Selects vs Folio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Selects
This app uses on-device AI to help you organize your photo library. It automatically identifies blurry shots, duplicates, and screenshots, allowing for quick deletion or organization into albums. Enjoy a private and secure experience with no data leaving your device.
- On-device AI photo analysis
- Automatic duplicate detection
- Blurry photo and screenshot flagging
- One-tap favorite selection
- Storage saver for large files
- Album creation and organization
- Panic-free deletion with safety net
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Selects: The Smarter Way to Clean Your Camera Roll Let’s be honest: you currently have 28,000 photos on your phone. 15 of them are identical shots of your dog trying to get one where they aren't blurry. 400 are screenshots of recipes you will never cook. And your iCloud storage is begging for mercy. Selects is here to fix your camera roll, and we’ve made it so fast and satisfying that it actually feels like a game. 100% Private & Paranoia-Proof Before we get to the fun stuff, let’s address the two things you’re actually worried about: privacy and accidentally deleting your wedding photos. No Servers, No Spying: Our AI runs entirely offline on your device using Apple's Neural Engine. We don't see your photos, and your data never leaves your phone. The Triple Safety Net: Selects cannot permanently delete anything without your explicit permission. Swiping just moves photos to a staging Bin. Swiped by mistake? Tap the Undo button. Emptied the Bin by mistake? Don't panic. Everything simply moves to Apple’s native "Recently Deleted" folder for 30 days before vanishing forever. You are completely safe here. Zero-Thought Swiping We got rid of tiny checkmarks and confusing menus. In Selects, organizing is pure reflex. Just swipe a card UP or DOWN to send a photo to the Bin. Don’t think about direction, just action. Swiped your grandma by mistake? Our bulletproof "Undo" button instantly brings her back. An AI That Actually Gets It Our on-device AI Lab scans your library to find the clutter so you don't have to. It automatically flags blurry shots, isolates receipts and screenshots, and rounds up your Animals. It even finds your absolute best, high-aesthetic shots (we call them "Diamonds") so you can Favorite them all with one tap. Heavy Hitters Need to free up space right this second? The "Storage Savers" mission rounds up your absolute largest videos and files so you can reclaim Gigabytes of space in three swipes. The Duplicate "Magic Wand" Staring at 10 identical group selfies trying to figure out which one is best? Let the AI do it. Tap the "Magic Wand" and Selects will instantly select all the blurry, blinking, and inferior duplicates for the Bin, leaving only the perfect "Hero" shot untouched. Album Builder (A Safe Curation Zone) Building an album for your trip to Italy shouldn't be a chore. Enter Album Builder mode: pick a destination, and just swipe photos to add them. Nothing gets deleted here, and you can even create brand-new Apple Photos albums on the fly without leaving the app. Enter the Time Machine Check your dashboard for the Time Machine heatmap to see your entire photo history at a glance. Tap any month to instantly jump back in time and clean up that specific era. We even built a Home Screen Widget that surfaces random memories from over a year ago to remind you what's buried in there. Panic-Free Deletion & Total Privacy Scared of the delete button? Don't be. When you empty the Selects Bin, your photos are simply moved to Apple's native "Recently Deleted" folder for 30 days before vanishing forever. You have plenty of time to change your mind. Furthermore, all our AI magic happens strictly offline on your device using Apple's Neural Engine. We never see your photos, and we never touch your data. Stop paying for extra cloud storage just to host 4,000 memes from 2019. Download Selects and get your camera roll back.
Folio
Extract high-resolution still images from your video files without manual scrubbing or low-quality screenshots. Customize frame extraction speed and save or share your stills directly from the app.
- High-resolution image extraction
- Supports MP4, MOV, WebM
- Customizable frame extraction speed
- Save directly to photo library
- In-app sharing
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Folio: vid2pix is your ultimate tool for extracting high-quality, high-resolution still images from your video footage. No more manual scrubbing or low-quality screenshots. Key Features: - High-Fidelity Extraction: Pull high-res stills from MP4, MOV, and WebM videos. - Customize how many frames you want from your video. Move with precision, up to 10 frames per second. - Easy to Save: Directly saved to your iPhone photo library. - Easy to Share: Ready to show the pictures to your special ones already? Share them right away in app. Whether you're capturing the perfect moment from a family video or analyzing research footage, Folio provides the speed, precision and quality you need.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Folio at Free against Selects's $1.99. Selects's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Folio is free to download; Selects costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Selects against 5.0 for Folio. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Selects ships an update fortnightly, Folio monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Selects | Folio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shriansh Shrivastava | BringEZBack LLC |
Customer experience
Selects
Folio
In-app purchases
Selects
No in-app purchases
Folio
No in-app purchases






