Comparison

Folio vs tome. Book & Reading Tracker

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

tome. Book & Reading Tracker

This app helps you track your reading progress, manage your book collection, and set reading goals. It offers features like logging pages, audiobook time, and importing libraries from other services. Discover new books and keep your reading history private.

Highlights
  • Log pages and audiobook time
  • Set yearly reading challenges
  • Organize shelves (TBR, Finished, etc.)
  • Import libraries from CSV
  • Reading activity heatmap
  • Book Tower visualization
  • Search and add books via barcode
Features
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Tome is a calm, private book tracker. Log pages and audiobook time, set a yearly reading challenge, and keep every shelf in order - without the noise of a social feed. Coming from Goodreads or StoryGraph? Import your library from a CSV export and pick up exactly where you left off - no re-typing, no lost history. YOUR BOOKSHELF, YOUR WAY Sort every book into Currently Reading, Want to Read (your TBR), Finished, and Did Not Finish. Order your shelves by date added, date read, author, title, release date, or rating. Your whole library, one tap away. A READING LOG THAT GETS USED Log the pages you read in print and ebooks, or your listening time for audiobooks, and watch progress build book by book. Tome keeps your full reading history, so your book log doubles as a reading journal you can look back through years later. SET A READING CHALLENGE Give yourself a yearly reading goal and let Tome keep score. Every book you finish is added to your active goal automatically - no spreadsheets, no manual counting. SEE HOW YOU READ Yearly stats for books, pages and formats. A reading activity heatmap that shows every day you picked up a book. And your Book Tower - every finished book stacked into one growing pile. FIND YOUR NEXT READ Search millions of books and authors, or scan a barcode to add any book on your shelf in seconds. Browse trending books, curated lists and upcoming releases, and follow the series you're working through. Anything you're not ready for goes straight onto your TBR list. NOTES, QUOTES AND RATINGS Keep notes on what you're reading and rate books as you finish them. Your thoughts stay attached to the book, right where you'll find them next time someone asks what you made of it. WEEKLY PICKS AND DAILY QUOTES Every week, a small curated selection of books worth your time. Every day, a line worth sitting with - from Between Lines, a hand-picked collection of literary quotes. BUILT TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY No feed. No follower counts. No algorithm deciding what you should read next. Tome is a private reading tracker: your bookshelf, your notes, your ratings, your pace. Your reading history lives on your device. TOME PREMIUM • Unlimited library • Automatic daily backup to iCloud Drive • Priority support • No upgrade prompts, anywhere in the app Choose an annual subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Premium directly supports a one-person indie project and pays for the next round of features. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Books data powered by the amazing Hardcover.app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Folio4 screens
tome. Book & Reading Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: tome. Book & Reading Tracker at 5.0 against Folio's 1.0. Folio's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and tome. Book & Reading Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

tome. Book & Reading Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Folio versus tome. Book & Reading Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFoliotome. Book & Reading Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDylan EzzellMichal Drabik

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Folio

Subscriptions2
  • Folio+ Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Folio+ Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

tome. Book & Reading Tracker

Subscriptions1
  • Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Folio free?
Folio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is tome. Book & Reading Tracker free?
tome. Book & Reading Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Folio or tome. Book & Reading Tracker?
tome. Book & Reading Tracker is rated higher. Folio averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while tome. Book & Reading Tracker averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Folio or tome. Book & Reading Tracker have ads?
tome. Book & Reading Tracker shows ads; Folio does not.

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