Detail 1 · Shelf Scan
Thirty books. One photo. No cloud.
Point the camera at a shelf. Dogear reads the spines on your iPhone and draws each book onto your sheet, one by one.
- Recognition runs on the device
- The photo is not saved
- Nothing is uploaded
Sheet A1 · Home
Your shelf, drawn to scale.
Dogear is a reading tracker for iPhone. Scan a shelf, press a spine to start reading, log the page you stopped on. Everything stays on your phone.
Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play
Elevation · the shelf as a drawing
Spine width ∝ page count
- Unread
- Finished
- E-book
- In progress (red)
Details
Detail 2 · Sessions
Press a spine. Read. Log.
Long-press a book to start a session. The timer runs while you read. Press the spine again to stop, then enter the page you reached.
- Session timer
- Pages logged per session
- Reading streak in the title block
Detail 3 · Year sheet
A year, as a drawing.
Your pages for the year laid out as a dimension line against a goal, with the books you finished each month.
- Pages, books, sessions, best streak
- One cell per 500 pages
Detail 4 · Widget and dark mode
On the Home Screen. In the dark.
A Home Screen widget keeps your reading in view without opening the app. At night, the pencil drawing turns into a cyanotype print: blue sheet, white lines, the same red mark.
Sheet A3 · Specification
Privacy at a glance.
- Account
- None. Open the app and start.
- Network
- None. Dogear makes no network calls.
- Analytics · ads
- None. No third-party SDKs.
- Camera
- Shelf Scan only. Processed on the device; images are not saved or sent.
- Your data
- On your iPhone, shared only with Dogear’s own widget.
- Delete
- Delete the app and its data goes with it.
Sheet A4 · Revision 1 · Dogear Plus
Twenty books free. Then Plus.
Dogear is free for a shelf of up to 20 books. Dogear Plus removes the free shelf limit.
| Plan | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Yearly | $9.99 / yr | 7 days free |
| Monthly | $1.99 / mo | No trial |
| Lifetime | $19.99 | Pay once |
Prices in US dollars; local prices may differ. Payment is handled by Apple. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in Settings. Terms of Use.
Sheet A5 · Questions
Questions.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up and no login. Dogear works entirely on your iPhone.
Does Shelf Scan upload my photos?
No. The camera image is read on your iPhone to find book spines. It is not saved and not sent anywhere. Dogear makes no network calls at all.
What happens after 20 books?
The free shelf holds 20 books. Dogear Plus removes that limit. Everything you have already logged stays where it is.
How do I move to a new phone?
Dogear has no account or server, so your shelf lives on your iPhone. See Support for what to check before you switch.
Is there an Android version?
It is in development. Dogear is coming soon to the App Store and Google Play.