Comparison

X vs Elephant Folio

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

Head to head
About

X

This app helps you manage your time effectively by setting long-term and short-term goals. It utilizes OKR and the time management quadrant theory to organize tasks and track progress, making your life more structured and efficient.

Highlights
  • OKR goal setting
  • Time management quadrant theory
  • Task planning and tracking
  • Calendar view
  • Progress charts
  • Life journey log
Features
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X-生活·时间管理作为一款专业的功能强大的时间管理类APP,依据以下两大理论基础: OKR:目标管理方法,它由英特尔公司于1999年创立,目前已被许多知名公司如Google、LinkedIn、Zynga等广泛应用于实践。旨在帮助组织更有效地实现其战略目标。核心思想是明确目标(Objectives)和关键结果(Key Results)。目标是一定时间内希望达到的明确、可衡量的目标值。而关键结果则是实现这些目标所需的关键步骤或指标。 时间管理四象限理论:由著名管理学家史蒂芬·科维(Stephen R. Covey)提出的一个时间管理理论。这个理论把工作按照重要和紧急两个不同的程度进行了划分。分别为:重要而且紧急,重要但不紧急,紧急但不重要,既不紧急也不重要。 该APP适用于多种场景,如工作、学习、运动健身、读书等,可以满足不同用户的需求。帮助我们更好地规划时间,提高工作效率,让生活更有条理。 作为一款专业和实用的时间管理工具,通过设定日常工作生活中的各种目标,并记录每个目标的点滴达成情况。 但是不同于一般的时间管理软件将时间划分为小时或者分钟级的碎片并进行安排,这种时间管理方式不但繁琐而且本身也浪费不少时间。 X-生活·时间管理让您通过各种长期短期目标设定,然后像打卡一样完成各种小碎步成果,积跬步,至千里。 让你的生活高效而又能适当的放松,实在是最符合如今的工作生活方式,是您居家旅行、工作生活必备效率工具。 毕业多年,一直对自己比较苛求,工作中追求高效,生活中追求品质和小确幸,经历过小厂和一线大厂,资深技术VP。希望大家能喜欢这款简洁的工具软件,无比期待你们能达成希望的所有目标。 【主要功能】 待办事项: 按时间顺序提供过往3天、今日、本周、本月、本年度的计划事项展示,其中本月、本年度为分类统计,其他分别展示详细的计划事项。各个分类事项分别展示了,目标值、达成值、完成度、重要紧急程度等信息。 新增计划: 新增模块包含,处理、计划和事项三部分。处理页可以针对计划进行处理,填写达成情况。计划页面新增新的计划。事项页面新增事项记录项。 计划项目包含文字、图片、重要程度和周期任务等信息。每个计划可以开启提醒,提醒规则按照计划类型分别设置,在设置页面对于分类进行编辑可以修改提醒规则。 日历功能: 按日期展示每天的工作事项,也可以按天添加当前选中日期计划任务。 图表展示: 图表提供按照计划任务类别展示工作计划及达成情况趋势图。 历程功能: 类似朋友圈展示工作计划,让您的生活轨迹随着时间开满花朵。 【X-生活·时间管理订阅服务说明】 - 订阅周期:提供1年期(自动续费)和永久服务至产品服务下架。 - 具体价格参考X-生活App内部付费页面。 - 付款:通过用户的iTunes账户扣款,用户确认购买后付款。 - 取消订阅:1年期服务可以在设置 - Apple ID - 订阅服务中取消订阅。永久服务产品,一次性付费无法取消。 - 续订:苹果iTunes账户会在到期前24小时内扣费,扣费成功后订阅周期顺延一个周期。永久服务产品无需续订,只要产品存续期间皆可使用。 【隐私政策】: http://www.frely.cn/xlife/xlife-privacy.html 【用户使用条款】: http://www.frely.cn/xlife/user-policy.html 【联系我】: 邮箱:42186467@qq.com

About

Elephant Folio

This app automatically organizes your PDF documents using on-device AI. It intelligently files, tags, and categorizes PDFs from various sources, making them easily searchable. Your documents remain private and accessible across all your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • On-device AI for automatic filing
  • Intelligent tagging and categorization
  • Cross-device library sync via iCloud
  • Capture PDFs from Safari, Mail, and camera
  • Full-text search including document content
  • Offline-first functionality
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
Features
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Elephant Folio is a PDF organizer built for people who read papers. Bring a paper in from Safari, Mail, or anywhere on your device, and Elephant Folio files it for you; based on what's actually inside it, not just the filename. The folders get made. The tags get applied. You keep reading. Rules that organize for you Set a rule once and every matching document gets tagged automatically. Match on filename, file contents, author, and more. You can combine conditions with a simple any/all toggle. Rules run the moment a file arrives, and you can re-run them on any file in your whole library anytime. No more tagging one file at a time. Smart organizing, on by default: When Apple Intelligence is available on one of your devices, Elephant Folio can also read and tag documents on its own. Your documents stay yours: Everything stays on your devices. Nothing is uploaded anywhere. Capture from anywhere: The Share extension works across Safari, Mail, Files, and anything else that can hand off a PDF. Scan a physical page and it's filed before you put your phone down and your rules apply instantly. Search that actually reaches: Not just filenames. Not just folders. Text, tags, and document content, so the thing you're looking for turns up even when you don't remember what you called it. One library across all your devices: iCloud keeps Mac, iPad, and iPhone in sync — down to the exact page you left off on. Files live in your Documents folder and open in any app that reads PDFs. Siri Shortcuts let Elephant Folio fit inside whatever system you've already built for yourself. Import from anywhere (even from the browser on a Windows): As long as you can access your iCloud folder, you can drag your PDF documents to Elephant Folio and they will be imported next time you open the app. No internet? No problem: Elephant Folio is a privacy-centric, offline-first app. Capture, read, tag, and search anywhere. The only network requests this app makes are ones to Apple's servers for iCloud syncing or those to fetch metadata from CrossRef/ArXiv/Pubmed. The elephant never forgets. Now neither do you. By using this app you agree to Apple's standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

X4 screens
Elephant Folio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: X at 100% against Elephant Folio's 50%. X also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). Elephant Folio's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. X sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year and Elephant Folio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

X ships an update every 6 days, Elephant Folio every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
X versus Elephant Folio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXElephant Folio
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer小青 李Beroea Tech L.L.C

Customer experience

X

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Elephant Folio

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

X

Subscriptions1
  • X-生活专业版服务$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • X-生活·时间管理专业版$4.99
2 purchases

Elephant Folio

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription$4.001 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime License$55.00

Questions

Is X free?
X is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elephant Folio free?
Elephant Folio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do X or Elephant Folio have ads?
Neither X nor Elephant Folio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, X or Elephant Folio?
X ships an update every 6 days, and Elephant Folio every 2 days. Most recently, X was updated on September 9, 2026 and Elephant Folio on September 12, 2026.

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