Your Medical Library
Stop drowning in scattered PDFs, WhatsApp notes, and Telegram files. MedShelf organizes your entire medical study library — by specialty, by topic, in seconds.
Every medical student knows the pain. Study material is scattered across dozens of apps, folders, and chats — and finding anything is a nightmare.
Professors share slides over WhatsApp. Study groups send PDFs on Telegram. Your study material is buried in chat history, impossible to find when you need it.
Downloads folder has 800 files. "Anatomy_final_FINAL_v3.pdf" is somewhere. You spend more time searching than studying.
Quick notes on phone notes app, WhatsApp self-chat, sticky notes, random notebooks — none of it connected to the topic you're studying.
3 days before exams, you realize half your study material is missing, in the wrong place, or buried under hundreds of unrelated files.
MedShelf is built specifically for medical students — it understands how you study, and organises everything the way your brain does.
Your Medical Library
Browse files the way your curriculum is structured — Anatomy, Pharmacology, Cardiology and 30+ more specialties with nested topics.
MedShelf scans WhatsApp, Telegram, Downloads, DCIM and more — bringing all your scattered medical files into one place with one tap.
Capture a thought instantly. Notes live inside their topic — so your Pharmacology note is always next to your Pharmacology files.
Import 50 files in one go. Select a folder, pick a destination specialty, done. MedShelf handles the rest.
Built from scratch for how medical students actually work — not a generic file manager with a coat of paint.
Preview PDF content without opening it. First-page thumbnails are rendered instantly so you know exactly what's inside before you tap.
Scan 11 directories including WhatsApp, Telegram, Downloads, DCIM and more. Filter by file type. Import directly to any topic.
Select multiple files or an entire folder at once. Assign them all to a specialty in one step. Progress bar so you know it's working.
One tap from the home screen to capture a note. No navigation needed. Notes are saved instantly and tagged to a topic.
Pre-loaded with Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Pathology, Cardiology, Neurology and 25+ more. Add custom topics too.
Easy on the eyes during late night study sessions. Toggle between light and dark from the home screen instantly.
Store lecture recordings and video files alongside your PDFs and notes. All your study material in one place.
Your files are stored locally in a MedShelf folder on your device. No forced cloud upload. You're in control.
Share any file directly from MedShelf to WhatsApp, email, or any other app. One tap, no digging through folders.
No complex setup. No account required to get started. Open the app and your library is ready.
Install from the Play Store. On first launch, a quick tutorial shows you the main features — takes about 30 seconds. You pick your specialty focus (MBBS, MD, Nursing etc.) so MedShelf shows the most relevant topics first.
Takes 30 secondsTap Search Device on the home screen. MedShelf scans your WhatsApp, Telegram, Downloads and all other common folders. You'll see every medical-looking file on your device. Tick the ones you want, pick a specialty, tap Import.
Finds files you forgot you hadFiles land in the correct specialty folder automatically. Tap Browse by Specialty or Browse by Topic on the home screen to navigate your library. Each specialty has sub-topics — e.g. Cardiology → ECG, Heart Failure, Valvular Disease.
Structure mirrors your curriculumSee something important during a lecture? Tap the Quick Note box on the home screen. Type your note, pick the topic, save. Your note appears instantly in that topic's file list alongside your PDFs.
Zero friction note captureOpen any specialty, see all your files and notes together with thumbnail previews. Tap a PDF to read it, tap a note to edit it. Everything is exactly where you expect it to be — organised the way your brain works.
Your library, your wayMedShelf is built on a simple principle: your study material belongs to you, not us.
Your files are stored in a MedShelf folder on your own device. No forced upload to any server.
We do not sell, share, or monetize your personal data or study materials. Ever.
Notes that sync via Firebase are encrypted in transit. Your study data is private.
Request full deletion of your account and all associated data at any time by emailing us.
Free to download. No subscription. No ads. Just a clean, fast medical study organizer built by a medical student, for medical students.
Available now on Android · iOS coming soon