Liberate vs Folda
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Liberate
This app brings your desk phone capabilities to your mobile device. Make and receive calls using your fixed line number, transfer calls seamlessly, and communicate with colleagues via instant messaging and presence status.
- Make/receive calls on fixed line
- Display fixed or mobile ID
- Transfer calls between devices
- Instant messaging
- User presence status
- Hunt group management
- Unified voicemail
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Harness the power of a desk phone on your mobile. Liberate converges your mobile and fixed line services natively in the network, allowing you to make and receive calls over the fixed line network with your mobile device. Download the app to access additional Liberate features: * Select whether to display your fixed or mobile ID on outgoing calls. * Seamlessly transfer calls between desk phone and mobile. * Chat to colleagues with instant messaging. * Check user availability with presence status. * Create, join and manage hunt groups so multiple users can answer calls. * One voicemail for all your devices. * Choose a pre-recorded voice message when you're unavailable (out of office). * Manage work-life balance: forward inbound calls made to your fixed line number and still receive incoming calls dialing your mobile.
Folda
Transform your phone into a portable scanner to capture documents, receipts, and notes with high quality. Extract text using OCR, sign documents electronically, and share them in various formats like PDF, JPEG, or TXT. Securely store and manage all your important paperwork effortlessly.
- Instant high-quality document scanning
- Smart OCR for text extraction
- Export in PDF, JPEG, or TXT
- Electronic signature for forms
- Multi-page PDF creation
- Document translation
- Barcode and QR code scanning
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Turn paper into sharp, searchable PDFs. Folda scans, reads and organizes your documents right on your iPhone and iPad — free and unlimited, with no watermark and no account. SCAN ANYTHING • Apple’s document camera finds the page, captures it automatically and scans many pages in a row • Straighten, rotate and clean up with Enhanced, Grayscale, Black & White and Whiteboard filters • Import photos and PDFs from Photos and Files, or open them in Folda from other apps FIND ANY WORD • On-device text recognition (OCR) makes every page searchable • Search all your scans at once, even handwriting, and jump straight to the right page • Copy text from any page, have it read aloud, or translate it SIGN, REDACT AND SHARE • Fill in and sign with Apple Markup • Redact names and numbers for good before you share • Share as searchable PDF, JPG, PNG or plain text; merge, split and reorder pages; print • Scan QR codes and barcodes ORGANIZED FOR YOU • Names suggested from what’s on the page • Folders, tags, list or grid, and Recently Deleted • Spotlight search, Siri Shortcuts, a Quick Scan widget and Control Center buttons PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Scanning, text recognition, search and naming happen on your device • No account, no tracking, and your documents are never uploaded Folda PRO (optional subscription or one-time purchase) • Apple Intelligence, on the device: summaries of long documents, questions about a document, smart names and folders, and expense CSVs from receipts (supported devices) • 300 dpi exports and password-protected PDFs • App Lock with Face ID or passcode • Share many documents at once and automatic backup to a folder you choose • Scan the front and back of an ID card or driver’s license onto one page at actual size, so a printout works like a photocopy • Book mode that splits an open book into pages, and business cards straight to Contacts Scanning, text recognition and PDF export stay free and unlimited without Pro. Folda is the new DocScan. Documents from DocScan move over automatically. Terms of Use: https://navlab.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://navlab.app/privacy Questions? support@navlab.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Liberate at 100% against Folda's 0%. Liberate also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). Folda's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Folda sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Liberate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Liberate ships an update every 3 months, Folda monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Liberate | Folda |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (85 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 85 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Telstra Business and Enterprise | Anh Nguyen |
Customer experience
Liberate
Folda
In-app purchases
Liberate
No in-app purchases
Folda
- DocScan Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- DocScan Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$17.991 Year
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