Comparison

In Folio vs BookletPro

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

Head to head
About

In Folio

This app helps you create professional-looking booklets from PDF files. It automates the process of arranging, folding, and stapling pages for a polished publication. Supports various folding formats like folio, quarto, and octavo.

Highlights
  • Create booklets from PDFs
  • Supports folio, quarto, six, octavo folds
  • Automated photocomposition
  • Adjustable paper and print formats
  • Preserves original document resolution
  • Available in 6 languages
Features
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Have you ever struggled at home or at the office to print a user manual such as a booklet, folded in 2 or 4 or more, and give your publication a professional look? In Folio assists you in the preparation and execution of your impressions, to create booklets assembled, folded, stapled like a real book. You can now create booklets or books: - folio, pages folded in 2 - in quarto, pages folded in 4 - in six, pages folded in 6 - in octavo, pages folded in 8. Whole pdf file preparation can be automated. In Folio works on Mac, allowing you to do everything directly on your Mac, without needing an iPhone or iPad. With photocomposition capability, the process is fully automated: - Copy the PDF file, in A4, A5, A6, or A7 format, ISO or US, into the 'In Folio' app documents. - On a Mac, you can copy the file by dragging and dropping its icon onto the “In Folio” icon - Select the print paper format (A4 or A3, ISO or US). - Request “PhotoComposer.” - Print the file without having to do anything other than check the double-sided mode and print orientation. Printing is performed without any loss of resolution from the original document. You can also print large documents (more than 16 pages) in Book mode: the layout is divided into sections, which are easier to fold. These sections are then assembled into a book that can be bound. A complete user manual is available on our website:https://alphanumsapps.com In Folio is available in 6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Greek. In Folio works on IOS 13 and higher on iPhone or iPad or macOS 14 or higher. Note: Even if your high-end printer handles layouts in quarto, in Six, 'In Folio' offers you unprecedented ease in creating any type of book or booklet, from in folio to in octavo.

About

BookletPro

Features
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Turn any PDF into a booklet you can print, fold and staple. BookletPro reorders the pages so that a stack of printed sheets, folded down the middle, reads from front to back. That reordering — imposition — is the part that is easy to get wrong by hand and impossible to fix afterwards. Everything happens on your device. Your PDF is never uploaded, and there is no account to create before you can use it. THREE WAYS TO LAY OUT A PAGE • Folded booklet — two pages per side, ordered for the fold. The classic saddle-stitched pamphlet. • Pages per sheet — several pages tiled per sheet in reading order, with optional cutting lines. No folding. • PocketMod zine — eight pages on one side of one sheet. One cut, a few folds, and you have a pocket-sized booklet. Free, including the printed fold and cut guides. NO DUPLEX PRINTER? STILL FINE Most home printers cannot print both sides. BookletPro splits the job into two passes and walks you through it: print the fronts, turn the stack over, print the backs. It then asks how the second pass came out and remembers the answer for that printer, because whether a stack comes back upside down depends on the printer, not on the booklet. PAPER A4, A3, A5, B5, US Letter, Legal and Tabloid, portrait or landscape — plus any size you type in, in millimetres, centimetres, inches or points. If it fits in your printer, it can hold a booklet. SAVE THE SETUP A parish newsletter, a recipe zine and a concert programme each want different settings. Save them once as a preset and get them back in two taps — paper, layout mode and all. FREE, AND WHAT PRO ADDS Free covers a complete booklet: up to 32 pages from one PDF, every paper size, the back cover option, the PocketMod zine, the duplex helper and printing. PRO adds: • Combining up to 10 PDFs into one booklet • A binding margin kept clear at the fold • Printed page numbers • Choosing a page range from the source One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. PRIVACY Your PDF stays on your device. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored on a server, and analytics is off until you say otherwise — and can be turned back off at any time.

Screenshots

In Folio4 screens
BookletPro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BookletPro at Free against In Folio's $1.49. In Folio's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

BookletPro is free to download; In Folio costs $1.49 up front. BookletPro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year. In Folio asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

In Folio ships an update every 2 weeks, BookletPro every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
In Folio versus BookletPro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIn FolioBookletPro
Price$1.49Free — better
Rating1.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlphanumsFabian Thanner

In-app purchases

None

In Folio

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

BookletPro

Subscriptions1
  • PRO Yearly$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • PRO Lifetime$11.99

Questions

Is In Folio free?
In Folio costs $1.49, with no in-app purchases.
Is BookletPro free?
BookletPro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do In Folio or BookletPro have ads?
Neither In Folio nor BookletPro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, In Folio or BookletPro?
In Folio ships an update every 2 weeks, and BookletPro every 5 weeks. Most recently, In Folio was updated on September 15, 2026 and BookletPro on September 19, 2026.

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