Mostnote vs Elephant Folio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mostnote
Capture and organize all your information, from text notes and audio recordings to to-do lists and files. Enjoy a streamlined interface with versatile organization tools and instant search capabilities. Supports various file types and offers secure access.
- Text and audio recording notes
- Integrated to-do lists
- Flexible file storage
- Passcode and Touch ID protection
- Folders, tags, and geotags for organization
- Instant search and Spotlight integration
- iCloud sync
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A place to store your text and audio recordings, to-do lists, pictures, links and any other files. Create notes easily and view them in a convenient format, with instant search and a broad variety of ways to organize your content. You can work with any file types. Features: - a modern, streamlined design - black, white and gray themes - fast audio recorder - integrated to-do - flexible storage management* - a simple interface for adding files, links and text - passcode and Touch ID* - adaptive view mode for the list of notes - a broad set of features for organizing data: folders, tags, geotags, sorting, favorites - an extension for quickly adding files, links and text - flexible support for exporting content: you may share the entire note or any part of it - treating source files with care: all files are stored in their original format, which can be accessed at any time - a fast search available inside the app as well as through Spotlight - iCloud sync - excellent support for GIF images *Additional option. -- Icons by Icons8: www.icons8.com
Elephant Folio
Organize your PDF library automatically with intelligent tagging and rule-based filing. Capture documents from any app, search content, and sync across devices. Your files stay private and offline-first.
- Automatic PDF organization by content
- Rule-based automatic tagging
- Capture from any app via Share extension
- Full-text search within documents
- Offline-first operation
- iCloud sync across devices
- Siri Shortcuts integration
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Elephant Folio is a PDF organizer built for people who read a lot of PDFs. Bring a paper in from Safari, Mail, or anywhere on your device, and Elephant Folio files it for you; based on what's inside of it, not just the filename. The folders get made. The tags get applied. You keep reading. Rules that organize for you Set a rule once and every matching document gets tagged automatically. Match on filename, file contents, author, and more. Rules run the moment a file arrives, and you can re-run them on any file in your whole library anytime. No more tagging one file at a time. Smart organizing, on by default When Apple Intelligence is available on one of your devices, Elephant Folio can also read and tag documents on its own. Your documents stay yours Everything stays on your devices. Nothing is uploaded anywhere. Capture from anywhere The Share extension works across Safari, Mail, Files, and anything else that can hand off a PDF. Scan a physical page and it's filed before you put your phone down and your rules apply instantly. Search that actually reaches Not just filenames. Not just folders. Text, tags, and document content, so the thing you're looking for turns up even when you don't remember what you called it. One library across all your devices iCloud keeps Mac, iPad, and iPhone in sync — down to the exact page you left off on. Files live in your Documents folder and open in any app that reads PDFs. Siri Shortcuts let Elephant Folio fit inside whatever system you've already built for yourself. Import from anywhere (even from the browser on a Windows): As long as you can access your iCloud folder, you can drag your PDF documents to Elephant Folio and they will be imported next time you open the app. No internet? No problem Elephant Folio is a privacy-centric, offline-first app. Capture, read, tag, and search anywhere. The only network requests this app makes are ones to Apple's servers for iCloud syncing or those to fetch metadata from CrossRef/ArXiv/Pubmed. The elephant never forgets. Now neither do you. By using this app you agree to Apple's standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Elephant Folio at 5.0 against Mostnote's 3.7. Elephant Folio also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). Mostnote's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 50%) and ratings volume (14 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Mostnote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Elephant Folio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Elephant Folio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Mostnote's written reviews are positive against 50% of Elephant Folio's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mostnote ships an update every 4 months, Elephant Folio every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mostnote | Elephant Folio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hermann Wagenleitner | Beroea Tech L.L.C |
Customer experience
Mostnote
Elephant Folio
In-app purchases
Mostnote
- Mostnote Pro$1.99
Elephant Folio
- Monthly Subscription$4.001 Month
- Yearly Subscription$25.001 Year
- Lifetime License$55.00









