# Folio: Free Photo Book Maker — Create Beautiful Photo Stories

> AI-powered app to create photo books from your phone's pictures. (iPhone/iPad app by 宇 张.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/folio-free-photo-book-maker/id6815083459 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [宇 张](https://appshunter.io/developer/6793149260)
- Category: Lifestyle, Photo & Video
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 4 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 84 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish
- Released: 2026-09-29
- Data updated: 2026-10-29
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/folio-free-photo-book-maker/id6815083459/reviews.md

## What is Folio?

Turn your photos into a story book that comes to life.

Folio turns a set of photos into a beautifully designed book. Pick a curated template, or let AI lay out your photos and write the text. Covers, spreads and page turns are all there — and every page can move.

CURATED TEMPLATES — ADD YOUR PHOTOS AND IT’S YOUR BOOK
· Everyday Diary, Film Diary, Cozy Lifestyle, Art Photobook, Black & White, Experimental Zine, Travel Scrapbook, Y2K Collage and more, with new ones added regularly
· Flip through the whole book before you decide
· Template text is rewritten for your photos: dates and places fill in automatically, and short lines fit your moments
· Every template comes with its own music

AI LAYOUT
· Choose your photos and a style. Folio recognizes the people, places, food and scenery, arranges them into a naturally paced book, and writes titles and captions
· Travel, family, birthdays, couples and anniversaries, babies, pets, graduations and everyday life

EDIT EVERY PAGE YOUR WAY
· Photos: filters, adjustments, subject cut-out, put behind subject, 3D, polka dots, swap, dot grid and multi-photo frames
· Text: lots of fonts, text along a path, and letter-by-letter animations
· Stickers and drawing: a huge sticker library, make stickers from any photo, glass and outline effects; drawings replay stroke by stroke
· Bring pages to life: Live Photos and Live widgets like clocks, floating items, typewriter, Bling, subject outline and orbit, plus group animations that bring several elements in together

LIVE CREATIONS
· Freely create moving pieces on a canvas, share them to the Live gallery, and use pieces others have shared
· Embed your Live creations on any page of a book

EXPORT AND SHARE
· Page-turning video with music
· High-quality PDF for saving and printing
· High-resolution images of single pages or spreads — pages that move are saved as Live Photos

PRIVACY
Photos are analyzed on your phone and never uploaded. To lay out your book and write text, only a text summary is sent (time, place name, content tags). Your books are stored on your device. Only pieces you choose to publish to the Live gallery are uploaded.

FOLIO PRO
Make your first book for free. Folio Pro unlocks unlimited books, all layouts and filters, high-quality export and priority layout.
Folio offers both subscriptions and a one-time purchase. Available plans and prices are shown in the app before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel them in your Apple ID subscription settings. One-time purchases don’t require recurring payments.

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## Key features

- AI-powered photo organization
- Automatic story creation
- Customizable layouts and styles
- AI-assisted caption generation
- Export to PDF, images, and video
- Multiple memory themes

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Weekly | $1.99 | per 7 days |
| Yearly | $17.99 | per year |
| Monthly | $3.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| LifeTime | $29.99 | one-time |


## Is Folio safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Folio.

## Is Folio legit?

Folio: Free Photo Book Maker appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Folio is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/folio-free-photo-book-maker/id6815083459/reviews.md

### 5/5 — 什么时候限免

*2026-10-09*

什么时候限免

**Developer response:** 感谢你的关注，以小红书信息为准。

## Frequently asked questions about Folio

### How does Folio create a photo book?

Folio analyzes the content of your selected photos to understand themes and context. It then uses this information to arrange images, suggest layouts, and generate captions, creating a cohesive visual story.

### What export options does Folio offer?

Folio allows you to export your created photo book as a high-quality PDF, individual high-resolution images of each page, or a page-turning video to share your memories in motion.

### Can I edit the AI-generated captions in Folio?

Yes, you can always edit the AI-assisted captions to personalize them and make them your own, ensuring your photo book accurately reflects your memories.

### What types of memories can Folio help me document?

Folio is designed for a wide range of memories, including travel journals, family albums, birthday celebrations, anniversaries, baby and childhood memories, pet stories, graduations, and everyday life moments.

### Does Folio have ads?

Based on the provided data, Folio does not contain advertisements.

### What are the subscription options for Folio Pro?

Folio Pro offers Weekly ($1.99/P7D), Monthly ($3.99/P1M), and Yearly ($17.99/P1Y) subscription plans. The yearly plan includes a 3-day free trial.

### How do I cancel my Folio Pro subscription?

Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription through your Apple ID subscription settings.

### Is Folio suitable for children?

Folio has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for children to use with adult supervision for creating photo books.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.9 — 2026-10-28

New photo effect: Glitch
· Make a photo look like a broken signal: split RGB colors, shifted strips, scanlines, noise and broken blocks
· Pick a style like VHS or Digital in one tap, then fine-tune color split, shift, scanlines, noise and blocks
· Glitch just the background or just the person, or only part of the photo
· Turn on Live to animate it: flicker now and then, recover into a clear photo, slowly break down, or keep a gentle jitter

A fresh Live Creations page
· Live Creations now shows My Creations and hand-picked Live Templates — pick one you like and use it right away
· Tap a template to preview it in a pop-up, swipe to see others, drag down to close
· Tap See more to view all of My Creations

Small improvements
· Options in Effect now show three per row and scroll vertically, so you can see them all at once
· Templates open faster, and ones you've seen don't need to download again
· Fixed stickers not showing in some Live Templates when previewing or using them

Thank you to everyone who sends us feedback.

### 1.8.4 — 2026-10-27

Read in portrait
· The button at the top right of the preview switches between landscape and portrait. Portrait still shows both pages side by side
· Your choice is remembered next time

Swipe back in portrait
· Swipe right from the left edge to go back — the book closes and flies back to the shelf with your finger
· Let go halfway and the book opens up again

Smoother between editor and preview
· Going from the editor to the preview and back, the pages now fly straight to their place

Template text with more character
· When you make a book from a template, the text rewritten for your photos now matches each template’s own style and voice

Small improvements
· Fluted Glass ribs blend into each other more smoothly, more like real glass
· The Dot grid effect now starts from the original photo when you turn on Live
· Page-turn sounds are a little softer, in the preview and in exported videos
· Opening a book and returning to the shelf is steadier

Thank you to everyone who sends us feedback.

### 1.8.3 — 2026-10-26

Pack an album, keep going on another phone
· Pack an album into a single file and send it with AirDrop or any messaging app — open it on another phone to keep editing
· Pack from the bookshelf or the editor’s More menu; import in Settings → Import Album. An imported album becomes a new book

A cover of its own
· The first page in the editor is now a separate cover. Change its layout, photos and text freely without affecting the spreads after it
· The bookshelf, page-turn animation and exported videos all use this cover

More photos with templates
· When making a book from a template, you can pick more photos than the template holds (up to 3×)
· Extra photos are laid out on new photo pages, without repeating any

New photo effect: Fluted Glass
· Look at your photo through ribbed glass — find it under the photo’s Effect menu
· Adjust direction, number of ribs, refraction, smear and highlights. Cover only the background so people stay in front of the glass, or cover just part of the photo
· Live options: the glass slides across, turns from clear to glass, or from glass to clear

More cinematic Cinema filters
· The 5 filters in Cinema have been regraded: warmer skin, teal backgrounds and shadows, stronger contrast
· Bright lights get a soft warm glow, and the corners are gently darkened

Nicer share images
· Change the background of your share images: the album background, a solid color, our background library, or a photo of your own
· When exporting spreads, the first share image is an overview of the first 6 spreads — the whole book at a glance

Small fixes
· The image export preview now starts on the second image; swipe back to see the cover
· Fixed the New Book button on the home screen sometimes overlapping Settings
· Text animations and typewriter text no longer flash the full text when you turn the page

Thank you to everyone who sends us feedback.

### 1.8.2 — 2026-10-25

This update makes everything from picking a template to finishing your book feel smoother.

Text in your language
· New: Settings → Book Language. Choose the language for titles, chapters, text and template copy — by default it matches the app
· Supports Simplified and Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese
· Books made from templates are written in that language too, instead of always in Chinese, and dates follow it

A new way to start a book
· Tap “+” and a frosted panel rises from the bottom, with templates standing on a shelf — swipe to browse
· Tap one and it grows into a full-screen preview, so you can flip through the whole book first; swipe down or back to pick another
· AI Layout and My Templates sit at the top of the panel

New templates
· A fresh collection of styles: Everyday Diary, Cozy Lifestyle, Film Diary, Disposable Film Diary, Photo Dump Zine, Cute Pop, Soft Girl, Garden Wedding, Poetic Minimal, Art Photobook, Black & White, Experimental Zine, Poetry Zine, Playful Scrapbook, Y2K Collage, Travel Scrapbook and more
· Template text is rewritten to match your photos: dates and places fill in automatically, and short lines fit your moments. You can also keep the original text
· Each template comes with its own recommended music

A new welcome tour
· A guided walkthrough on first launch that ends with picking a template to start right away
· Watch it again anytime in Settings → View the tutorial

Small things that add up
· New Grid for Live creations (More → Grid): 34 layouts with a photo in each cell. Move, resize and change the ratio of the whole grid, and adjust the horizontal and vertical spacing and corner radius
· Tap the expand button next to the text field to write longer text in a full-screen editor
· The font list now fills the whole row, and it’s easy to see when there are more fonts below
· “AI Layout” and “My Templates” at the top of the New Book panel are no longer cut off
· Template covers now all use the default style
· Export right from the editor’s More menu
· Turn off group animations in one tap — preview and export (video and images) skip them, and your settings are kept
· A lighter, more natural shadow along the book’s center fold, like an art book lying flat
· Books you made as a member stay fully viewable, editable and exportable after your membership ends
· “Feedback” in Settings now opens a quick feedback form
· Improved English, Japanese, French and Spanish translations
· Faster, more reliable connections, and much less data used on first launch and for Live creations you’ve already watched

Thank you to everyone who sent us feedback.

### 1.8.1 — 2026-10-24

This update makes everything from picking a template to finishing your book feel smoother.

A new way to start a book
· Tap “+” and a frosted panel rises from the bottom, with templates standing on a shelf — swipe to browse
· Tap one and it grows into a full-screen preview, so you can flip through the whole book first; swipe down or back to pick another
· AI Layout and My Templates sit at the top of the panel

New templates
· A fresh collection of styles: Everyday Diary, Cozy Lifestyle, Film Diary, Art Photobook, Black & White, Experimental Zine, Poetry Zine, Playful Scrapbook, Y2K Collage, Travel Scrapbook and more
· Template text is rewritten to match your photos: dates and places fill in automatically, and short lines fit your moments. You can also keep the original text
· Each template comes with its own recommended music

A new welcome tour
· A guided walkthrough on first launch that ends with picking a template to start right away
· Watch it again anytime in Settings → View the tutorial

Small things that add up
· Export right from the editor’s More menu
· Turn off group animations in one tap — preview and export skip them, and your settings are kept
· Books you made as a member stay fully viewable, editable and exportable after your membership ends
· “Feedback” in Settings now opens a quick feedback form
· Improved English, Japanese, French and Spanish translations
· Faster, more reliable connections

Thank you to everyone who sent us feedback.

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