The iCollect alternative built for comics, not 25 collectibles
One vertical, done right. File-based, vault-isolated, one-time price.
iCollect covers everything (coins, vinyl, Funkos, comics) from a single cloud app. That breadth is the trade-off: the "publisher" field of a comic shares a table with the "vintage year" of a wine, and desktop access lives behind the Pro tier. Shelf Republic does only comics, from the files you already have on disk.
Feature by feature
| iCollect Comics | Shelf Republic | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | 25+ collectible types | Comics only |
| Source of truth | Cloud database | Your folders on disk |
| Desktop | Requires Pro | Native desktop, first-class |
| Niche taxonomy | US-centric fields (UPC, variant) | Per-vault fields: BD ≠ manga ≠ Marvel |
| Migration | Manual entry or import | None, just point at a folder |
| Pricing | Subscription | One-time |
Vaults keep your worlds apart. A dessinateur in your European vault never pollutes your Marvel issue numbers. Manga stacks read right-to-left without bending fields built for US single issues.
When iCollect Comics is the better fit
You collect many kinds of things and want one app for all of them.
When Shelf Republic is the better fit
Comics are the thing and you want them treated as more than row 14 in a generic collectibles table.
Common questions
- Does it handle European albums and manga?
- Yes. Each vault has its own fields and stack rules, so an intégrale and a tankōbon aren't forced into a US comic schema.
Point Shelf Republic at your folder. See your covers in 30 seconds. One-time price, no account, your files stay yours.