PDFora vs Folio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
PDFora
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PDFora β Scan, Read & Edit PDF All-in-one PDF toolkit designed for speed, simplicity, and control. PDFora helps you scan, read, organize, and edit PDF documents in one powerful app. Whether youβre managing work files, study materials, contracts, or personal documents, everything you need is right here. * Powerful PDF Scanner Turn paper into high-quality PDFs in seconds. β’ Smart edge detection β’ Auto crop & perspective correction β’ Multiple page scanning β’ Export in high resolution β’ Convert photos to PDF * Smooth & Fast PDF Reader Read documents comfortably anytime. β’ Lightning-fast rendering β’ Night mode & eye-friendly reading β’ Bookmark important pages β’ Quick file search β’ Continuous and single page modes * Easy PDF Editing Tools Edit your documents with precision. β’ Highlight, underline & annotate β’ Add text and comments β’ Draw or sign with your finger or Apple Pencil β’ Reorder, rotate & delete pages β’ Merge and split PDFs β’ Compress file size * Smart File Management Stay organized effortlessly. β’ Create folders & tags β’ Rename and sort files β’ Quick access to recent documents β’ Secure important files * Designed for Productivity PDFora is built for people who work with documents daily. Clean interface. No clutter. Just powerful tools that get the job done. Perfect for: β’ Students β’ Professionals β’ Freelancers β’ Remote workers β’ Business users * Privacy First Your files stay on your device unless you choose to share them. Premium Features β’ AI Tools: Chat, summarize, count, and extract data from documents β’ Scan & OCR: Convert documents and images into editable text β’ Edit PDFs: Compress, lock/unlock, and add smart signatures Free usage included: β’ AI chat (5 messages), AI counting (3 uses) β’ OCR, compression, lock/unlock (3 uses each) β’ Smart signature (3 signatures) β’ Scan first 3 pages On-device AI is free. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited access and advanced AI. AI features may process your documents securely. On-device AI runs locally on your device, while some advanced features may use cloud-based AI. Download PDFora today and take full control of your documents. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Folio
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Folio brings your calendar and your meeting notes together in one app. Open Folio and you see your day: your meetings, synced from your calendar, each one ready for notes. Tap a meeting, start writing. No folders to organise, no hunting for that thing you wrote three Tuesdays ago β every note lives with the meeting it came from. TYPE OR DRAW β’ Type your notes, or draw and handwrite them β beautifully at home with Apple Pencil on iPad β’ Choose paper styles that suit the way you take notes β’ Organise notes into notebooks when you want structure LET AI DO THE BORING PART Powered by Apple Intelligence, entirely on your device: β’ Summaries β the TL;DR of any meeting in seconds β’ Meeting minutes β decisions and actions, properly formatted β’ Follow-up emails β a ready-to-send recap drafted from your notes β’ Action items β captured automatically the moment you stop writing YOUR NOTES FOLLOW YOU β’ iCloud sync keeps iPhone and iPad in step β through your own private iCloud, never our servers β’ Export action items to Apple Reminders β’ Search everything, instantly PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your notes never leave your devices. AI runs on-device with Apple Intelligence β nothing is sent to the cloud for processing, and we collect no data at all. ONE PRICE, NO SUBSCRIPTION Try everything free for 14 days, then a single one-time purchase of $5.99 unlocks Folio forever. No subscription, ever. AI features require Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro or later, or iPad with M1 or later). Note-taking works on any supported device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Folio at daily against PDFora's every 2 months. PDFora's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. PDFora sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Folio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PDFora ships an update every 2 months, Folio daily. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | PDFora | Folio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 β better | 26.2 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hien Nguyen | ARUBAI ARAIN |
In-app purchases
PDFora
- Premium Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
- Premium Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
Folio
- Folio Full Access$5.99









