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Pageless vs ShelfDroid: catalog facts
Pageless	ShelfDroid
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Android	Android
Downloads audiobooks for offline listening Syncs listening progress to your own server	Offline listening from downloaded items Includes server and library management tasks
Requires a self-hosted Pageless server Android only	Requires your own Audiobookshelf server Android only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: AGPL-3.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	Account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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