DIAL 7 vs Carafolio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DIAL 7
Book a ride from a large fleet of vehicles in the New York - Tri-State Area. Get clear pricing upfront, track your driver, and enjoy convenient autopay for a seamless travel experience.
- Book reservations quickly
- Clear pricing upfront
- Track driver location
- Autopay credit card
- Wide vehicle options
Read full descriptionHide full description
Access Dial 7's fleet of 900 vehicles with a few taps. Book a reservation quickly and affordable, with the Dial 7 app for the best ride in the New York -Tri State Area. Features include: - Set, clear pricing ahead of time - Driver location and information when en route - Autopay credit card services; no need to touch your wallet - A wide range of vehicle type options
Carafolio
Read full descriptionHide full description
Carafolio is a private folio for the places worth remembering: the restaurant a friend swore by, the old city wall you were told to walk at dawn, the thirteenth-century church you found reimagined as a bookstore. Not everywhere you have been. Only the places you would vouch for. PROVENANCE When someone shares a place with you, Carafolio keeps who told you and why. A recommendation stays attached to the person who made it, so years later you still know whose taste to trust. The crowd's rating is kept as a footnote, not a verdict. CIRCLES Keep places with a circle of up to six, the size at which everyone still contributes and stays candid. Past six, a group starts watching rather than sharing, and the best recommendations stop coming. THE RECORD OF A PLACE Why you were interested before you went, and what you thought afterwards. Your photographs and notes, alongside the notes of the people you keep it with. YOUR FOLIO Your trips and circles, pinned where you can reach them. Ask brings back any place you have kept in a few letters, and a new one can be kept the moment it catches your eye. TRIPS Everyone's flights, so you know who is arriving when. The itinerary: the dinner reservations, the museum tickets, the plans. And the places saved for wandering in between, the gallery or the shop you might happen upon. THE PRACTICAL Inside every trip, a guide tailored to the cities you are visiting: the tipping customs, the local apps worth having, the neighborhoods worth knowing. Kept current, and ready on your phone when you land. THE MAP Only what you kept, never everywhere. While you are out, switch the key to see what is near you, a shop or a restaurant, and where you are. At home, see what you have visited, what you favourited, and what you still want to see. Filter by geography, trip or circle. VOLUMES Once you have experienced enough places, compose a volume with your own through-line. A Black Book is your own guide to the places you would send a friend, gathered around a thread you choose. A Group Memory is a coffee-table volume of a trip or an occasion: the people and the moments as well as the places. Carafolio drafts each around your thread, and you refine it into a finished volume, ready for print. Volumes are composed on carafolio.com from a desktop browser. Carafolio is by invitation. Your notes are yours: they are not used for advertising, not sold, and not used to train models.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Carafolio at every 2 days against DIAL 7's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DIAL 7 ships an update every 2 months, Carafolio every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DIAL 7 | Carafolio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (434 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 434 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dial7 Car & Limousine Service Inc | Provenance Folio, Inc. |
Bugs and requests
DIAL 7
Reported bugs
15 issues- App won't connect to server
- Login credentials not recognized despite valid account
- Email confirmation messages not received
- Address field changes after saving
- Requires re-entry of all details when modifying trip
Show 10 moreShow fewer
- Credit card information rejected incorrectly
- App freezes on map selection screen
- Airport pickup feature non-functional
- Reservation number shows as NULL
- Price calculation errors (showing $0)
- Destination field displays corrupted data
- Rating interface disappears before submission
- Notification messages disappear when unlocked
- Account setup screen stuck on legal agreement
- Incompatibility with iOS updates
Requested features
10 requests- Driver messaging/texting capability
- Ability to rate drivers after trip completion
- Modify or cancel reservations from app
- Display pickup time in app reservations
- Built-in maps instead of Google Maps integration
Show 5 moreShow fewer
- Save credit card information reliably
- Cross-platform reservation synchronization
- Better address autocomplete and validation
- Confirmation feedback for airport pickup button
- Support for international credit cards
Carafolio
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DIAL 7
No in-app purchases
Carafolio
No in-app purchases









