Comparison

Therapy Notebook TD vs Folio

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

Head to head
About

Therapy Notebook TD

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Therapy Notebook is a professional note-taking and session organization app designed for counselors and psychotherapists on iPhone and iPad. Keep client records, session notes, history, and your calendar together in one organized workspace. On iPhone, access your clients wherever your work takes you and edit notes quickly with the keyboard. On iPad, write naturally with Apple Pencil or use the keyboard. With iCloud, your data is stored in your own account and kept up to date across your devices. Key features: • Support for iPhone and iPad • Client-based session notes and history • Handwritten notes with Apple Pencil on iPad • Keyboard note-taking • Client folders and session planning • Calendar view and Apple Calendar synchronization • Ready-to-use templates for therapy work • 18 specialized template packs with 470+ clinical templates in total • PDF export • Face ID, Touch ID, or app passcode access • Automatic locking when the app moves to the background • Option to use client code names instead of real names • Photo and file attachments • iCloud backup and synchronization Therapy Notebook is not a billing system, online therapy platform, or comprehensive clinic management system. Its purpose is to support mental health professionals with organized note-taking and session tracking. It does not diagnose, recommend treatment, or perform client assessments. A separate auto-renewable Premium subscription purchase is required to use Therapy Notebook and access all features. Monthly and yearly plans are available. Eligible new subscribers may receive a 7-day free trial. Unless canceled during the trial, the selected subscription continues as a paid, auto-renewable plan. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Folio

Features
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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 — every note lives with the meeting it came from. TYPE OR DRAW • Type your notes, or draw and handwrite them — beautifully at home with Apple Pencil on iPad • Choose paper styles that suit the way you take notes • Organise notes into notebooks when you want structure LET AI DO THE BORING PART Powered by Apple Intelligence, entirely on your device: • Summaries — the TL;DR of any meeting in seconds • Meeting minutes — decisions and actions, properly formatted • Follow-up emails — a ready-to-send recap drafted from your notes • Action items — captured automatically the moment you stop writing YOUR NOTES FOLLOW YOU • iCloud sync keeps iPhone and iPad in step — through your own private iCloud, never our servers • Export action items to Apple Reminders • Search everything, instantly PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your notes never leave your devices. AI runs on-device with Apple Intelligence — 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.

Screenshots

Therapy Notebook TD4 screens
Folio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Folio at daily against Therapy Notebook TD's fortnightly. Therapy Notebook TD's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Therapy Notebook TD sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Folio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Therapy Notebook TD ships an update fortnightly, Folio daily. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Therapy Notebook TD versus Folio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTherapy Notebook TDFolio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlper CUHADAROGLUARUBAI ARAIN

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Therapy Notebook TD

Subscriptions2
  • Therapy Notebook Premium7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Therapy Notebook Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
1 purchases

Folio

One-time1
  • Folio Full Access$5.99

Questions

Is Therapy Notebook TD free?
Therapy Notebook TD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Folio free?
Folio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Therapy Notebook TD or Folio have ads?
Neither Therapy Notebook TD nor Folio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Therapy Notebook TD or Folio?
Therapy Notebook TD ships an update fortnightly, and Folio daily. Most recently, Therapy Notebook TD was updated on October 15, 2026 and Folio on October 11, 2026.

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