Comparison

YuDo vs Folio

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

Head to head
About

YuDo

Features
Read full description

YuDo is a beautiful, intuitive task manager and reminders app designed to help you organize your life with high-fidelity visual aesthetics. Combining a standard structured checklist with a physical-feeling 3D Sticky Note Board view, YuDo brings tactile satisfaction back to your productivity. Key Features: • Interactive Task List: Sort tasks manually or chronologically, manage custom categories, and filter by tags. • Physical Sticky Board View: Arrange your tasks on a virtual corkboard as realistic 3D sticky notes complete with priority-colored push pins, curved edges, and shadow depth. • Custom Photo Wallpapers: Personalize your workspace by setting any photo from your library as your workspace background. • Google Calendar Integration: Connect your Google account to automatically sync your tasks and deadlines bi-directionally. • Premium Home Screen Widgets: Stay on top of your schedule with a compact calendar view and interactive checklists directly on your Home Screen. • Local-First & Privacy-Focused: Your data is stored entirely on your device using SwiftData. No accounts required, no tracking.

About

Folio

Features
Read full description

Folio turns anything you need to keep track of into a notebook you can actually use: groceries and errands, bills and subscriptions, medication and habits, books to read. Over 30 ready-made templates, each with its own fields, statuses and reminders — and every screen works perfectly with Siri and VoiceOver. READY-MADE TEMPLATES • Finance: Payments, Expenses, Subscriptions, Debt/Credit • Content: To Read, To Watch, To Listen • Special Days & Travel: Birthdays, Places to Go, Packing • Routines: Habits, Chores, Maintenance, Plant Care, Pet Care, Exercise • Processes: Applications, Project Tracking, Awaiting, Orders, Loans • Personal Tracking: Inventory, Meal Plan, Courses, Goals, Attendance, Vaccinations • Shopping, To-Do, and a completely blank notebook to start from scratch HANDS-FREE WITH SIRI • "Add to Folio": Siri asks which notebook and what to add, then keeps going with "Anything else?". • "What's on tomorrow in Folio", "What's next in Folio", "What did I do yesterday in Folio". • "When did I last do it in Folio" — perfect for medication, watering plants or feeding pets. • "Read what's left in Folio": long lists are read five at a time. • Every command is listed in Settings > Siri & Shortcuts > All Siri commands. DESIGN IT YOUR WAY • Customize each notebook's fields, statuses, and order with the Field Designer. • Build your own templates, then use or remove them from the template picker. • Organize notebooks into folders, pin the ones that matter most. DATES, REMINDERS & RECURRENCE • Add a date, time, and reminder to any item. • Set daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or completion-based recurrence rules. • Overdue items automatically surface to the top. FULL VOICEOVER SUPPORT • Folio was designed from day one for VoiceOver users — every screen and action is announced clearly. • Status changes, delete/undo, and list updates are announced instantly. • Haptic and sound feedback are fully customizable in Settings. HISTORY & ARCHIVE • Save a snapshot of completed lists to history and review them anytime. • Deleted notebooks and items wait in Trash for a while before you decide. ICLOUD SYNC, NO ACCOUNT NEEDED • Folio doesn't ask you to create an account — it just uses the iCloud account already on your device. • Your notebooks sync automatically across your devices; nothing is stored on Folio's own servers. Your first 2 notebooks are free forever, fully editable — no payment info, no time limit. Need more? Unlock unlimited notebooks, custom templates, folders, and full JSON backup with monthly, yearly, or one-time Lifetime Folio Pro; plain text and CSV export are always free. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

YuDo4 screens
Folio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Folio at 3 against YuDo's 1. Folio also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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. YuDo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Folio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
YuDo versus Folio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYuDoFolio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuri ShternRECEP GUR

In-app purchases

1 purchases

YuDo

One-time1
  • YuDo Premium$2.99
3 purchases

Folio

Subscriptions2
  • Folio Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Folio Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Folio Pro Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is YuDo free?
YuDo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Folio free?
Folio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do YuDo or Folio have ads?
Neither YuDo nor Folio shows ads.

Other comparisons