The Shingle Library
The Shingle Library is a members-only reference app for identifying asphalt roof shingles, including discontinued and retired lines, from the style, measured size and color. It produces PDF identification reports that adjusters and carriers can use, and it runs on iPhone, iPad and Android.
The app
Identify shingles. Find discontinued shingles. Name the shingle on any roof.
$10 a month with a 3-day free trial. iPhone and iPad, iOS 15.0 or later; Android.
Identify shingles and name the shingle on any roof
The Shingle Library is a members-only reference app for anyone who has to name the shingle on a roof: roofers matching a repair, inspectors documenting what is up there, adjusters working a claim, and homeowners trying to find out what they have.
You pick the style (3-tab, architectural, shangle or designer), enter the length, height or exposure you measured (within half an inch), and choose the color. The app returns ranked matches with swatches, each with its size history and the manufacturer’s own bulletins. If you already know the name, search lines and colors directly.
Find discontinued shingles and retired shingles
Every shingle line carries a status, so you can tell a current shingle from a discontinued one at a glance, and a timeline shows what was made when. When a repair has to match a retired shingle, the line record gives you the years it was produced, the sizes it came in, its colors and the manufacturer’s paperwork.
Lines change size over the years, so the library keeps the size history with the years attached. That is often what settles whether the shingle on a roof is the one you think it is.
PDF identification reports for adjusters and carriers
Adjusters and carriers regularly need help identifying a shingle before they can scope a repair or a replacement. Create an identification report from the line record, with every fact cited, and send it out as a PDF.
It is the paperwork that goes with the answer, ready to attach to a claim, an estimate or a supplement.
Pricing: $10 a month, with a 3-day free trial
Start your membership right in the app: a 3-day free trial, then $10 a month. On iPhone you restore purchases on a new device and manage or cancel in iPhone Settings, and you can delete your account from My membership.
What it does
- ●Identify a shingle by style, measured size and color, with ranked matches and swatches
- ●Search shingle lines and colors by name
- ●Discontinued and retired status on every line
- ●Production years and a timeline of what was made when
- ●Size history by year
- ●Manufacturer bulletins and paperwork
- ●Impact rating on the line record
- ●PDF identification reports for adjusters and insurance carriers
- ●Public help board for identifying a shingle you cannot name
- ●Send in a shingle the library does not have yet
Who uses it
- ●Roofers who need to match a repair to the shingle already on the roof
- ●Inspectors documenting what is installed
- ●Adjusters and carriers who need a shingle identified for a claim
- ●Homeowners dealing with a discontinued or unknown shingle
Questions people ask
- How do I identify a shingle?
- Pick the style (3-tab, architectural, shangle or designer), enter the length, height or exposure you measured within half an inch, and choose the color. The Shingle Library returns ranked matches with swatches, size history and the manufacturer’s bulletins.
- How do I find a discontinued shingle?
- Search the library by line or color name, or browse the timeline of what was made when. Each line shows whether it is discontinued, the years it was produced, the sizes it came in and the manufacturer’s own documents.
- Can I name the shingle if I do not know the brand?
- Yes. That is what the measurement route is for: style, measured size and color are enough to get a ranked list of matches. If you do know the name, search for it directly.
- What are retired shingles?
- Retired shingles are lines a manufacturer no longer makes, also called discontinued shingles. The Shingle Library records the status of each line and the years it was in production.
- Can I send a shingle report to an adjuster or insurance carrier?
- Yes. Create an identification report from the line record, with every fact cited, and send it out as a PDF. Adjusters and carriers use it to identify the shingle on a roof.
- How much does The Shingle Library cost?
- It is $10 a month, and every new membership starts with a 3-day free trial.
- Which phones does The Shingle Library run on?
- iPhone and iPad (iOS 15.0 or later) through the App Store, and Android through Google Play.
Details
- Section
- B2B Services for Contractors
- Reach
- National — operates across the United States, and in several cases Canada.
- Services
- Shingle identificationDiscontinued and retired shingle recordsSize, color and production-year historyManufacturer bulletinsPDF identification reports for adjusters and carriers
- Ownership
- Published by BrockStar Media Corp., the seller named on the App Store and Google Play listings, which also publishes the National Roofing Directory.
- Self-reported scale
- Self-reported: "269 asphalt shingle lines, 2,035 colours and 705 manufacturer bulletins" Source
A figure the company publishes about itself. It has not been independently audited, and no third-party estimate is used anywhere on this page.
- Notes on this entry
- Operator-run product. Facts read from the product site, the App Store listing and the Google Play listing on 2026-11-12. hqState omitted: no headquarters address is published on those pages. No subcategory: none of the existing technology subcategories covers shingle identification.
Where this came from
Details on this page were confirmed from the company’s own site on November 12, 2026. The page that was read.
This entry is editorial. The Shingle Library did not pay to be listed, has no control over what it says, and appears here because it operates in this part of the roofing industry. Companies change their programs, their ownership and their product lines without announcing it, so treat the date above as the age of this information and confirm anything you are relying on at the source.
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