THE SHELFNo. 1
Every book you own, as a spine
Scan the barcode on the back and the book is catalogued: author, year, a call number. Thick books get thick spines. Bringing a library over from Goodreads or StoryGraph takes a minute.
Just read.
Shelve the books you own. Pull one down when you have an hour. We’ll keep the records, the way a good library does.
No streaks. No feed. No AI. Just you and the book.
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Middlemarch
Piranesi
Lent · Sarah
Bluets
East of Eden
The Remains of the Day
The Dispossessed
Gilead
Stoner
Giovanni’s Room
What’s inside
Four parts of one libraryTHE DESKNo. 2
Sit down with a book
Keep up to three books on the desk. Pick one, pick a sound, and read. The timer keeps time so you don’t have to, and the Lock Screen keeps it company.
Rain on glassFireplaceCaféGentle stream
THE CATALOGNo. 3
A card for every book you finish
Finish a book and it gets a number, filed in a drawer by year. Share the card, or the whole year, bound in the colors of your edition.
Sittings9
Time6h 3m
FinishedOct 24
THE COMMONPLACE BOOKNo. 4
Lines worth copying down
When you close the book, keep a line. Type it, or point the camera at the page and lift it straight off. It's read on your iPhone and never uploaded.
“In his extremity he wondered if he had been a good teacher.”
What it won’t do
House rules- No streaksMiss a week. Nothing breaks, nothing nags.
- No feedNobody else’s reading, no likes, no followers.
- No AIEvery word in the app was written by a person.
- No accountsYour library follows your Apple ID.
- No trackingNo ads or analytics in the app. We never see your library.
- No lock-inExport everything as a spreadsheet, any time.
Library card
The shelf, the timer and the catalog stay free.
Your records are kept either way. A library card, by the year, the month or for life, adds the rest.
- Every soundscape, layered and mixed, and saved mixes
- Editions: your whole library rebound in a new palette, app icon included
- Your pace, your rhythm, and how long the To read pile will really take
- The full year in books, with share slides