Comparison

Read Faster vs Folio

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

Head to head
About

Read Faster

Features
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Read Faster uses RSVP (Rapid Serial Visual Presentation) to help you read books at 200–1000 words per minute. Import EPUB, PDF, or TXT files and read with adaptive pacing, sentence context, and chapter navigation. Adjust your speed, toggle between single-word and phrase modes, and track your progress — all in a clean, focused interface designed for iOS 26.

About

Folio

Features
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Folio is a fast, beautiful reader for DRM-free EPUB books. Bring your own library - open books from the Files app, or share them to Folio from any app. Covers, reading progress, and your place in every book are always kept. READING • Paged or continuous scrolled reading - chapters flow together with no breaks • Four themes: Paper, Sepia, Dusk, and Ink, with a match-system option • Seven typefaces, adjustable size, line spacing, margins, and alignment • Pinch to change text size • Footnotes open in place; images open full screen YOUR LIBRARY • Grid or list layout, four sort orders, search • Shelves to group books your way • Reading progress and finished-book tracking NOTES AND NAVIGATION • Five highlight colors, with notes • Bookmarks and a full table of contents • Search across the whole book • Share quotes with title and author • Export highlights and notes as HTML or text Folio reads DRM-free EPUB files.

Screenshots

Read Faster1 screens
Folio4 screens

Verdict

The call

Read Faster and Folio are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Read Faster versus Folio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRead FasterFolio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJakob LangtryK Srinivas Rao

In-app purchases

None

Read Faster

No in-app purchases

None

Folio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Read Faster free?
Read Faster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Folio free?
Folio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Read Faster or Folio have ads?
Neither Read Faster nor Folio shows ads.

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