Folio vs Leaf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Folio
This app provides a beautiful and calm space to track your reading habits, set goals, and journal your thoughts. It helps you log reading sessions, organize your book collection, and visualize your reading year with insightful statistics. Enjoy a paper-inspired interface designed for book lovers.
- Log reading sessions (pages, minutes, audiobooks)
- Scan barcodes or search for books
- Organize shelves (reading, finished, TBR)
- Build daily reading streaks
- Set yearly book and daily page goals
- Journal favorite quotes and reflections
- Year-in-review reading statistics
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Folio is the calm, beautiful home for your reading life. Track every book, build a daily reading streak, and watch a year of pages turn into a story worth keeping. Whether you're a one-book-a-month reader or racing through a series, Folio makes the habit feel effortless — and a little bit magical. TRACK WHAT YOU READ • Log reading sessions in seconds — pages, minutes, or audiobooks • Add books instantly by scanning the barcode, or search any title • Organize your shelf: currently reading, finished, and your TBR pile BUILD A READING HABIT • Keep a daily streak going — with freeze protection for the days life gets busy • Set a yearly book goal and a daily page goal that fit your pace • Gentle reminders nudge you back to your book, never nag A JOURNAL FOR YOUR THOUGHTS • Save favorite quotes and reflections as you read • Turn any quote into a beautiful shareable card • Look back on what moved you, book by book YOUR YEAR IN BOOKS • Folio Wrapped turns your reading into stunning year-in-review stats • See pages read, reading days, your busiest months, and more • A reading heatmap that fills in as your year unfolds BEAUTIFUL BY DESIGN • A warm, paper-inspired interface made for book lovers • Full dark mode for late-night chapters • Your real book covers, everywhere you look YOUR DATA IS YOURS • Export your full library and reading history anytime — free, no lock-in • Import a backup to move or restore your shelf • Optional sign-in to sync across devices FOLIO+ Go further with Folio+: • Unlimited books on your shelf • Pace & finish-date projections — know when you'll turn the last page • Deeper Wrapped insights into your reading life Try Folio+ free for 3 days, then $4.99/month or $39.99/year (save ~33%). Start free and upgrade anytime. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Happy reading. — Questions or ideas? We read every one — reach us right inside the app under Settings. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Leaf
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How much do you actually read? Not "a few pages before bed" — honestly, in minutes and pages. Leaf is a book and reading tracker with a timer: start it, read, note the page. The app does the counting. A timer for reading: • Start the timer when you open the book and stop it when you close it — Leaf asks which page you're on and logs the session • The timer sits on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with pause one tap away • Forgot to start it? Add a session by hand, on any day Every book on its shelf: • Reading, Want to Read, Finished, On Hold, Abandoned — the whole library in one place • Shelves of your own: "Summer", "Reread", "For Mom" • Mark the books you own at home • Paper, e-book or audiobook — progress in pages, percent or hours Stats that explain: • How long you read this week, month and year • Your reading speed, and when you'll finish the book you're on • A daily streak and a goal for the year • Home Screen widgets and a reminder to read at the time that suits you What to read next: • Picks by genre and bestseller lists • Find a book by its title or scan the barcode on the cover • The rest of the series, right on the book's page Read together: • A profile with your books and stats, and friends to follow • A discussion under every book Move in without losing a thing: • Import from Goodreads and Read More — ratings, dates and shelves included • Export your whole library to a file whenever you like What Leaf doesn't do: • It doesn't sell books or open them — read wherever you like, Leaf keeps the record • No badges for ticking boxes, no guilt-trip notifications Leaf is made by Color Hub, a small studio making colorful apps. Free to start. Open the book you put down a while ago. Terms of Use: https://colorhub.online/terms Privacy policy: https://colorhub.online/privacy
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Verdict
Folio and Leaf are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Folio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Leaf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Folio | Leaf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dylan Ezzell | Luka Katsadze |
In-app purchases
Folio
- Folio+ Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Folio+ Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
Leaf
- Leaf Plus (Monthly)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Leaf Plus (Annual)7 Days trial$9.991 Year









