, books, movies at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-11. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Shelf is a free utility app that aggregates user activity from major media platforms like Spotify, Netflix, and Goodreads into a single personal profile to track cultural consumption habits. The app currently ranks #2 in the South Korean Utilities Free chart, indicating strong regional traction for its data-aggregation features despite being categorized as a utility rather than entertainment.
Similar apps: Letterboxd, Goodreads, Last.fm
App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Shelf: music, books, movies’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 5 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v2.0.0, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Shelf: music, books, movies downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 5k+ | 500k+ |
| Google Play | 5k+ | 1M+ Measured |
| Total | 10k+ Confidence | 1M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Shelf: music, books, movies's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Subscription-led
How Shelf: music, books, movies makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Weekly Insight subscription |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #40 Utilities Free | 8 of 30 countries | #88 | – |
| Google Play | #19 Books & Reference Free | 14 of 23 countries | #115 | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisGrowing fastest in Indonesia ▲ +150% · 
Poland ▲ +125% · 
Saudi Arabia ▲ +125%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
 United States | 106 | 46% | – |
 Brazil | 36 | 15% | ▲ +6% |
 United Kingdom | 19 | 8% | ▲ +60% |
 France | 14 | 6% | ▲ +32% |
 Italy | 10 | 4% | ▲ +80% |
 Germany | 9.5 | 4% | ▼ -18% |
 Canada | 9 | 4% | ▼ -19% |
 Australia | 8 | 3% | ▲ +27% |
| Indonesia | 6.5 | 3% | ▲ +150% |
| Poland | 6 | 3% | ▲ +125% |
| Saudi Arabia | 6 | 3% | ▲ +125% |
 South Korea | 3.1 | 1% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.6 ★ | 4.2k |
| Google Play | 4.8 ★ | 8.6k 249 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.7 ★ weighted by ratings | 13k |
What users say about Shelf: music, books, movies
From the 74 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the app's concept for tracking media consumption and its aesthetic customization options. However, significant dissatisfaction exists regarding data accuracy, frequent syncing bugs, and limited platform integrations.
Mixed but leaning positive (61% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for syncing, and its features and content. The main complaints are about connection and sync problems, and login and account problems.
What people like
- Connection & sync: “We need more apps to connect”
- Features & content: “Good app way and it has really good features for free”
- Fun: “It’s fun and useful, but there are a few issues”
- Ease of use: “It’s easy to use, well-designed, and has such a nice concept”
Common complaints
- Connection & sync: “Doesn’t sync well and honestly the design is too complex”
- Login & account: “After setting up my account, I found pinterest isn’t even an available app to connect?”
- Ads: “I downloaded the app to hopefully connect my pinterest account, as they advertised that this was possible”
- Updates: “i used to really love using this app last year but haven’t since it updated 💔😞”
About Shelf: music, books, movies
Connect Spotify, Netflix, Apple Music, Letterboxd, Goodreads, and more. Shelf automatically organizes what you watch, read, listen to, play & more into one evolving profile.
-See your taste from every angle.
-View your top artists and genres.
-Scroll a chronological history of what you’ve watched and read.
-Keep a living record of your cultural life.
Get personalized recaps
-Weekly and monthly summaries show what defined your time and how your taste shifts.
Unlock experiences powered by your Shelf
-Dive into insights, comparisons, trend breakdowns, and evolving tools built around your data. The more complete your Shelf, the more you can access.
Browse friends’ Shelves
-See what people you care about are into and explore their taste across categories.
Customize your profile
-Personalize your Shelf so it reflects who you are.
Your data, on your terms
-Private by default. You control what’s connected and what’s visible. Your history stays yours.
-We safeguard your data with cutting-edge encryption tech.
-The creators of Shelf are pioneers behind people taking back control of their data from the big platforms. We’re data rights activists and will fight (and build) until we all have control and ownership over our own data (see more here: https://share.shelf.im/data-rights).
Shelf grows with you.
-The more you add, the clearer the patterns become. The more complete your Shelf, the more it understands your taste.
-It’s not another recommendation feed or social app. It’s a living record of what you’ve been into— and what that says about you.
Shelf is created by a team in NYC and loved by people across the world! Featured in TechCrunch, Business Insider, Harvard Business Review and more.
Follow along for updates and memes: @getashelf
Shelf: music, books, movies App Store
Shelf: music, books, movies gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Shelf: music, books, movies is #88 in Utilities Free in United States and charting in 8 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
25 Sep 2026 Utilities FreeShelf: music, books, movies at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-11. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Shelf is a free utility app that aggregates user activity from major media platforms like Spotify, Netflix, and Goodreads into a single personal profile to track cultural consumption habits. The app currently ranks #2 in the South Korean Utilities Free chart, indicating strong regional traction for its data-aggregation features despite being categorized as a utility rather than entertainment.
Similar apps: Letterboxd, Goodreads, Last.fm
Shelf: music, books, movies on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Shelf: music, books, movies’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 5 linked to your identity and 1 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Shelf: music, books, movies downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Shelf: music, books, movies's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Shelf: music, books, movies before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How Shelf: music, books, movies makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Weekly Insight subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | UtilitiesFree | #88 |
| United Kingdom | UtilitiesFree | #105 |
| Indonesia | UtilitiesFree | #40 |
| Germany | UtilitiesFree | #143 |
| Italy | UtilitiesFree | #132 |
| Brazil | UtilitiesFree | #186 |
| Poland | All AppsFree | #192 |
| Saudi Arabia | UtilitiesFree | #157 |
Apps near Shelf: music, books, movies on the chart
Utilities Free, around #88.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisGrowing fastest in Indonesia ▲ +150% · Poland ▲ +125% · Saudi Arabia ▲ +125%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 106 | 46% | – |
| Brazil | 36 | 15% | ▲ +6% |
| United Kingdom | 19 | 8% | ▲ +60% |
| France | 14 | 6% | ▲ +32% |
| Italy | 10 | 4% | ▲ +80% |
| Germany | 9.5 | 4% | ▼ -18% |
| Canada | 9 | 4% | ▼ -19% |
| Australia | 8 | 3% | ▲ +27% |
| Indonesia | 6.5 | 3% | ▲ +150% |
| Poland | 6 | 3% | ▲ +125% |
| Saudi Arabia | 6 | 3% | ▲ +125% |
| South Korea | 3.1 | 1% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Shelf: music, books, movies
From the 74 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the app's concept for tracking media consumption and its aesthetic customization options. However, significant dissatisfaction exists regarding data accuracy, frequent syncing bugs, and limited platform integrations.
Mixed but leaning positive (61% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for syncing, and its features and content. The main complaints are about connection and sync problems, and login and account problems.
What people like
- Connection & sync: “We need more apps to connect”
- Features & content: “Good app way and it has really good features for free”
- Fun: “It’s fun and useful, but there are a few issues”
- Ease of use: “It’s easy to use, well-designed, and has such a nice concept”
Common complaints
- Connection & sync: “Doesn’t sync well and honestly the design is too complex”
- Login & account: “After setting up my account, I found pinterest isn’t even an available app to connect?”
- Ads: “I downloaded the app to hopefully connect my pinterest account, as they advertised that this was possible”
- Updates: “i used to really love using this app last year but haven’t since it updated 💔😞”
About Shelf: music, books, movies
Connect Spotify, Netflix, Apple Music, Letterboxd, Goodreads, and more. Shelf automatically organizes what you watch, read, listen to, play & more into one evolving profile.
-See your taste from every angle.
-View your top artists and genres.
-Scroll a chronological history of what you’ve watched and read.
-Keep a living record of your cultural life.
Get personalized recaps
-Weekly and monthly summaries show what defined your time and how your taste shifts.
Unlock experiences powered by your Shelf
-Dive into insights, comparisons, trend breakdowns, and evolving tools built around your data. The more complete your Shelf, the more you can access.
Browse friends’ Shelves
-See what people you care about are into and explore their taste across categories.
Customize your profile
-Personalize your Shelf so it reflects who you are.
Your data, on your terms
-Private by default. You control what’s connected and what’s visible. Your history stays yours.
-We safeguard your data with cutting-edge encryption tech.
-The creators of Shelf are pioneers behind people taking back control of their data from the big platforms. We’re data rights activists and will fight (and build) until we all have control and ownership over our own data (see more here: https://share.shelf.im/data-rights).
Shelf grows with you.
-The more you add, the clearer the patterns become. The more complete your Shelf, the more it understands your taste.
-It’s not another recommendation feed or social app. It’s a living record of what you’ve been into— and what that says about you.
Shelf is created by a team in NYC and loved by people across the world! Featured in TechCrunch, Business Insider, Harvard Business Review and more.
Follow along for updates and memes: @getashelf
Latest updates
Store changes
What Shelf: music, books, movies changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
More from Koodos, Inc.
Shelf — what’s on yours? Android
Shelf — what’s on yours? gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Shelf — what’s on yours? is #32 in Books & Reference Free on Google Play in United Kingdom and charting in 14 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Books & Reference FreeShelf — what’s on yours? at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Shelf is a social media and tracking app for Gen Z and millennial users to log, visualize, and share their current consumption of books, music, and films. The app has achieved strong traction in the Books & Reference category across diverse markets including Vietnam, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Indonesia, Sweden, Germany, the UK, Thailand, Taiwan, and Saudi Arabia, with particularly high rankings in Southeast Asia and Latin America.
Similar apps: Letterboxd, Goodreads, StoryGraph
Shelf — what’s on yours? on Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v2.0.0, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Shelf — what’s on yours? downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Shelf — what’s on yours?'s downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Shelf — what’s on yours? before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How Shelf — what’s on yours? makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Weekly Insight subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Books & ReferenceFree | #32 |
| United States | Books & ReferenceFree | #115 |
| Brazil | Books & ReferenceFree | #25 |
| Germany | Books & ReferenceFree | #65 |
 Mexico | Books & ReferenceFree | #29 |
| France | Books & ReferenceFree | #74 |
 Spain | Books & ReferenceFree | #41 |
| Indonesia | Books & ReferenceFree | #38 |
 Turkey | Books & ReferenceFree | #27 |
 India | Books & ReferenceFree | #90 |
| Vietnam | Books & ReferenceFree | #19 |
| Saudi Arabia | Books & ReferenceFree | #87 |
 Thailand | Books & ReferenceFree | #45 |
 United Arab Emirates | Books & ReferenceFree | #123 |
Apps near Shelf — what’s on yours? on the chart
Books & Reference Free, around #32.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Shelf — what’s on yours?
From the 119 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly praise the app's aesthetic design and fun personality quizzes, describing it as cozy and visually appealing. However, significant complaints focus on forced account linking requirements, data accuracy issues, and dissatisfaction with recent UI color changes.
Mixed but leaning positive (71% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and its features and content. The main complaints are about login and account problems, and connection and sync problems. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Fun: “the quizzes are a very fun addition”
- Features & content: “My issue is that it has very little options for linking apps”
- Login & account: “I cannot connect my Spotify Account :(”
- Connection & sync: “I cannot connect my Spotify Account :(”
Common complaints
- Login & account: “Not so fond of making a new account over and over”
- Connection & sync: “you need to connect to Spotify or YouTube music to keep going with the sign up process”
- Updates: “Hoping for an update fixing the bugs soon, will review again once it's fixed”
- Crashes & bugs: “please sort it out 😭 it keeps saying Error 400”
About Shelf — what’s on yours?
Capture what you're watching, reading, or listening to as you go throughout the week.
Get an end-of-the-week recap, and see how your taste is changing over the weeks. Take full control over what you showcase on your shelf — and finally prove how early you were to that artist.
Jump to a friend's shelf to see what they've been into & get notified when someone else is watching, reading or listening to the same thing as you this week!
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