Codemotion vs Foliato
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Codemotion
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Codemotion Conference is the must-attend gathering for savvy devs and IT professionals craving insights on the latest technologies, inspirational talks, and hands-on activities. The app will help you discover, connect and chat with attendees at the summit: - Connect with other attendees, speakers and companies who have interests similar to yours. - View the summit program and explore sessions. - Create your own personalized agenda based on your interests and meetings. - Get last-minute updates on the schedule from the organizer. - Access speaker information at your fingertips. - Participate in fun games and quizzes Use the app, you'll learn more. Enjoy it and we hope you have a wonderful time at Codemotion Conference.
Foliato
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Your PDF never leaves your device. Foliato is a full set of PDF tools that runs locally: nothing is ever uploaded, no server, no account. VIEW & OPEN Open any PDF straight from Files, Mail or another app. Foliato registers as a PDF viewer with continuous scroll, pinch-to-zoom and selectable text. Pages fit the width of your screen, the way a reader should. DIGITAL SIGNATURES: READ AND CREATE Inspect the digital signatures a PDF carries: who signed it, with which certificate, whether the document changed after signing, whether the certificate chain holds together and, if you leave it on in Settings, whether the issuing authority has revoked the signer's certificate. For that check Foliato sends only the certificate's serial number, never the document. The app always tells you what it checked and what it did not: a certificate not being listed as revoked does not mean it can be trusted. You can also sign. Use your own digital certificate (.p12 or .pfx, for example from the Spanish FNMT) to sign a PDF with a real cryptographic signature in the standard PAdES format, with an optional visible stamp on one, several or all pages. When online, the signature includes a timestamp and Foliato first checks that the certificate has not been revoked; offline, it still signs. You can save your certificates encrypted on the device, but the password is never saved: it is asked for on every signature. It is an advanced electronic signature, not a qualified one. 10 PDF TOOLS ⢠Merge: combine multiple PDFs into one ⢠Split: extract exactly the pages you need ⢠Reorder: drag pages into a new order ⢠Rotate: fix sideways or upside-down pages ⢠Compress: shrink the file size with an adjustable compression level ⢠Sign: draw a signature once, place it on any page ⢠Sign with certificate: sign with your digital certificate ⢠Image to PDF: turn photos into a PDF, one page each ⢠Watermark: add text, then drag, resize, rotate it and set its opacity ⢠Page numbers: choose the format, position and starting number PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads, no analytics. Every merge, split and signature happens on your phone or tablet, and every tool works offline. Only two features look things up online, and only when you use them: signing with a certificate (timestamp and revocation check) and the revocation check when you open a signature, which you can turn off in Settings. Neither ever sends your document or your full certificate. FREE, NO CATCH All 10 tools, unlimited, from the first launch. No in-app purchases, no subscription, and Foliato never adds its own watermark to your files. Available in English, Spanish and French, with light and dark themes, on iPhone and iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Foliato at none against Codemotion's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Codemotion ships an update every 3 weeks, Foliato every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Codemotion | Foliato |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks ā better |
| Ads | Yes | No ā better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad ā better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 ā better | 16.4 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Codemotion srl | Estanislao Perez Nartallo |
In-app purchases
Codemotion
No in-app purchases
Foliato
No in-app purchases









