Comparison

Folioki vs Narra

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

Head to head
About

Folioki

Features
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Read the original, even above your level. Open a book or an article in the language you're learning: when a word or sentence stops you, Folioki's AI translates and explains it. Save new words as flashcards, and spaced repetition helps you remember them long after you close the book. Bring your own reading Choose a novel, a news story, or a blog post you'd read anyway. Folioki opens: • EPUB, FB2, and PDF books • Web articles from a link or straight from the Share menu • Pages of a paper book, scanned with your camera • Text you paste in: a page, a letter, song lyrics No book at hand? The catalog has free classics, sorted by level. Your library and reading progress sync across your devices. Get help with the hard parts Tap any word, phrase, or sentence to see a translation without leaving the page. When a translation isn't enough, ask for a breakdown: the AI explains the meaning, grammar, and context in plain words, so you understand why the sentence says what it says. Still unsure? Ask a follow-up question in your own words. You keep reading the original text, and a dense paragraph no longer costs you an evening with a dictionary. Turn new words into flashcards Save a word or phrase straight from the text, and Folioki writes the card for you in seconds: • Translation and example sentence • The sentence where you found the word • Dictionary form, inflections, and pronunciation Want a simpler example or a more precise translation? Ask the AI to rewrite the card, or edit it yourself. Want to get ahead of a chapter? Open Words ahead: Folioki lists the new words waiting in the pages ahead, already translated. Mark the ones you know and tap Learn on the rest. The cards are written for you. Remember what you learn Folioki schedules your reviews with spaced repetition, a method based on research into how memory works. Each word comes back when you're about to forget it. Every correct answer pushes the next review further out, and words you struggle with return sooner. Your review time goes to the words that need it. Reviews ask you to recall each word from memory. Recall takes more effort than recognition, and that effort is what makes words stick. You decide how many new words to learn each day and how firmly you want to remember them. One day, a word you saved turns up in a new text, and you read past it without stopping. Plans Folioki is free to start, with about a dozen AI breakdowns a day. Plus gives you several times the daily limit and a stronger AI model. Premium raises the limit again and gives more thorough answers to your follow-up questions. Subscriptions renew monthly until canceled. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://folioki.app/privacy.html Service Terms: https://folioki.app/service-terms.html

About

Narra

This reading app enhances your books by identifying characters, generating portraits and scenes, and offering text-to-speech narration. It allows you to discuss plot points with characters and organizes your library with reading progress tracking.

Highlights
  • AI-powered character and scene visualization
  • Text-to-speech narration
  • Interactive character dialogue
  • Customizable reading modes
  • Background audio playback
  • Integrated library management
Features
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Narra is a reader that brings your own books to life. Add a file — EPUB, FB2, TXT, UMD — or send a book to Narra from another app, and Narra reads it with you: it finds the characters, paints portraits and a cover, and narrates the book aloud. What's inside • Reader. Paged and scrolling modes, fonts, themes, table of contents, bookmarks, volume-button page turns. • Audiobook. Chapter-by-chapter narration, background playback, resume where you left off. • Characters. Names are underlined in the text: tap one for a portrait, a biography and their role in the plot. • Conversation. Talk to a character about what you have read so far, with no spoilers from later chapters. • Scenes. Key moments become illustrations. • Library. Your own books and a built-in shelf of classics, reading progress, back to the page you left. No account is required — no email, no password. To analyse a book Narra uploads it to its own server, and the upload and its analysis are deleted automatically a week after you last open the book.

Screenshots

Folioki4 screens
Narra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Narra at none against Folioki's 2. Narra also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Folioki sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Narra asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Folioki ships an update every 2 weeks, Narra daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Folioki versus Narra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFoliokiNarra
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB79 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEkaterina MorozovaMikhail Naer

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Folioki

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
None

Narra

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Folioki free?
Folioki is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Narra free?
Narra is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Folioki or Narra have ads?
Neither Folioki nor Narra shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Folioki or Narra?
Folioki ships an update every 2 weeks, and Narra daily. Most recently, Folioki was updated on October 31, 2026 and Narra on October 31, 2026.

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