# Folium — user reviews > 1,355 indexed App Store user reviews of Folium by Jarrod Norwell, rated 2.40/5 from 834 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/folium/id6498623389/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/folium/id6498623389.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 157 · 4★ 79 · 3★ 97 · 2★ 105 · 1★ 396 ## What do users think of Folium? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Runs well on newer devices - 👍 Potential for 3DS emulation on iOS - 💡 Allows playing 3DS games on the go **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🔋 Overheats and drains battery quickly - 👎 Laggy and poor performance on some games - 🤔 Lacking in customization and settings options **Commonly reported bugs** - Games freezing or crashing during cutscenes - Keyboard input issues causing games to freeze - Inconsistent behavior when switching between apps - Compatibility problems with certain 3DS games **Most requested features** - Add save state and load state functionality - Improve controller support and customization - Optimize performance and reduce stuttering - Provide more detailed settings and configuration options - Implement iPad support and optimization ## Newest reviews (19 of 1,355) ### 3/5 — Fix the bugs *2026-06-26, version 1.38* When I’m playing Mario party star rush the controls are going the wrong way. Can you fix it also fix Tomodachi life and the Mii maker the screen doesn’t allow me to click anything. When I try saving my state it freezes again. ### 3/5 — 无法横屏 *2026-05-07* 进入游戏无法横屏 ### 1/5 — Getting trolled by the onboarding screens *2026-03-28, version 1.38* The worlds most annoying onboarding process. Somehow the developer thought ‘I can make the user tap Continue a dozen times so they see my cool modal screens’ and didn’t think twice about ### 1/5 — 환불해 *2026-03-27* 그딴식으로 살지마라 시험끝나고 기분좋게 하루종일 포켓몬하면서 스트레스 풀려했는데 니년이 다 망침 무료면 이해을 해 돈을 돈대로 다 받고 지옥에나 가 ### 1/5 — cannot download app *2026-03-26, version 1.38* why i cannotbdownload App ### 4/5 — WTF SERIOUSLY? *2026-03-23, version 1.38* The emulator was great for about a month . Still worked for gen 7 , gen 6 was barely playable , but able - couldn’t check monster summaries , but can be moved via pc to change your line-up . However now after this last update , the emulator buttons themselves don’t press . If someone in charge of debugging the app is viewing this , can we please get someone to look at the app again and revise whatever is making the buttons unable to press . As of last week , according to the date of this review , the developers have revised some of the bugs and problems with the platform . Buttons are working now , playback speed is holding together , The Only Problem With the Current Version Is the camera function in the games does not connect . If you have anything to fix this , the app will be near perfect . Thank you very much ! ### 1/5 — Unfortunately completely unplayable *2026-03-20, version 1.38* I did a lot of reading reviews on external sites to find a good 3DS emulator, it seemed like this is worth the purchase, but unfortunately, after spending over an hour just to figure out how to launch the ROMs, they’re all close to unplayable. I spent hours tweaking the settings, finding different installations of the ROMs, and even testing them on other emulators, and there was no way to fix the issues on this emulator, that I could find at least. I had really high hopes, thought it was wroth spending the money, and it just doesn’t hold up. ### 1/5 — Desempenho *2026-03-19* Muito ruim falta opções de ajuste de núcleo desempenho ruim depois disso minha esperança de temos bom emuladores no iPhone morreu mais antes comprar um game stick que tem mais chances de rodar 3ds do que no iPhone em si. ### 2/5 — ゲームできない *2026-03-18* 3dsゲーム起動するとアプリ自体が落ちます ### 1/5 — a waste of $3 *2026-03-14, version 1.37* the app is poorly developed and frustrating to get to work. ### 1/5 — WTF SERIOUSLY? *2026-03-14, version 1.37* The emulator was great for about a month . Still worked for gen 7 , gen 6 was barely playable , but able - couldn’t check monster summaries , but can be moved via pc to change your line-up . However now after this last update , the emulator buttons themselves don’t press . If someone in charge of debugging the app is viewing this , can we please get someone to look at the app again and revise whatever is making the buttons unable to press . ### 3/5 — Joystick is SUPER buggy *2026-03-13, version 1.37* The emulator itself works fine but the audio sounds terrible and th joystick is absolute hell to deal with. Every 3 minutes it starts hard panning in a random direction and I have to slap my screen multiple times to reset. PLEASE FIX THIS!!! ### 1/5 — way too difficult to use *2026-03-12, version 1.36* why can’t I map a controller in the app settings? guess I’ll just have to play games with no joy stick. ### 1/5 — Not worth $1 *2026-03-12, version 1.36* Folium just simply does not work. It cannot run as it should yet is a paid app compared to better free alternatives. ### 1/5 — Don’t waste you’re money *2026-03-11, version 1.36* Doesn’t work, doesn’t recognise Roma or load them when added into folium. Scam ### 1/5 — Pessimo *2026-03-11* Trava de mais ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-03-10, version 1.36* I bought this app 4 days ago and not once since then has it let me add any games. Do not buy this is a scam ### 3/5 — I got it for 3DS Emulation, but… *2026-03-07, version 1.36* It just doesn’t work very well. Frames are inconsistent and choppy on A19 Pro. I gave up trying to tweak the cytrus settings to improve performance. ### 1/5 — 절대 사지 마세요 *2026-03-07* 게임 깔면 유튜브에서 봤던 거나 찾아본 자료들 이랑 다른 화면이 나와요 그냥 검은색 화면만 나옵니다 설정, 게임룸 파일 넣기 아무것도 안됩니다 돈 날리기 싫으면 사지 마세요 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Older devices won’t work *2026-07-23, version 1.38* Unless you have the hottest new phone or tablet give this a miss - iPhone 12 Pro can’t handle this app unfortunately 😞 ### 1/5 — Not good *2026-07-12, version 1.38* Love the UI, but it’s a pain to play games on. Don’t waste the time or money on this app! ### 1/5 — No jit support on ios 26 *2026-07-11, version 1.38* Game keeps crashing due to jit not working on iOS 26. I wasted my money just to not play any games. ### 1/5 — Lettuce leaf- because it sucks *2026-06-16, version 1.38* I would pick 100 emulators and waste the money on the console over going back to folium, will not hold up to processing any 3ds game ### 1/5 — Not Optimal *2026-06-09, version 1.38* Please, please, please save your money!! It doesn’t work that well, instead, I recommend you download ManicEmu, I regret paying for this. ### 1/5 — Not allowed to add games *2026-05-12, version 1.38* This 3ds app doesn’t let you allow games ### 1/5 — 闪退 闪退 *2026-05-12* 什么垃圾软件，还有脸上架，还收费，开发者进厂打螺丝去多好 ### 1/5 — Beautiful but crashy *2026-04-26, version 1.38* Yeah it’s a good looking app, but if you want a DS or 3DS emulator, look elsewhere. It’s a crashy unplayable mess. Even on an M4 iPad Pro, DS audio is choppy and does not play at full speed unlike other emulators. 3DS becomes unresponsive, controllers stop working and it crashes. It might look good but things like choosing a firmware file need some rethink. There is no feedback if the file is correct, there is no display of while file you are choosing when the file view appears, and after you choose a firmware file the entry disappears from the menu. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2026-04-25, version 1.38* Tried to use the 3DS it cannot even support loading my saved, on top of it has terrible customization and in general is too complicated, audio does not work and overall is a badly made app would give if zero stars but not possible. ### 1/5 — K *2026-04-17, version 1.38* Terrible app unworthy of even a pound feel ripped of ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love it *2026-03-14, version 1.37* I love it so much I could kiss you I love this app so much I could lick you ### 5/5 — Good emulator *2026-01-26, version 1.36* This app can only open 3DS decrypted roms. Please do not use CIA files ### 5/5 — Review *2025-12-29, version 1.36* (Personal problem) ps5 controller Need Fixing it was good before) ,,,,, other than that the app is the best emulator i ever used for 3ds absolutely astonishing performance and quality ( it can use more stable 30fps tho!) ### 5/5 — Arreglen *2025-12-28, version 1.36* Todo esta mal en la emulación y los bótenles se mueven solos ### 5/5 — Классный *2025-12-05* Но из за политики эпл не будет jit эмуляции поэтому быстрым не будет( ### 5/5 — Great *2025-10-30* After the new update is great, but i’m getting problem in turning the screen to the side. **Developer response:** Hello, thank you for the review! Right now only portrait is supported for the new design, landscape will be added again in the next update once the layout has been established ### 5/5 — 🤷🏻‍♂️ *2025-09-20, version 1.30* Works fine, however, gen 6 pokemon games do not work. I’ve used different games/sources, and they never work. All other games work though, including Pokemon gen 7 games. Not sure if it has anything to do with the app or if Nintendo is being Nintendo. ### 5/5 — Idk if animal crossing new leaf works without aes keys. *2025-08-31, version v1.20* I tried playing animal crossing but it was on the loading screen and kicked me out.. idk if I need aes keys- ### 5/5 — I can't sign in *2025-08-27, version v1.20* When I try to log in to the app, I get the message "An internal error has occurred. Print and inspect the error details for more information." I can't log in. Please tell me how to fix this. ### 5/5 — 이딴걸 돈을 받아 쳐 먹네 *2025-08-24* 진짜 어떻게 해도 aes key파일을 적용시킬수가 없다 그냥 6000원 흰바탕만 나오는앱 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*