Comparison

Flash App vs Folo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Flash App

Stay updated with real-time notifications across various channels. Organize your information efficiently and receive timely updates on everything happening within your subscribed channels.

Highlights
  • Real-time notifications
  • Organized information by channel
  • Stay informed on channel activity
  • Cross-platform availability
Features
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Mantente informado con Flash, una nueva herramienta de notificaciones en tiempo real, disponible para iPhone y otras plataformas. Con Flash podrás: - Tener ordenada la información según los canales suscriptos. - Estar informado de todo lo que sucede en cada uno de ellos.

About

Folo

This AI-powered tool scans the internet to find and present information relevant to your interests. It filters out noise, delivering only the knowledge you truly care about.

Highlights
  • AI-powered content filtering
  • Surfaces relevant knowledge
  • Cuts through internet noise
  • Personalized information delivery
Features
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Folo is the AI RSS reader that brings everything you follow into one calm timeline, then helps you read it. Follow blogs, news sites, newsletters, podcasts, video channels and social feeds in one place. Let AI summarize the long reads, translate the ones in other languages and read the rest aloud, so you stay informed without drowning in tabs. ONE TIMELINE FOR EVERYTHING YOU FOLLOW • Subscribe to any RSS, Atom or JSON feed, or search for sources by name • Follow sites without a feed through thousands of RSSHub routes • Explore trending feeds and curated lists to find new favorites • Import your subscriptions from any other reader with OPML • Keep things tidy with folders, stars and lists AI THAT READS WITH YOU • AI summaries: the key points of any article in seconds • AI translation: read in English, Chinese, Japanese or French, side by side with the original or on its own • Text-to-speech: listen to any article in a natural voice • Actions: summarize, translate, star or filter new entries automatically with your own rules MADE FOR EVERY FORMAT • A clean reader view that fetches the full text of articles • Dedicated layouts for social posts, pictures, videos and podcasts • Background playback for podcasts and picture-in-picture for videos YOUR READER, YOUR WAY • Light and dark themes, reading fonts, text size and line spacing • Spotlight highlights the keywords you care about • Subscriptions, read status and stars sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, Android and the web OPEN SOURCE, NO ADS Folo is open source and ad-free, built in the open with a community of readers and developers. FREE TO START Create a free account to follow feeds and sync them across your devices. Basic, Plus and Pro plans add more subscriptions, higher AI limits and automations. Subscriptions are billed monthly or yearly and renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://folo.is/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Flash App4 screens
Folo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flash App at none against Folo's 6. Folo's advantage is ratings volume (54 vs 2) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Folo sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Flash App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Flash App against 4.1 for Folo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Folo has 54 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flash App ships an update every 2 months, Folo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Flash App versus Folo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlash AppFolo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)4.1 (54 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—40.8% of reviews
Number of ratings254 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB65 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMobilenikNatural Selection Labs

Customer experience

Flash App

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Folo

All ratings54 ratings
Positive75.9%
Neutral3.7%
Negative20.4%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive40.8%
Neutral14.5%
Negative44.7%

Bugs and requests

Flash App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Folo

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Unable to open app on Mac
  • Images not loading in articles
  • Horizontal videos not playable
  • Unresponsive click issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Change text size option
  • Add language support
  • Improve notification system
  • Enhance sharing functionality

In-app purchases

None

Flash App

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Folo

Subscriptions6
  • Folo Basic (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Folo Plus (Monthly)7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Folo Basic (Annual)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • Folo Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$99.991 Month
  • Folo Plus (Annual)7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Folo Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$999.991 Year

Questions

Is Flash App free?
Flash App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Folo free?
Folo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flash App or Folo?
Folo is rated higher. Flash App averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Folo averages 4.1 from 54 ratings.
Do Flash App or Folo have ads?
Neither Flash App nor Folo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flash App or Folo?
Flash App ships an update every 2 months, and Folo fortnightly. Most recently, Flash App was updated on September 25, 2026 and Folo on October 14, 2026.

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