Comparison

Pocket vs MakerFolio

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

Head to head
About

Pocket

This AI assistant records meetings, calls, and lectures, providing accurate transcripts, structured summaries, and actionable next steps. It allows you to ask questions about your recordings and organize them with tags and folders. Designed to help you remember everything from important conversations.

Highlights
  • One-press recording
  • AI-powered transcripts with speaker labels
  • Customizable summary templates
  • Automatic action item extraction
  • Chat with recordings
  • Speaker identification
  • Team workspaces
Features
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Pocket is the AI personal assistant that lives on the back of your phone. Press once to record any meeting, call, lecture or passing thought, and Pocket turns it into a clean transcript, a structured summary and a list of next steps. No typing, no app juggling, no "what did we agree on?" CAPTURE WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT IT • One-press recording on the Pocket device, with sensitive mics that pick up the whole room • Pause and resume a recording without starting a new one • Record in-person conversations and Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams calls • Start and track recordings from Widgets and Live Activities • Sync over Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or USB-C, even for long recordings AI SUMMARIES THAT ACTUALLY READ WELL • Accurate speech-to-text transcription with speaker labels • Clear summaries with key points, decisions and highlights • Custom summary templates for sales calls, 1:1s, lectures, interviews, standups and more • Mind maps that show how a conversation fits together • Combine several recordings into one summary TURN TALK INTO FOLLOW-THROUGH • Action items pulled from every conversation automatically • Add tasks and follow-ups to your calendar with one tap • One task list for everything you promised to do ASK POCKET Chat with your recordings like you would with a colleague. Ask "What did the client say about pricing?" or "Summarise everything from this week's design reviews" and get answers drawn from your own conversations. KNOWS WHO SAID WHAT • Speaker identification and naming across recordings • Voice Print learns your voice so you're always labelled correctly • Word Dictionary teaches Pocket your names, brands and jargon STAY ORGANISED • Tags, folders and search across your whole library • Team workspaces to share meetings and folders with colleagues • Export, merge and bulk-manage recordings • Works with your other AI tools through the Pocket MCP server and public API PRIVATE BY DESIGN Pocket is SOC 2 and HIPAA compliant. Your recordings are yours: Pocket never sells or shares your data. POCKET PRO Upgrade for unlimited Ask Pocket, recordings up to 4 hours, unlimited custom templates, priority processing and bulk actions. Available monthly or yearly. WHO IT'S FOR Founders, sales teams, consultants, doctors, students, creators, and anyone who has ever left a great conversation and forgotten half of it. Pocket: speak freely, remember everything.

About

MakerFolio

This app helps makers document their projects with photos, notes, material costs, and time tracking. Organize your creations with custom categories and export your work as PDFs or project files.

Highlights
  • Document projects with photos and notes
  • Track time and material costs
  • Calculate profit/loss
  • Create beautiful photo galleries
  • Organize with custom categories and tags
  • Share projects via .mfproject files
  • Export projects and catalog as PDF
Features
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Every maker has a project worth remembering. MakerFolio gives you the perfect home for all of them. Whether you build furniture in a garage, sew garments from scratch, throw pottery, cast jewelry, or wire electronics — MakerFolio is the dedicated portfolio app built for the way makers think and work. DOCUMENT EVERY BUILD Capture your projects the way they deserve to be remembered. Add photos straight from your camera or library, write detailed build notes, list materials and tools, record measurements, and track every step of your process. Your knowledge. Organized. Preserved. TRACK YOUR TIME & COSTS Know exactly what each project costs you — in money and hours. Log your materials cost, additional expenses, and time spent. Add a selling price and MakerFolio automatically calculates your profit or loss. Perfect for hobbyists, craft sellers, and small-batch makers alike. BEAUTIFUL PHOTO GALLERIES Your work deserves to look its best. Add up to 10 photos at a time, reorder them with drag-and-drop, write captions, and mark your best shots as the featured image or finished product. Your project gallery becomes a visual record of every build. STAY ORGANIZED YOUR WAY Create custom categories that match how you work — by craft type, skill level, project status, or anything else. Add tags for quick filtering. Sort and group your projects exactly the way you think about them. SHARE & EXPORT Share your project as a .mfproject file via AirDrop, Messages, or iCloud Drive — photos included. Recipients can open it directly in MakerFolio. Export a PDF of any project to share with clients, print for your shop, or post online. Export a full catalog PDF of your entire portfolio — great for markets, commissions, or just showing off. BUILT FOR iPHONE & iPAD MakerFolio feels right at home on any Apple device. On iPad, enjoy a split-view layout that keeps your project list and details side by side. Dark Mode supported, of course. PERFECT FOR: • Woodworkers & furniture makers • Sewers, quilters & fiber artists • Leatherworkers & cobblers • Jewelers & metalworkers • Potters & ceramicists • Electronics & hobbyist makers • DIY home improvers • Craft sellers & market vendors • Anyone who builds things and wants to remember them MakerFolio. Just your work, beautifully documented. Download MakerFolio and start building your portfolio today.

Screenshots

Pocket4 screens
MakerFolio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pocket at Free against MakerFolio's $0.99. Pocket also leads on ratings volume (7.4K vs 4) and chart position (#22 vs unranked). MakerFolio's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On rating, update cadence, ads 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

Pocket is free to download; MakerFolio costs $0.99 up front. Pocket sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. MakerFolio asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Pocket against 5.0 for MakerFolio. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket has 7.4K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Pocket's written reviews are positive against 100% of MakerFolio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket ships an update every 4 days, MakerFolio weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Pocket versus MakerFolio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocketMakerFolio
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.9 (7.4K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.4K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#22 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOpen Vision Engineering, IncTodd Haddaway

Customer experience

Pocket

All ratings7,399 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews372 reviews
Positive67.5%
Neutral3.5%
Negative29.0%

MakerFolio

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Pocket

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inappropriate words in transcripts
  • Inability to access forum after posting feedback
  • Prolonged transfer times for recordings

Requested features

4 requests
  • Integration with more calendar platforms
  • Ability to play recordings within the app
  • Improved accuracy and relevance of action items and summaries
  • Better customer support and communication

MakerFolio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pocket

Subscriptions10
  • Pocket Monthly Pro1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • Pocket Recharge Pro1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • Pocket Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Month
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  • Pocket Pro3 Months trial$29.991 Month
  • Pocket Pro1 Month trial$29.991 Month
  • Pocket Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • Pocket Yearly Pro1 Month trial$199.001 Year
  • Pocket Recharge Yearly1 Month trial$199.001 Year
  • Pocket Pro7 Days trial$239.991 Year
  • Pocket Pro1 Month trial$239.991 Year
None

MakerFolio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket free?
Pocket is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MakerFolio free?
MakerFolio costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket or MakerFolio?
MakerFolio is rated higher. Pocket averages 4.9 out of 5 from 7.4K ratings, while MakerFolio averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Pocket or MakerFolio have ads?
Neither Pocket nor MakerFolio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pocket or MakerFolio?
Pocket ships an update every 4 days, and MakerFolio weekly. Most recently, Pocket was updated on November 3, 2026 and MakerFolio on October 24, 2026.

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