Fromly vs Folio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Fromly
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Fromly is your second brain with chat: write notes and tasks, and talk to an AI that actually knows them โ because it can read and edit them for you. โข Chat with memory: every note, task or document has its own AI conversation. It remembers the context and picks up right where you left off. โข AI that really edits: ask it to add a paragraph, summarize a document, or pull tasks out of a note โ and it does it directly, not just tells you about it. โข Agenda & tasks: plan your day, week and month, with recurring tasks and reminders. โข Contexts: group notes and tasks by project or area of your life, each with its own memory. โข Agents: automate the processes you repeat. โข Real-time sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac and web. Free to start. Pro unlocks unlimited AI. Your notes are yours: private and exportable any time. Terms of Use (EULA): 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 โ every note lives with the meeting it came from. TYPE OR DRAW โข Type your notes, or draw and handwrite them โ beautifully at home with Apple Pencil on iPad โข Choose paper styles that suit the way you take notes โข Organise notes into notebooks when you want structure LET AI DO THE BORING PART Powered by Apple Intelligence, entirely on your device: โข Summaries โ the TL;DR of any meeting in seconds โข Meeting minutes โ decisions and actions, properly formatted โข Follow-up emails โ a ready-to-send recap drafted from your notes โข Action items โ captured automatically the moment you stop writing YOUR NOTES FOLLOW YOU โข iCloud sync keeps iPhone and iPad in step โ through your own private iCloud, never our servers โข Export action items to Apple Reminders โข Search everything, instantly PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your notes never leave your devices. AI runs on-device with Apple Intelligence โ 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 Fromly's every 4 days. Fromly's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Fromly sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.00 per month and Folio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Fromly ships an update every 4 days, Folio daily. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fromly | Folio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Daily โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 โ better | 26.2 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alberto Lezaun | ARUBAI ARAIN |
In-app purchases
Fromly
- Fromly Pro Monthly$6.001 Month
- Fromly Pro Yearly$45.001 Year
- 5M AI tokens$4.00
- Fromly Lifetime$129.00
Folio
- Folio Full Access$5.99









