Comparison

Friendship Lamps vs Folio

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

Head to head
About

Friendship Lamps

Connect your smart lamp to your home Wi-Fi network. Customize colors, set schedules, and create groups for a personalized lighting experience. Compatible with all lamp models.

Highlights
  • Wi-Fi setup guide
  • Color customization
  • Group creation
  • Sleep and fade timers
  • Compatibility with all models
Features
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Before you can use your Friendship Lamp, you need to connect it to your 2.4Ghz home Wi-Fi. This app will walk you through the Wi-Fi setup process and direct you for further customization options such as colors, groups, sleep and fade times. This app works with all Friendship Lamps, including our Friendship Lamp Classic, Modern, Wood (Mid Century), FriendLi and Frame designs. Terms of Use: https://friendshiplamps.com/pages/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://friendshiplamps.com/pages/privacy-policy

About

Folio

Digitally catalog your cherished possessions, from bags to books. Effortlessly isolate objects from their backgrounds and organize them into curated collections. This app provides a personal, ad-free space to showcase your unique taste and the items you're proud to own.

Highlights
  • Photograph and isolate objects from backgrounds
  • Create and manage custom collections
  • Organize items into personal exhibits
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Ad-free and no account required
Features
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Every collection tells a story: years of taste, intention and identity. Folio is a dignified home for yours. Not a marketplace. Not a feed built to hold your attention. Folio is a slow, deliberate, personal space for people who collect with intention: bags, ceramics, vintage clothing, sneakers, beauty, books, or anything you're proud to own. PHOTOGRAPH WHAT YOU KEEP - Frame an object and watch its outline appear live. - One tap lifts it cleanly off its background, on your device, leaving a crisp cutout of the piece itself. - Give it a name and it takes its place in your library. ARRANGE IT INTO A PORTRAIT - Group your pieces into collections of your own making. - Move between collections with a tap and see each one as its own small exhibit. - Rename, regroup or remove things as your taste evolves. MADE TO LAST - Your library is yours. Turn on iCloud sync and it follows you across your devices. - No account to create, no ads, nothing to sell you. Folio is a portrait of who you are through the things you have chosen to keep.

Screenshots

Friendship Lamps4 screens
Folio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Folio at 5.0 against Friendship Lamps's 4.2. Folio also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Friendship Lamps's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Friendship Lamps sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Folio asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Folio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Friendship Lamps has 1.2K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Friendship Lamps's written reviews are positive against 100% of Folio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Friendship Lamps ships an update every 5 weeks, Folio every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Friendship Lamps versus Folio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFriendship LampsFolio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.2K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFilimin Friendship LampsGa Eun Park

Customer experience

Friendship Lamps

All ratings1,136 ratings
Positive78.8%
Neutral3.3%
Negative17.9%
Written reviews171 reviews
Positive59.6%
Neutral5.3%
Negative35.1%

Folio

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Friendship Lamps

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Unreliable remote touch functionality
  • Frequent disconnections from WiFi
  • Inconsistent lamp behavior

Requested features

4 requests
  • More customization options
  • Improved notification system
  • Ability to manage lamps from app
  • Simpler setup and troubleshooting

Folio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Friendship Lamps

Subscriptions10
  • FriendLi$1.491 Month
  • Filimin Remote (Monthly)1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • FriendLi Remote Touch$2.991 Month
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  • Filimin Remote Monthly 2 Lamps1 Month trial$5.991 Month
  • Filimin Remote Monthly 3 Lamps1 Month trial$8.991 Month
  • FriendLi$16.491 Year
  • Filimin Remote (Yearly)1 Month trial$25.491 Year
  • FriendLi Remote Touch$25.491 Year
  • Filimin Remote Yearly 2 Lamps1 Month trial$50.991 Year
  • Filimin Remote Yearly 3 Lamps1 Month trial$76.901 Year
None

Folio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Friendship Lamps free?
Friendship Lamps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Folio free?
Folio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Friendship Lamps or Folio?
Folio is rated higher. Friendship Lamps averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Folio averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Friendship Lamps or Folio have ads?
Neither Friendship Lamps nor Folio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Friendship Lamps or Folio?
Friendship Lamps ships an update every 5 weeks, and Folio every 10 days. Most recently, Friendship Lamps was updated on November 7, 2026 and Folio on October 31, 2026.

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