Comparison

Folio vs TidyWise

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

Head to head
About

Folio

Capture, organize, and secure your thoughts with a beautiful note-taking app. Features include folders, tags, and device synchronization. Keep your private notes safe with passcode and biometric locking.

Highlights
  • Capture notes quickly
  • Organize with folders and tags
  • Lock private notes with passcode/biometrics
  • Sync across all devices
  • Offline note-taking
  • Light and dark mode
Features
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Beautiful notes with folders, tags, locking, and sync across all your devices. Capture in a tap Open the app, tap once, and start writing. Pick a color, format the way you like, and Folio saves automatically. Nothing is ever lost. Organize when you're ready Drop notes into folders. Add tags so you can find things later. Pin the ones that matter most, favorite the ones you keep coming back to. Filter your wall by tag, folder, or color in a single tap. Keep private notes private Lock any note with a 4-digit passcode. Unlock with Face ID, Touch ID, or fingerprint when you need it. Wherever you are Your notes sync across all your devices. Write offline on a flight or in the subway, Folio catches up the moment you're back online. Made to feel good Light and dark mode. Smooth, thoughtful animations. Search that finds what you mean. A trash that holds onto deleted notes for 30 days, just in case.

About

TidyWise

This platform helps cleaning businesses manage all aspects of their operations. It offers features for booking, staff scheduling, payment tracking, and customer management to facilitate business growth.

Highlights
  • Online booking
  • Staff scheduling
  • Payment tracking
  • Customer management
  • Invoicing
  • Smart automation
Features
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TidyWise — Cleaning Business Software Most software for cleaning companies was built for fifty industries at once. You can tell. You end up bending your business around a tool designed for plumbers. TidyWise was built for one thing. Bedrooms and bathrooms. Recurring clients. Rotating crews. Getting paid after the visit, not before it. Everything included, at a fraction of the price No per-feature upsells. No paying extra for the client portal. Plans start at $49/month, and the whole platform is in every one. Your office Drag-and-drop scheduling. A booking page that prices jobs live as customers fill it in. Recurring series that build themselves. Invoices, cards on file, and Stripe payments. Payroll that tracks hours and calculates what each cleaner is owed. Reports on revenue, completion rate, cleaner performance, and profit per job. Your cleaners get a real app, not a text message Today's jobs, addresses, and exactly what the client asked for. They claim open work, mark themselves on the way, and upload before-and-after photos. Checklists so every job is done the same way, whoever shows up. Your clients get their own portal They reschedule themselves, update their card, view their history, and see their loyalty points — with tiers and rewards you set. Fewer phone calls, fewer no-shows. Automations that work while you sleep Appointment reminders. Review requests after a job is marked complete. Follow-ups on quotes that went quiet. Win-back messages to clients who haven't booked in months. Written by you, sent without you. Built by an operator TidyWise is built by someone who runs a cleaning company and got tired of software that didn't understand the work. A TidyWise account is required. Start at jointidywise.com. Terms of Service: https://www.jointidywise.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.jointidywise.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Folio4 screens
TidyWise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TidyWise at 5.0 against Folio's 4.0. TidyWise also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TidyWise holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Folio ships an update every 2 months, TidyWise weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Folio versus TidyWise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFolioTidyWise
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB27 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperZluck SolutionsEmmanuel forkuoh

Customer experience

Folio

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TidyWise

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Folio

No in-app purchases

None

TidyWise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Folio free?
Folio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TidyWise free?
TidyWise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Folio or TidyWise?
TidyWise is rated higher. Folio averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while TidyWise averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Folio or TidyWise have ads?
Folio shows ads; TidyWise does not.
Which is updated more often, Folio or TidyWise?
Folio ships an update every 2 months, and TidyWise weekly. Most recently, Folio was updated on October 19, 2026 and TidyWise on October 21, 2026.

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