Comparison

Top Charts vs Folio

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

Head to head
About

Top Charts

Discover trending apps, podcasts, songs, and movies across various categories and countries. This app uses a custom ranking system to highlight top keywords, helping you find content faster. It's designed for quick navigation and direct access to downloads, listening, or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Discover top apps, podcasts, songs, and movies
  • Filter by category and country
  • Custom ranking system
  • Displays top keywords for each item
  • Quick navigation of up to 200 items
  • Direct launch to content
Features
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Top Charts shows up to 200 apps, podcasts, songs, and movies filtering by different categories and countries! Utilizes our custom ranking system based on search engine technology. Shows the top keywords for each application so you spend less time reading and more time downloading. Universal app supports all iOS devices and orientations. Power users and developers will appreciate how quickly they can drill down into the data! Features - Quickly navigate 200 items in a single view using multiple dimensions - New ranking algorithm is similar to how search engines help find the most useful information - Displays icon, title, company, and 2 lines of keywords - Fully utilizes the entire screen to display the most information - Launches directly to content for quick downloading, listening, watching, or subscribing - Includes last 10 historic queries to quickly visit your favorites Download now and start exploring Top Charts! Also download our Playapod app for listening to podcasts for free: https://playapod.com/app Visit the TMSOFT website at: https://www.tmsoft.com

About

Folio

Organize anything with customizable digital notebooks. Track finances, habits, books, and more with over 30 templates. Integrates with Siri and VoiceOver for hands-free use.

Highlights
  • Over 30 ready-made templates
  • Customizable fields and statuses
  • Siri and VoiceOver integration
  • Dates, reminders, and recurrence
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • History and archive of completed lists
Features
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Folio turns anything you need to keep track of into a notebook you can actually use: groceries and errands, bills and subscriptions, medication and habits, books to read. Over 30 ready-made templates, each with its own fields, statuses and reminders — and every screen works perfectly with Siri and VoiceOver. READY-MADE TEMPLATES • Finance: Payments, Expenses, Subscriptions, Debt/Credit • Content: To Read, To Watch, To Listen • Special Days & Travel: Birthdays, Places to Go, Packing • Routines: Habits, Chores, Maintenance, Plant Care, Pet Care, Exercise • Processes: Applications, Project Tracking, Awaiting, Orders, Loans • Personal Tracking: Inventory, Meal Plan, Courses, Goals, Attendance, Vaccinations • Shopping, To-Do, and a completely blank notebook to start from scratch HANDS-FREE WITH SIRI • "Add to Folio": Siri asks which notebook and what to add, then keeps going with "Anything else?". • "What's on tomorrow in Folio", "What's next in Folio", "What did I do yesterday in Folio". • "When did I last do it in Folio" — perfect for medication, watering plants or feeding pets. • "Read what's left in Folio": long lists are read five at a time. • Every command is listed in Settings > Siri & Shortcuts > All Siri commands. DESIGN IT YOUR WAY • Customize each notebook's fields, statuses, and order with the Field Designer. • Build your own templates, then use or remove them from the template picker. • Organize notebooks into folders, pin the ones that matter most. DATES, REMINDERS & RECURRENCE • Add a date, time, and reminder to any item. • Set daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or completion-based recurrence rules. • Overdue items automatically surface to the top. FULL VOICEOVER SUPPORT • Folio was designed from day one for VoiceOver users — every screen and action is announced clearly. • Status changes, delete/undo, and list updates are announced instantly. • Haptic and sound feedback are fully customizable in Settings. HISTORY & ARCHIVE • Save a snapshot of completed lists to history and review them anytime. • Deleted notebooks and items wait in Trash for a while before you decide. ICLOUD SYNC, NO ACCOUNT NEEDED • Folio doesn't ask you to create an account — it just uses the iCloud account already on your device. • Your notebooks sync automatically across your devices; nothing is stored on Folio's own servers. Your first 2 notebooks are free forever, fully editable — no payment info, no time limit. Need more? Unlock unlimited notebooks, custom templates, folders, and full JSON backup with monthly, yearly, or one-time Lifetime Folio Pro; plain text and CSV export are always free. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Top Charts4 screens
Folio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Folio at 5.0 against Top Charts's 4.4. Folio also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 19 months). Top Charts's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (26 vs 1). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Folio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Top Charts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Folio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Top Charts has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Top Charts ships an update every 19 months, Folio weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Top Charts versus Folio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTop ChartsFolio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (26 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTMSOFTRECEP GUR

Customer experience

Top Charts

All ratings26 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive65.5%
Neutral13.8%
Negative20.7%

Folio

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Top Charts

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Folio

Subscriptions2
  • Folio Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Folio Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Folio Pro Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Top Charts free?
Top Charts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Folio free?
Folio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Top Charts or Folio?
Folio is rated higher. Top Charts averages 4.4 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Folio averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Top Charts or Folio have ads?
Neither Top Charts nor Folio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Top Charts or Folio?
Top Charts ships an update every 19 months, and Folio weekly. Most recently, Top Charts was updated on October 23, 2026 and Folio on October 30, 2026.

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