AI PDF Reader vs Folio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AI PDF Reader
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AI PDF Reader brings fast, private, local-first AI to your PDFs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Read, search, and annotate documents — then ask questions, summarize, and pull out key points with on-device AI. Once a model is installed it works fully offline: your documents never leave your device, and there are no accounts or trackers. Upgrade to Pro for premium AI models and the scanned-PDF OCR path. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://softwaretailor.com/privacy.htm
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 — 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Folio at daily against AI PDF Reader's every 2 weeks. AI PDF Reader's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. AI PDF Reader sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Folio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AI PDF Reader ships an update every 2 weeks, Folio daily. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AI PDF Reader | Folio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 226 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Software Tailor (HK) Limited | ARUBAI ARAIN |
In-app purchases
AI PDF Reader
- Pro Personal - Monthly$0.991 Month
- Pro Business - Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Personal - Yearly$9.991 Year
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- Pro Business - Yearly$49.991 Year
Folio
- Folio Full Access$5.99









