Comparison

Sonarpad vs Folio

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

Head to head
About

Sonarpad

This app helps you read, listen to, and organize various types of content, including documents, news, podcasts, and more. It offers text-to-speech functionality, search capabilities, and supports multiple export formats for your documents.

Highlights
  • Read and organize documents
  • Text-to-speech functionality
  • Import and export documents (DOCX, EPUB, PDF)
  • Follow RSS news feeds
  • Search and listen to podcasts
  • Search and listen to radio stations
  • Check routes, weather, and calendar
Features
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Sonarpad Mobile is an app designed to read, listen with text-to-speech, search and organise content in a simple and accessible way. With Sonarpad, you can manage documents, follow news and podcasts, search for radio stations, check routes, weather, calendar information and other useful everyday tools. Main features: • Documents: import and read text files, documents, books and content organised in folders. • Imports: import personal documents and search for text content from supported public sources. • Exports: export documents to DOCX, EPUB and PDF. • Voice reading: use text-to-speech with the settings chosen by the user. • News: follow RSS sources, import and export OPML files and organise sources into folders. • Podcasts: search, listen to and manage podcasts. • Radio: search for stations by language, country, city and genre and listen to live broadcasts. • Routes: search for directions, store routes in Documents and listen to instructions with text-to-speech. • Weather and recent cities: check the weather and quickly switch between cities. • Calendar: check days, holidays, quotes and reminders. • App theme: choose between automatic, light or dark mode. Sonarpad was created with special attention to accessibility, VoiceOver support and simple screens. Some features require an Internet connection and may depend on the availability of the external services used.

About

Folio

Organize anything with customizable digital notebooks. Track finances, habits, books, and more with over 30 templates. Integrates with Siri and VoiceOver for hands-free use.

Highlights
  • Over 30 ready-made templates
  • Customizable fields and statuses
  • Siri and VoiceOver integration
  • Dates, reminders, and recurrence
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • History and archive of completed lists
Features
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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

Sonarpad4 screens
Folio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sonarpad at none against Folio's 3. Sonarpad also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). Folio's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Sonarpad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Folio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sonarpad ships an update every 3 weeks, Folio weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sonarpad versus Folio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSonarpadFolio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size258 MB25 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAmbrogio RiiliRECEP GUR

Customer experience

Sonarpad

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Folio

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

In-app purchases

None

Sonarpad

No in-app purchases

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 Sonarpad free?
Sonarpad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Folio free?
Folio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sonarpad or Folio?
Folio is rated higher. Sonarpad averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Folio averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Sonarpad or Folio have ads?
Neither Sonarpad nor Folio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sonarpad or Folio?
Sonarpad ships an update every 3 weeks, and Folio weekly. Most recently, Sonarpad was updated on October 31, 2026 and Folio on November 3, 2026.

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