Comparison

Minimal Folio vs Ghost Arcade

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

Ghost Arcade

Transform your device into a live visual instrument for creating and performing dynamic video art. It offers clip launching, layered mixing, and projection mapping with touch-friendly controls. Integrate live camera feeds and apply various effects for unique performances.

Highlights
  • Live clip launching
  • Generative shaders
  • Layered mixing
  • Projection mapping
  • Live camera input
  • Customizable effects
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a live visual instrument. Ghost Arcade brings clip launching, generative shaders, layered mixing and projection mapping into one touch-friendly workspace. PERFORM Start with a full deck of included shader clips. Launch visuals, select a playing clip to adjust its controls, and double-tap to stop. Mix four layers per deck and explore A/B crossfades in dual-deck mode. SHAPE YOUR VISUALS Create projection surfaces and adjust corner or mesh points directly in the preview. Route your composition or individual layers to screens, then add edge effects and Looks. PLAY YOUR EFFECTS Apply effects to clips, layers or the composition. Flux combines a touch-controlled X/Y pad with stackable effects for expressive live performance. GhostFX adds smoothly changing, music-responsive visuals. BRING THE WORLD INTO YOUR SET Use live camera feeds as creative inputs. Supported devices also offer depth effects, simultaneous front/rear capture and LiDAR point-cloud scanning with export for desktop workflows. Hardware support varies by device. SAVE YOUR SETUPS Save sets and clip blocks to return to your favorite combinations. Standalone performance does not require an account or a desktop computer.

Screenshots

Minimal Folio2 screens
Ghost Arcade3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Minimal Folio at Free against Ghost Arcade's $1.99. Minimal Folio also leads on ratings volume (201 vs 1). Ghost Arcade's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 7 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Minimal Folio is free to download; Ghost Arcade costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ghost Arcade holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minimal Folio has 201 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minimal Folio ships an update every 7 months, Ghost Arcade every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Minimal Folio versus Ghost Arcade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinimal FolioGhost Arcade
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.4 (201 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings201 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStudio Heys LimitedJustin Wood

Customer experience

Minimal Folio

All ratings201 ratings
Positive86.6%
Neutral4.0%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews184 reviews
Positive59.8%
Neutral10.3%
Negative29.9%

Ghost Arcade

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

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

Ghost Arcade

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Minimal Folio

No in-app purchases

None

Ghost Arcade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minimal Folio free?
Minimal Folio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ghost Arcade free?
Ghost Arcade costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Minimal Folio or Ghost Arcade?
Ghost Arcade is rated higher. Minimal Folio averages 4.4 out of 5 from 201 ratings, while Ghost Arcade averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Minimal Folio or Ghost Arcade have ads?
Neither Minimal Folio nor Ghost Arcade shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minimal Folio or Ghost Arcade?
Minimal Folio ships an update every 7 months, and Ghost Arcade every 5 days. Most recently, Minimal Folio was updated on November 1, 2026 and Ghost Arcade on November 2, 2026.

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