Comparison

Folio vs Pageful

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Pageful

Features
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Pageful is a beautifully simple reading tracker. No accounts, no timers, no clutter - just an open book on a warm paper background. Tap it, count the pages. Every page you read is one tap on the right-hand page, complete with a satisfying page-flip animation. Read a big chunk? Press and hold to turn ten pages at once. Tapped too many? Tap the left page to unread. HOW IT WORKS Tap the right page to log a page, tap the left to take one back Press and hold to add or remove ten pages at a time Set a daily goal and watch the progress bar fill Hit your goal and earn a little confetti: a pageful day! BUILD A READING HABIT Keep a streak going, day after day Reach seven days for a pageful week, thirty for a pageful month Watch your all-time page count climb SEE YOUR YEAR IN PAGES A calendar heat map shades every day by how much you read Deeper greens mean bigger reading days Flip back through past months anytime PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your reading data never leaves your phone. No account, no sign-up, no ads, no tracking, nothing collected. Ever. Whether you're working through a novel a week or rebuilding the habit one chapter at a time, Pageful makes every page feel counted. Tap the book. Count the pages. Make today a pageful day.

Screenshots

Folio4 screens
Pageful4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pageful at none against Folio's 5. On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Folio sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Pageful asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Folio versus Pageful: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFolioPageful
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMiguel PachecoNoah Sealy

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Folio

Subscriptions4
  • 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
One-time1
  • Folio Plus Lifetime$24.99
None

Pageful

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Folio free?
Folio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pageful free?
Pageful is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Folio or Pageful have ads?
Neither Folio nor Pageful shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Folio or Pageful?
Folio ships an update every 4 days, and Pageful every 4 days. Most recently, Folio was updated on October 18, 2026 and Pageful on October 12, 2026.

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