Textile vs folio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Textile
A minimalist notes app designed for simplicity and speed on iPhone. It focuses on providing a clean interface for typing and saving notes with elegant typography, free from distractions like ads or complex features.
- Minimalist design
- Elegant typography with curated fonts
- No user login or cloud storage
- Focus on core note-taking functionality
- Bug-free at launch
- Simple and fast interface
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Textile is the notes app for people who just want to write. No login, no account, no subscription, no ads. Buy it once and it's yours forever. Textile does one thing perfectly: it gives you a beautiful, distraction-free place to type. WHAT YOU GET • A carefully curated set of elegant fonts, including sans-serif, serif (roman and italic), and monospace, because typography changes how writing feels. • Automatic iCloud backup and restore. Your notes are safe, and they come back if you reinstall. • A Home Screen widget: tap to jump straight into a new note. • Dynamic Type and dark mode, everywhere in the app. • Plain text, always. Nothing proprietary, nothing to lock you in. WHAT YOU DON'T GET No half-built checklists, no drawing tools, no cloud accounts to configure, no cryptic menus, no upsells. Textile is built on the belief that a tool should do one thing perfectly, not a hundred things badly. Simplicity, typography, quality. A smaller feature set means every feature is bulletproof: reliable, fast, and streamlined. Let your phone get out of your way. Questions or requests? Use the feedback form in Textile's Settings, or email lukebradfordapps@gmail.com.
folio
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folio is a reading app built for language learning through real content. Subscribe to RSS feeds or import your own books, then tap words or double‑tap sentences for explanations while you read. When needed, use parallel translation to make foreign‑language reading easier and more natural. Key features: - Subscribe to RSS feeds for news, blogs, and long‑form reading - Import local books such as EPUB and PDF - Word translation, sentence explanations, and parallel translation - Favorites, reading history, and reading stats Whether you read articles or books, folio helps you keep reading with less friction. The app supports English, Japanese and Chinese, letting you learn new vocabularies while enjoying your favorite content. Ideal for students, travelers, and language enthusiasts who want a seamless reading experience on iPhone and iPad. Download now to start reading, translating and learning instantly. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: folio at Free against Textile's $2.99. Textile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
folio is free to download; Textile costs $2.99 up front. folio sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Textile asks for nothing beyond the download.
Textile ships an update every 2 weeks, folio every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Textile | folio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luke Bradford | 江泉 王 |
In-app purchases
Textile
No in-app purchases
folio
- folio Pro Monthly$2.991 Month









