# Folio: Daily Medical Journals — PubMed, EBM & News Reader

> Medical literature reader for physicians, prioritizing quality and recency. (iPhone/iPad app by LogicLine LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/folio-daily-medical-journals/id6764009935 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [LogicLine LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1725455521)
- Category: Medical, Magazines & Newspapers
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 12 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-04-28
- Data updated: 2026-09-08
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/folio-daily-medical-journals/id6764009935/reviews.md

## What is Folio?

The peer-reviewed reader for physicians who care about how they read.

A front page for medical literature — laid out like a journal you'd keep on your desk.

Pick your specialties. Open Folio. Read. No ads, no streaks, no ranking by who screamed loudest — just the literature, ranked by what actually matters: journal quality, citation rate, and how recently it was published.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Choose your specialties from 50 options, from Cardiology to Child Psychiatry.
2. Folio pulls fresh peer-reviewed papers from PubMed every day — the top 50 from each specialty, surfaced in a clean editorial feed.
3. Open a paper. Read the abstract. If it's Open Access, read the full text natively in Folio. If it's behind a paywall, jump to the publisher in one tap.

MADE FOR PROFESSIONAL READERS

• Listen — papers read aloud, hands-free, with lock-screen controls. Citations and reference lists are skipped automatically.
• Four-color highlighter for full-text papers. Anything you highlight is saved with its complete text — yours to keep.
• Journals shelf — the latest issue of every journal in your specialties, plus NEJM, The Lancet, JAMA and the other flagships. New issues land in your feed the day they publish.
• Follow any journal — search 150,000+ titles in any language and shelve their new issues.
• Offline — your last feed is always readable, connection or not.
• Optional daily reminder about new papers in your specialties. One a day, never more.
• Honest relevance scoring — Relative Citation Ratio (NIH iCite), journal rank (SCImago SJR), and recency. No black box; the inputs are explained in-app.
• Native full-text reader for Open Access articles (CC-BY, CC-BY-NC, CC0), built from Europe PMC's structured XML. Real typography, not a stripped-down webview.
• References and citing papers for every article, one tap away.
• Open Access detection across 40M+ papers via Unpaywall — a green dot tells you there's a free full text before you tap.
• PDF priority when Open Access — Folio goes straight to the PDF, LibKey-style.
• RIS export to Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, and Papers with one tap.
• Read Later, Collections, and Saved Searches — your library, on your device.

DESIGNED THE WAY YOU ACTUALLY READ

No tab bar. No badges. No streaks. New York serif for titles, SF Pro for UI. Light and dark mode, both hand-tuned. Dynamic Type throughout.

PRIVACY BY DESIGN

No account. No analytics. No tracking SDKs. Your specialty list and saved papers live on your device, not on our servers.

DATA SOURCES

Article metadata from PubMed / MEDLINE (U.S. National Library of Medicine). Citations from NIH iCite. Open Access status from Unpaywall. Full text from Europe PMC. All open scientific infrastructure, all credited in-app. Folio is not affiliated with or endorsed by NIH, NLM, or any publisher.

DISCLAIMER
Folio is an information service that provides access to peer-reviewed medical literature indexed in PubMed. The content is provided strictly for
informational and educational purposes and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Folio does not provide clinical
recommendations and does not replace the judgment of a qualified healthcare provider.

Always consult a qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or before making decisions about your own care or your patients' care.
Reliance on any information accessed through Folio is solely at your own risk.

Folio is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by NIH, the National Library of Medicine, or any of the journals whose content is indexed by PubMed.

Source: PubMed®, U.S. National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).

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## Key features

- Curated medical literature feed
- Hands-free audio reading
- Four-color highlighter
- Journal shelf and following
- Offline access
- RIS export to reference managers
- Native Open Access reader

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Annual | $24.99 | per year |
| Monthly | $4.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lifetime | $39.99 | one-time |



## Frequently asked questions about Folio

### What is Folio?

Folio is a medical literature reader designed for physicians. It provides a curated feed of peer-reviewed papers from PubMed, prioritizing journal quality, citation rate, and recency.

### Does Folio have ads?

No, Folio is ad-free. The app is designed to provide an uninterrupted reading experience for medical professionals.

### What are the subscription options for Folio?

Folio offers a monthly subscription for $4.99 and an annual subscription for $24.99. The annual plan includes a 3-day free trial.

### Can I listen to articles in Folio?

Yes, Folio offers a hands-free listening feature for papers, with automatic skipping of citations and reference lists. It includes lock-screen controls for convenience.

### How does Folio handle Open Access articles?

Folio has a native reader for Open Access articles, displaying them with real typography. It also detects Open Access availability via Unpaywall, indicating free full text with a green dot.

### Can I export my research from Folio?

Yes, Folio allows one-tap RIS export to popular reference managers like Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, and Papers.

### Is Folio available on Android?

Currently, Folio is supported on iPhone and iPad. Information regarding Android availability is not provided in the app data.

### How often is Folio updated?

The latest version of Folio is 1.10, and it was last updated on July 24, 2026. This indicates a relatively frequent update schedule.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.20 — 2026-09-03

Better full-text reading.

TABLES
Real tables now, with aligned columns you can scroll sideways — placed next to the text that discusses them instead of at the end.

MORE OF EACH PAPER
Lists, figure captions and abbreviation glossaries are no longer dropped, and reference numbers stay in the sentence where the author put them.

A FASTER LIBRARY
Papers become readable within hours of arriving, and today's edition leads with the ones you can open in full.

### 1.10 — 2026-07-24

Folio 1.10 — the biggest update yet.

LISTEN
Papers, read aloud. Abstracts for everyone; full text with Folio Plus. Background playback with lock-screen controls — references and citation clutter are skipped automatically, and the voice matches the paper's language.

HIGHLIGHT
A four-color highlighter for full-text papers. Anything you highlight is saved to your library with its complete text — yours to keep, even offline, even years later.

JOURNALS
A new tab with the latest issue of every journal that matters to your specialties, plus the world's flagships — NEJM, The Lancet, JAMA, Anesthesiology, Circulation and hundreds more. New issues appear in your feed the day they publish.

FOLLOW ANY JOURNAL
Search 150,000+ journals in any language and put their new issues on your shelf. Your first follow is free.

ALSO
- Your feed now works offline — the last edition is always readable.
- An optional daily reminder about new papers in your specialties. One a day, never more.
- Dozens of refinements throughout.

No ads. No tracking. Ever.

### 1.02 — 2026-05-04

Your library now travels with you.                                                                                                             
                                                         
  — Read Later, collections, and saved searches sync between your devices via iCloud.                                                            
  — Papers you've already opened are marked as Read so a long scroll doesn't make you reconsider the same titles.
  — Latest now shows how many papers were published today; Later shows how many you still have to catch up on.
  — Selected specialties carry over to new devices, so a fresh install skips onboarding.

### 1.01 — 2026-04-29

A critical error that prevented the full text from being read natively was fixed.

### 1.0 — 2026-04-28

No release notes.

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