Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Shelvy Books
Hey HN! I built a little side project I wanted to share. Shelvy is a free, visual bookshelf app where you can organize books you're reading, want to read, or have finished. Sign in to save your own collection. Not monetized, no ads, no tracking beyond basic auth. Just a fun weekend project that grew a bit. Live: https://shelvybooks.com Would love any feedback on the UX or feature ideas!
Shelvy Books is a free visual bookshelf application that lets users organize and track books they are reading, want to read, or have finished. Users sign in to save their personal collections. The app contains no ads… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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2019 · stack.app · its alternatives →
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Bookstash▲512Get the essentials of top books in under 3 minutes
2021 · bookstash.io · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, cofounder of Readwise here. We've been working on this cross-platform reader app for about 2 years, excited to finally share it in public beta. Probably the most notable thing that makes Reader unique is that it supports almost any content type you could want to save/read/highlight: * web pages * emails/newsletters * PDFs * ePubs * twitter threads * youtube videos (with transcripts) * RSS feeds With all of your knowledge content in one place, we built powerful reading and highlighting, as well as a bunch of novel triage/organization features, so you can actually…
2022 · readwise.io · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I know reading books isn’t everyone’s thing, but it’s certainly been mine for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately, I felt like the online book space was missing a platform that does the book community justice. Goodreads is the go-to "social platform", but if you've been on Goodreads before, you'll probably agree that it's not all that social, and overall not all that exciting. So I set out to build what I personally was looking for (but could never find). The goal: to give the book community a more social and streamlined alternative to Goodreads or StoryGraph. We also felt like…
2022 · booqsi.com · its alternatives →
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Writebook▲318Instantly publish your own books on the web for free
2024 · once.com · its alternatives →
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Summarize▲256Remember the books you read through organized notes 📚
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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3D animated bookshelf for ebooks. Contribute to mawise/bookshelf development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Organize your books, track your reading and write reviews
2023 · pascio.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Hi folks, I've launched "Booky" - app for organizing notes from books you read. App Store: https://apps.apple.com/pl/app/booky-organize-books-notes/id1492092565 With the app you can: 1. Snap picture of the book while you're reading it 2. Quickly highlight your favorite quotes 3. Sync your book shelf with Goodreads 4. Search in the notes you scanned Promo video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lfnwb8cvi5oyfd9/preview.mov?dl=0 Those features are similar to what you might find in ebooks apps but the app enables you to do that with physical books.…
2019 · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I've been working on BookWith, an open-source e-book reader that integrates AI as your reading companion. The problem: Traditional e-readers are passive. When you encounter something unclear, you have to context-switch to search for it. Your highlights and notes remain isolated, and you can't easily connect ideas across different books. My solution: BookWith embeds an AI that maintains full context of what you're reading. It features: - Context-aware AI chat: Ask questions about the current page/chapter and get instant answers - AI podcast generation: Automatically converts book…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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BookNotion▲108Easily save Kindle highlights in Notion for free
2023 · en.booknotion.site · its alternatives →
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Digital Bookshelf ▲127A Notion space to store your content, notes and learnings.
2022 · hdfocal.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Track, organize, and *actually* remember what you read w/ AI
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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My story: I founded this a couple of years ago because my school (I was 11/12 at the time) had recently purchased a library system which was horrible and ugly. I thought it could be made much better, so I coded for months on end to get this product working. I submitted this to a TV competition on national TV and got the opportunity to pitch this product in front of 500,000 viewers. I received a bursary of €2,000 from the show and used that money to grow the business. Currently the business is thriving and is growing rapidly. I'd really appreciate any feedback you might have. Thanks, Shane
2013 · libramatic.com · its alternatives →
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Bookov▲126A platform for book lovers who value their collections
2025 · bookov.app · its alternatives →
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