Your Books. Your Library. Your Privacy. BookShelves is a powerful eBook reader designed for readers who value both a beautiful reading experience and their privacy. No accounts. No tracking. Just you and your books. Discover Over 1.5 Million Free Books Access classics from Public Domain collections, professionally formatted editions from Standard Ebooks andrare texts from Internet Archive — all with one tap. Read Your Way Multiple themes: Light, Dark, Sepia, or match your system Highlight in 5 colors and add notes Bookmarks and table of contents navigation Multi-format support: EPUB, PDF, MOBI, AZW3, KEPUB Organize Effortlessly Smart shelves: Recently Added, Currently Reading, Finished, Favorites Create custom shelves and color-coded tags Search and filter your entire library instantly Sync Everywhere Your library, reading progress, highlights, and notes sync automatically across iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud. Pick up exactly where you left off. Privacy First No user accounts required. No analytics. No tracking. Your reading habits stay private — data lives on your devices and your iCloud, nowhere else. Free to Start Enjoy up to 10 books free with all core features. Unlock Pro for a one-time purchase — no subscriptions, ever. Pro Features Unlimited books in your library Send books to Kindle, Kobo, or reMarkable Export highlights to Markdown, JSON, or CSV
| Size | 29.9 MB |
|---|---|
| Initial release | |
| Price | |
| Platforms | Mac, iPhone, and iPad |
| Languages | English |
| Category | Books |
| Website | getbookshelves.app |
| Compatibility | |
|---|---|
| iPhone | Requires iOS 17.0 or later. |
| iPad | Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. |
| Mac | Requires macOS 14.0 or later. |
| Apple Vision | Requires visionOS 1.0 or later. |
App's data is regularly updated.
Last update:
Reader — Full right-to-left support for Arabic, Hebrew, and other RTL languages. Page direction, navigation, tap zones, swipe gestures, and the table of contents all follow the book's reading direction automatically. Reader — Lists, blockquotes, and table cells now render correctly in RTL books. CSS uses logical properties so layout adapts to any text direction. iCloud — Books stored in iCloud can now be opened, exported, and sent to KOReader without waiting for a manual download first. The app materializes cloud-only files on demand and shows a Cancel button if the download takes too long. iCloud — More reliable file handling across the board. Folder imports, cover repair, and the OPDS server all detect iCloud placeholders instead of silently skipping cloud-only books. Import — Files picked from iCloud Drive that haven't been downloaded yet are now fetched automatically before import, so cloud-only files no longer fail with a cryptic error. OPDS — A warning banner appears when a slow server can't load some entries, instead of silently dropping them. Stability — Replaced polling loops with event-driven downloads across code paths. Improved CloudKit sync diagnostics. General reliability improvements.