Comparison

Legitmark vs Folio

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

Head to head
About

Legitmark

This app offers expert authentication services for luxury sneakers, providing impartial and objective assessments. Utilize a team of experienced authenticators and a detailed verification process to ensure the legitimacy of your footwear. Receive a shareable certificate as proof of authenticity.

Highlights
  • Expert sneaker authentication
  • Impartial and objective assessments
  • Detailed verification process
  • Public Authentication Certificate
  • 2-authenticator review
  • Industry expert team
Features
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Legitmark is the leading provider of luxury authentication, offering impartial and objective assessments to collectors, traders, and resellers. With over 120,000 trusted users and major marketplaces, we have authenticated over $20M worth of sneakers to date. Are you unsure about the authenticity of your sneakers? Our authentication process is thorough, considering each item’s specific details to deliver accurate results. Legitmark’s team of authenticators is comprised of sneaker experts and industry professionals using a combination of visual inspection and in-house data with up-to-date information about quality control imperfections and other details like manufacturing methods and materials to verify the authenticity of each sneaker. Each authentication is reviewed by 2 authenticators. The results are made available through a public Authentication Certificate link, which can be shared with anyone. The Legitmark Authentication Certificate serves as a credible, impartial source of verification for customers during disputes with banks and online marketplaces, providing evidence of authenticity for a fair outcome. Legitmark has been recognized as a "Great app for checking the legitimacy of sneakers" by Sneaker Freaker and as an "industry leader" that delivers "precise results consistently" by SoleSavy. Talk to the team by reaching out to us at support@legitmark.com or chat with us directly from the Legitmark app.

About

Folio

Features
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Folio is a journal that is, quite literally, a book. Open the app and you are looking at the cover — your cover, in the leather and lettering you chose. Unlock it with Face ID or your password and the cover swings open to the page where you left off. Drag a page and it curls under your finger, with the rustle of paper. On a foldable or in landscape, the book opens flat into a two-page spread. Made to be private • Every entry is encrypted on your device with a key protected by your password • No accounts, no cloud, no analytics — Folio never connects to the internet • Face ID / Touch ID unlock through the Secure Enclave • Auto-locks when you put it down No Regrets Entries can be edited or removed for 24 hours. After that they become a permanent page of your journal — you can always read them, never rewrite them. A journal you can't quietly edit later is a journal you can trust. Folio Plus: photos, stuck on • Take a photo or pick one from your library and stick it on the page like a real print • Drag it anywhere, pinch to resize, tilt it — then it's part of the page • Keep the habit: a daily reminder at the hour you choose (it never shows what you wrote), streaks and Insights, and a home-screen streak widget • Seasonal themes: Autumn 2026 (Harvest and Midnight Forest covers, Parchment and Maple papers, Chestnut ink) and Winter 2026 (Snowfall and Glacier covers, Frost and Ice papers, Glacier Blue ink) — new packs every year, and every pack you had while subscribed stays yours • Video: a clip stuck on the page (up to three minutes), plays right there • Voice memos: record a moment and tuck it into the page, tap to play • Photos, clips and memos are encrypted on your device, like everything else in Folio Build your own • Seven leather covers (oxblood, navy, forest, saddle, charcoal, rose, plum), seven papers (ivory, ruled, grid, dotted, midnight, blush, lavender), seven inks • Name your journal — it's lettered on the cover • Text size that re-flows the ruled lines and pages to match • Haptics and paper sounds you can turn on or off A real book • Finger-following page curl, single page or two-page spread • Long entries flow onto following pages • A title page, page numbers, a table of contents with search Folio Plus is an auto-renewable yearly subscription: $9.99 per year after a 1-month free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the purchase is confirmed. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and it can be managed or cancelled in your Apple Account settings. Writing, No Regrets and every cover, paper and ink are free. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://folioprivatejournal-prog.github.io/folio-privacy/

Screenshots

Legitmark4 screens
Folio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Legitmark at none against Folio's 1. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Folio sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Legitmark asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Legitmark versus Folio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLegitmarkFolio
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (186 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings186 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLegitmark, Incsami saleh

Bugs and requests

Legitmark

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Issues with account creation and verification
  • App crashes or freezes on some devices

Requested features

2 requests
  • Allow photo uploads from device gallery
  • Expand authentication to more product categories

Folio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Legitmark

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Folio

Subscriptions1
  • Folio Plus1 Month trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Legitmark free?
Legitmark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Folio free?
Folio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Legitmark or Folio have ads?
Neither Legitmark nor Folio shows ads.

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