Comparison

QuarterFull vs Folio

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

Head to head
About

QuarterFull

Discover a vast collection of web novels and ebooks across diverse genres like romance, fantasy, and sci-fi. Organize your favorite stories and dive into new adventures with an endless world of captivating narratives.

Highlights
  • Endless stories and novels
  • Explore diverse genres
  • Personalized library
  • Web novels and ebooks
  • Create your own stories
Features
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An endless world of stories and novels. Find your next great read from around the world, and dive into the stories you love. QuarterFull is your home for web novels and ebooks from around the world. Explore a range of genres, find the stories that speak to you, and get hooked on your favorites. Your next great story is always waiting. One story ends. Your next favorite awaits. Worlds beyond your imagination. Step beyond the everyday into stories filled with extraordinary imagination. Romance, fantasy, horror, mystery. Wuxia and sci-fi, too. From heart-fluttering romance to chilling horror and thrilling adventures. Find your perfect story across a world of genres. Stories that make you crave the next chapter. Unexpected twists. Unforgettable characters. Every chapter draws you deeper. Keep the stories you love in your own library. Stories to revisit and stories to read next. Keep them all in one place. *Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ *Privacy Policy: https://quarterfull.io/terms/privacy *Terms of Service: https://quarterfull.io/terms/policy

About

Folio

Features
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Spare minutes, well-read. Folio turns the world's greatest literature into calm, narrated audio you can finish in a single sitting — about eight minutes a piece. A commute, a coffee, the walk home. That's all it takes to spend time with Austen, Dickens, Dostoevsky, Poe, or Homer. ONE CLASSIC FREE, EVERY DAY Pick any book in the library and listen free. A new pick unlocks every day. No account, no sign-up, no clutter — open the app and press play. WHAT'S INSIDE • 546 classics, from Pride and Prejudice to The Odyssey, Dracula to The Great Gatsby • Read-along text that highlights each line as it is spoken • Two narrators — male or female, switch at any time • Adjustable speed, sleep timer, and full lock-screen controls • Keep listening with the screen off, on a walk or a commute • Quiet, distraction-free design in indigo and gold BROWSE BY GENRE OR AUTHOR Russian masters, Victorian novels, Gothic tales, adventure, myth and more — or go straight to Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, or Sherlock Holmes. HONEST ABOUT WHAT THIS IS Naturally short works arrive complete. Longer novels are carefully edited retellings that keep the arc and the finest passages, and every title tells you which it is. The narration is a synthetic voice, chosen for clarity and calm rather than performance. UNLOCK EVERYTHING, ONCE A single purchase opens the entire library — any book, any order, no daily limit, and every title added later. It is not a subscription: nothing renews, and there is nothing to cancel. The classics are waiting. You have eight minutes.

Screenshots

QuarterFull4 screens
Folio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: QuarterFull at every 2 days against Folio's every 9 days. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. QuarterFull sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $6.00 per month and Folio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QuarterFull ships an update every 2 days, Folio every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
QuarterFull versus Folio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuarterFullFolio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB65 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperQuarterFull Inc.Akira Takashima

In-app purchases

9 purchases

QuarterFull

Subscriptions7
  • Reader$6.001 Month
  • Basic$12.001 Month
  • Basic First Purchase1 Month trial$12.001 Month
Show 4 more
  • Creator$36.001 Month
  • Creator First Purchase1 Month trial$36.001 Month
  • Studio$244.991 Month
  • Studio First Purchase1 Month trial$244.991 Month
One-time2
  • 180,000 Ink First Purchase$4.19
  • 180,000 Ink$6.00
1 purchases

Folio

One-time1
  • Complete Library$6.99

Questions

Is QuarterFull free?
QuarterFull is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Folio free?
Folio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do QuarterFull or Folio have ads?
Neither QuarterFull nor Folio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QuarterFull or Folio?
QuarterFull ships an update every 2 days, and Folio every 9 days. Most recently, QuarterFull was updated on November 7, 2026 and Folio on October 31, 2026.

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