Comparison

Minimal Folio vs DiashowDL

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

Head to head
About

Minimal Folio

Create and showcase your professional portfolio of images, videos, and PDFs on your mobile devices. This unbranded app allows for easy presentation with intuitive controls and external display support. Organize multiple projects and sync them across devices.

Highlights
  • Image, video, and PDF support
  • Minimal user interface
  • Pinch and zoom gestures
  • External display support
  • Multiple portfolio management
  • Cloud sync via Dropbox
  • File transfer via iTunes
Features
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Minimal Folio shows your portfolio of images, PDF and video full screen on iPad and iPhone. The toolbar hides while you present, and the app puts no name or logo over your work. Demo videos and more: https://mfl.io/ PRESENT - Swipe sideways between columns and down through the items in a column - Pinch to look closer at an image or a PDF page - Show JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF and BMP images, PDF pages, and MOV, M4V and MP4 video - Choose whether video plays by itself, loops, shows controls, and fits or fills the screen - Move between items with the arrow keys on a hardware keyboard - Hide editing, thumbnail view, folio switching and the user guide before you hand the device over ORGANISE - Keep separate folios and switch between them - Drag items, or whole columns, into order in thumbnail view - Import several photos and videos from your albums at once - Copy and paste items between folios and between apps - Arrange newly added files into columns from their filenames - Email selected items as optimised copies or as the originals TRANSFER - Sync folios with Dropbox in both directions, or replace one side with the other - Copy files to and from a Mac in the Finder, or a Windows PC in Apple Devices MORE - Open the Settings app and choose Minimal Folio for launch, lock, video, sync, import and cache options

About

DiashowDL

Features
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DiashowDL is a professional offline slideshow player and presentation tool for speakers, teachers, exhibitors, and businesses. Build a show once and play it anywhere — on your phone, tablet, smart TV, or any display on your local network. No cloud account, no subscription fees, and no internet connection required. • MOBILE PRESENTER REMOTE Run the show on a big screen, TV, or projector and control it directly from your phone. Synchronized virtual laser pointer, gestures control and more. • MULTI-FORMAT MEDIA PLAYER Mix images, videos, PDF documents, Lottie animations, and embedded HTML/web pages into a single seamless slideshow. Apply professional transition effects, configure Ken Burns pan-and-zoom motion paths and add captions. • LIVE WIDGET OVERLAYS Overlay utility widgets on any slide, including clocks, timers, weather status, and custom branding logos. Connect local environmental sensors (BME680, SCD30) over Wi-Fi to monitor temperature, humidity, CO₂, and air quality (IAQ) live on-screen during your presentations. • BUILD & ORGANIZE OFFLINE Create new slideshows using a built-in visual editor. Reorder slides, configure custom curves for image transitions, and pack everything into a self-contained DDLZ archive to share, backup, or deploy instantly to external devices. • DEVELOPER-FRIENDLY & SCRIPTABLE Shows are defined in Diashow Description Language (DDL) — a lightweight, version-control-friendly declarative format. Drive playback programmatically using a built-in REST API. Open-hardware integration guides and client SDK code examples (Python, Java, Go, Dart, Node.js, and ESP32/Arduino) are available on GitHub. • TRUE CROSS-PLATFORM The same DDL show file plays identically on other systems. Perfect for kiosk setups, trade show displays, museum installations, and digital signage. • Free to download and evaluate: The free tier is fully functional. A single, one-time in-app purchase removes the license reminder slide. • No analytics, no tracking, and no external servers: Your data and presentations remain entirely on your local hardware. • Ideal for: keynote speakers, lecturers, event coordinators, photographers, museums, and kiosk operators running custom digital signage on their own hardware.

Screenshots

Minimal Folio2 screens
DiashowDL4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Minimal Folio at none against DiashowDL's 1. DiashowDL's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 7 months) and device support (4 vs 2). 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. DiashowDL sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Minimal Folio asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minimal Folio ships an update every 7 months, DiashowDL every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Minimal Folio versus DiashowDL: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinimal FolioDiashowDL
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (201 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings201 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB61 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperStudio Heys LimitedPeter Sauer

Bugs and requests

Minimal Folio

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Images disappearing or rearranging unexpectedly
  • Crashes when importing/loading images
  • Dropbox sync issues causing data loss
  • Video playback problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to add captions or titles to images
  • Improved video playback controls
  • Support for more file formats (e.g. RAW, GIFs)
  • Sync options beyond just Dropbox
  • Kiosk mode to disable home button

DiashowDL

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Minimal Folio

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

DiashowDL

One-time1
  • Buy License$22.99

Questions

Is Minimal Folio free?
Minimal Folio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DiashowDL free?
DiashowDL is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Minimal Folio or DiashowDL have ads?
Neither Minimal Folio nor DiashowDL shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minimal Folio or DiashowDL?
Minimal Folio ships an update every 7 months, and DiashowDL every 10 days. Most recently, Minimal Folio was updated on October 23, 2026 and DiashowDL on October 6, 2026.

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