Comparison

AI PDF Reader vs Folio

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

Head to head
About

AI PDF Reader

Features
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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

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

AI PDF Reader4 screens
Folio4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
AI PDF Reader versus Folio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAI PDF ReaderFolio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size226 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSoftware Tailor (HK) LimitedARUBAI ARAIN

In-app purchases

4 purchases

AI PDF Reader

Subscriptions4
  • 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
1 purchases

Folio

One-time1
  • Folio Full Access$5.99

Questions

Is AI PDF Reader free?
AI PDF Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Folio free?
Folio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AI PDF Reader or Folio have ads?
Neither AI PDF Reader nor Folio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AI PDF Reader or Folio?
AI PDF Reader ships an update every 2 weeks, and Folio daily. Most recently, AI PDF Reader was updated on September 29, 2026 and Folio on September 25, 2026.

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