foldio vs Phocus Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
foldio
Enhance your product photography with real-time background changes, brightness, and color temperature adjustments. This app allows you to edit photos with tools like eraser and crop, and share your creations with a global community.
- Real-time Chroma key
- Adjustable brightness and color temperature
- Editing tools (eraser, crop, zoom)
- Direct sharing to social media
- In-app community gallery
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Improve your product photography with the Foldio app. Change the background images and control the brightness and color temperature in real time. Take photographs with the Foldio app and share them with Foldio users worldwide by tagging them with #foldio Features: -Real time Chroma key -Easily controlled brightness and color temperature. -Editing tool (eraser, crop, zoom) -Sharing on Instagram, Facebook, and various other channels. -Instagram #foldio gallery. Foldio - foldable studio Foldio is an all-in one foldable and easily portable photo studio that includes all necessary equipment (lights, backdrop, power). It was successfully funded by backers worldwide in a Kickstarter campaign. You can take better photographs with the Foldio studio and the Foldio app. Please visit http://www.orangemonkie.com for more information.
Phocus Mobile
Edit and manage high-resolution RAW images from Hasselblad cameras on your mobile device. Experience natural color reproduction and advanced noise reduction with HDR capabilities for stunning detail and light.
- HNCS HDR image display, editing, and export
- Full quality RAW editing
- Multi-format RAW/JPG/HEIF download
- TIFF generation for lossless editing
- Camera control of capture parameters
- Download/delete images from camera
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“Hasselblad Natural Noise Reduction” is the first noise reduction model that can run locally on mobile, perfectly preserving Hasselblad's natural tones and image details, and noise reduction of 100 million pixel RAW images can be completed in about 15 seconds, further unlocking the potential of Hasselblad's images. When viewed on an HDR-capable iPhone or iPad, photos shot with the Hasselblad cameras truly come to life in Phocus Mobile — revealing the stunning light and shadow details and rich color gradations enabled by HNCS HDR. Expanding the possibilities of the Hasselblad workflow, Phocus Mobile takes the image editing process to a new, portable level. Enabling the traveling or studio photographer to have a quicker, more seamless workflow. Phocus Mobile can render natural and true colors to the greatest extent, taking full advantage of the Hasselblad Natural Color Solution (HNCS). The following functionality is supported: - Brand-new HNCS HDR image display, editing, and export experience - Full quality raw editing powered by HNCS engine - Support multi-format download (RAW/JPG/HEIF) - Supports generating TIFF for cross-platform quality lossless editing - Download or delete images from camera - Camera control of capture parameters - Supports generating full or medium size JPEG Compatible Camera Models [USB or Wi-Fi]: -X2D II 100C* -CFV 100C* -X2D 100C* -X1D II 50C -CFV II 50C *Only Chinese and English are supported within the app This app is only compatible with iOS and iPadOS. To use it on Mac devices, please download Phocus for Mac from the official Hasselblad website. For X1D/H system cameras, please download Phocus for X1D/H system from the App Store.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Phocus Mobile at 4.6 against foldio's 4.0. Phocus Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 41 months) and ratings volume (522 vs 166). foldio's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.2). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Phocus Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 166 and 522 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of foldio's written reviews are positive against 46% of Phocus Mobile's.
foldio ships an update every 41 months, Phocus Mobile every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | foldio | Phocus Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (166 ratings) | 4.6 (522 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.1% of reviews | 46.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 166 | 522 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 41 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 435 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ORANGEMONKIE | Hasselblad |
Customer experience
foldio
Phocus Mobile
Bugs and requests
foldio
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Phocus Mobile
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes when opening high ISO files
- Photos disappear after update or when selecting for processing
- Export fails for multiple images, erasing original capture date/time
- Images not available in library despite camera connection
- App crashes on iPad Pro with M1/M2 chips
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- USB-C connection not recognized after updates
- Noise reduction adjustments not updating properly
- Moire and pattern noise appearing on JPEG export
- App fails to connect to X2D despite camera being recognized
- Exposure simulation locked on regardless of camera settings
- EV correction not working in all modes on X2D
- Live view picture cropped on long sides of frame
- Error when saving multiple photos to Photos app (PHPhotosErrorDomain error 3301)
- App crashes when resizing window with Stage Manager on iPad
- Wired connection not supported in recent versions
- TIFF export producing 8-bit files instead of 16-bit
- Drive mode settings overwritten when using remote shutter
- App not recognizing HEIF format files from camera firmware 3.0
Requested features
25 requests- Import photos from external SSD or USB storage
- Manual color control for watermarks
- Support for multiple camera connections
- Layer masking and adjustment layers
- Delayed shutter release/self-timer functionality
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- Erase/content removal tool
- Dodge and burn tools
- Export in HEIF/HEIC format
- 16-bit TIFF export capability
- Perspective/keystone correction
- Batch import retry functionality
- Custom watermark options with date/name
- Geo-tagging support
- Fine art frame auto-application
- Live view support for X2D
- Ability to import RAW files directly from app
- Compressed DNG export option
- Android version of the app
- Black point adjustment
- Portrait orientation support for live view
- Ability to stop interval drive mode remotely
- Precise value input for edits (not just sliders)
- HEIF10 or TIFF16 export for better dynamic range
- Files API integration between mobile and desktop
- Exposure simulation toggle for flash photography
In-app purchases
foldio
No in-app purchases
Phocus Mobile
No in-app purchases
