Readory vs Folio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Readory
This app helps readers track their reading habits, log books, and journal their thoughts. It offers a reading timer with ambient sounds, detailed statistics, and goal setting to enhance the reading experience. All your reading data is stored locally for privacy.
- Track reading status (Currently Reading, Finished)
- Immersive reading timer with ambient sounds
- Create highlights and voice/photo notes
- Detailed reading statistics and achievements
- Live Activity for Lock Screen visibility
- Organized library with grid view and filters
- Set reading goals and track streaks
- Import Goodreads library
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Readory is a beautifully crafted book tracker designed for readers who care about their reading life. Whether you read one book a month or one a week, Readory helps you build lasting reading habits, read together with friends, and capture every thought along the way. • Track Your Reading Journey Add books instantly by scanning barcodes, searching by title, or importing your Goodreads library. Track your reading status — Currently Reading, Want to Read, Finished, or Did Not Finish — and mark Want to Read books as Owned, Wishlist, or Preordered so you always know what's next to pick up. • Read Together — Book Club Start a book club or join one with a 6-letter invite code — joining is always free. Set a reading rhythm, share spoiler-safe notes that unlock as members catch up, and react to what others are reading. Join a live Silent Reading Room to read in comfortable silence alongside your club, see who's reading with you in real time, and rate the book together once everyone finishes. • Immersive Reading Timer Start a reading session with our focused timer. Choose from five ambient sounds — Rain, Fire, Café, Nature, or Library — to create your perfect reading atmosphere. When you're done, log your pages and see your progress update in real time. • Capture Every Thought Create highlights and personal notes as you read. Attach voice recordings to capture ideas hands-free, or photograph memorable pages. Your reading journal grows with every book. • Beautiful Stats & Achievements See your reading life come alive with detailed statistics — books finished, pages read, total reading time, and your best streak. Earn achievements like First Chapter, Flame Keeper, and Night Reader as you reach new milestones. • Live Activity Keep your reading session visible on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Always know how long you've been reading without opening the app. • Your Library, Always Organized Browse your collection in a beautiful grid view, or arrange it exactly how you like with manual drag-and-reorder. Create custom lists to organize books your way, add your own cover photos, filter by reading status, and search instantly — every book, every detail, right where you need it. • Reading Goals & Streaks Set an annual reading goal and track your progress throughout the year. Build a daily reading streak and stay motivated with milestone notifications that celebrate your consistency. • Goodreads Import Switching from another app? Import your entire Goodreads library in seconds via CSV export. Your books, ratings, and reading status come along for the ride. • Designed With Care Readory features a warm, editorial aesthetic inspired by the joy of physical books. Custom typography, hand-crafted illustrations, and a cream-toned palette create an experience that feels like home for book lovers. • Your Data, Your Reading Life Your personal library — books, notes, highlights, and reading sessions — stays private on your device. Book Club is opt-in and uses a secure server only to sync shared club activity like notes and live sessions. We ask for tracking permission per Apple's guidelines to help measure how our updates perform; you're always free to decline, and the app works exactly the same either way. Start your reading story today. Note: Readory offers premium subscription options for enhanced capabilities, including creating your own Book Club. Subscriptions are processed through Apple's App Store. Terms, conditions and privacy policy available at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of use & Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/readory-app/
Folio
This app helps you meticulously track your reading progress, manage your book library, and cultivate a consistent reading habit. It allows for detailed logging of quotes, reviews, and reading statistics, offering a private and organized space for bibliophiles.
- Organize books into shelves
- Save and sync favorite quotes
- Rate books with quarter-star precision
- Import from Goodreads/StoryGraph
- Search, manual entry, or ISBN scan
- Track pages, minutes, and streaks
- Set reading goals
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Track the books you read, organize your TBR, and build a bookshelf that feels like yours. Folio brings your library, reading progress, and favorite passages together on iPhone and iPad. • Keep track of what you're reading, what you've finished, and what you want to read next. • Build visual bookshelves: arrange your books, add decorations, and share an image of your shelf. • Add books with search or barcode scanning, or import your library from Goodreads or StoryGraph. • Log reading sessions with a timer and update your progress by page or percentage. • Set reading goals and see your activity in a calendar, with stats and streaks. • Save notes and quotes, rate books, and write reviews. • Connect with other readers when you choose. Follow their shelves and exchange messages with an account. Control who can see your profile and reading activity. Start tracking your books without an account. Folio Plus adds library sync across devices, advanced stats, widgets, Live Activities, extra goals, curated discovery, and more bookshelf customization. No ads. Read at your own pace.
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Verdict
Readory and Folio both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Folio's written reviews are positive against 63% of Readory's. Folio also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Readory sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Folio sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Readory against 4.8 for Folio. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Readory's written reviews are positive against 100% of Folio's.
Readory ships an update monthly, Folio every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Readory | Folio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (16 ratings) | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Volkan ozturk | Miguel Pacheco |
Customer experience
Readory
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In-app purchases
Readory
- Readory Pro Weekly7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Readory Pro Yearly (50% Off)$19.991 Year
- Readory Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
Folio
- Folio Plus Monthly$0.991 Month
- Folio Plus Annual$8.991 Year
- Folio Plus Annual7 Days trial$8.991 Year
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- Folio Plus Annual14 Days trial$8.991 Year
- Folio Plus Lifetime$24.99









