Comparison

Псалтирь vs Foliant

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

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About

Псалтирь

This app offers an audio and text version of the Psalter in Church Slavonic, featuring professional recordings and synchronized word highlighting. It's designed for Russian-speaking Orthodox Christians, providing a convenient way to engage with scripture, especially when reading is difficult. Additional prayer books and biblical texts are available for purchase.

Highlights
  • Audio and text Psalter
  • Synchronized word highlighting
  • Playback from selected word
  • Full-text search
  • Adjustable font size and brightness
  • Orthodox audio collections
Features
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Best russian orthodox Psaltery with audio, texts and chants. For russian-speaking people. Description in russian below. Лучшее аудиоиздание Псалтири на церковно-славянском языке. Общее время звучания 6:28:54. Читает диакон Сергий Нерборт. Псалтирь — книга, входящая в состав Библии, состоящая из 150 песней или псалмов, разбитых на 20 кафисм. ・Можно читать или слушать псалмы; ・Незаменимо в ситуациях, когда чтение невозможно (за рулем, в болезни, при слабости зрения); ・Удобный и понятный интерфейс; ・Уникальная подсветка слов позволяет следить за текстом во время прослушивания, помогает лучше понимать смысл. Аудиозаписи профессионального качества предоставлены Свято-Елисаветинский монастырем г. Минска по благословению протоиерея А. Лемешонка. Такого Вы не найдете в других приложениях: ・Воспроизведение с выбранного слова при помощи долгого касания; ・Сквозной поиск по всем сборникам поможет найти нужный фрагмент и начать воспроизведение именно с него; ・Легкое переключение между православными тематическими аудиосборниками через выпадающее меню; ・Настройка комфортного уровня яркости и размера шрифта. Бесплатно доступно аудио для Молитв перед началом чтения псалтири, остальные аудиозаписи можно приобрести прямо из приложения. Все текстовые версии бесплатны всегда! Аудиопсалтирь включает: ・Молитвы перед началом чтения псалтири ・Кафисма 1 ・Кафисма 2 ・Кафисма 3 ・Кафисма 4 ・Кафисма 5 ・Кафисма 6 ・Кафисма 7 ・Кафисма 8 ・Кафисма 9 ・Кафисма 10 ・Кафисма 11 ・Кафисма 12 ・Кафисма 13 ・Кафисма 14 ・Кафисма 15 ・Кафисма 16 ・Кафисма 17 ・Кафисма 18 ・Кафисма 19 ・Кафисма 20 ・Молитвы по прочтении псалтири Из приложения доступны другие православные сборники: ・Молитвослов; ・Великий покаянный канон Андрея Критского; ・Молитвы на потребу; ・Бытие: Библия, Ветхий завет; ・Исход: Библия, Ветхий завет; ・Евангелие от Матфея; ・Евангелие от Марка; ・Евангелие от Луки; ・Евангелие от Иоанна; ・Святая Пасха!; ・Песнопения Великого Поста; ・Акафисты.

About

Foliant

This app offers a print-like reading experience with features such as hyphenation, justified text, and footnotes. Customize your reading with various page turn effects, adjustable brightness, and personalized fonts and paper textures. Organize books by series and shelves, and easily access content from multiple sources.

Highlights
  • Print-like typesetting
  • Customizable page turns
  • Adjustable brightness
  • Series and shelf organization
  • Notes and bookmarks
  • Import from various sources
  • OPDS and WebDAV support
Features
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Foliant is a reader for people who read a lot, and for a long time. Books are typeset by its own engine, so a page looks the way a typesetter would set it — not like a web page. LIKE PRINT • Hyphenation and justified text — without rivers of spaces. • Footnotes at the bottom of the page, as in a printed book. A long footnote continues on the next page. • Images, tables and poems keep the look the book gives them. • Lines are never cut by the screen edge: a page holds only whole lines. TURN PAGES YOUR WAY • Tap, swipe or use the volume buttons. • Page turn effects: page peel or slide. Or none at all. • Scroll reading with auto-scroll — change the speed on the go. • Adjust brightness with a gesture at the screen edge. SERIES AND SHELVES • Books of a series gather on their own shelf, in order. • Finished a volume? The next one is already prepared — it opens with a page turn, no trip back to the library. • Your own shelves, “read” marks, ratings and thoughts about a book. • Recently added books wait at the top of the library. EVERYTHING AT HAND • Table of contents with progress by chapter. • Bookmarks, quotes and notes tied to a place in the book. • Search in a book and across the whole library. • Translate a selection and look words up in the system dictionary. MAKE IT YOURS • Fonts, size, line spacing, margins and indents. • Paper to choose from: rice, brown, beach sand, snow, night and more — with texture or a solid color. • Reading indicator at the top or bottom: chapter, pages, clock. • Give any book its own settings. BOOKS FROM ANYWHERE • Add books from Files, via Share (several at once) or from zip archives. • Book covers appear right in the Files app. • OPDS catalogs and WebDAV servers. • Sync your reading position with KOReader and other readers via KOSync. • “Continue reading” widget on the Home Screen. NO TRACKING No ads, analytics or sign-up. Your books and notes stay on your device; the app only connects to servers you add yourself.

Screenshots

Псалтирь4 screens
Foliant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Псалтирь at 5.0 against Foliant's 4.0. Псалтирь also leads on ratings volume (25 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). Foliant's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price and ads 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. Псалтирь sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Foliant asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Псалтирь holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Псалтирь has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Псалтирь's written reviews are positive against 100% of Foliant's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Псалтирь ships an update every 4 months, Foliant every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Псалтирь versus Foliant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterПсалтирьFoliant
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (25 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksandr PavlovYana Khalikova

Customer experience

Псалтирь

All ratings25 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%

Foliant

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Псалтирь

Subscriptions1
  • Подписка на месяц$2.991 Month
One-time9
  • Молитвы перед началом чтения ПсалтириFree
  • Кафисма 1$0.99
  • Кафисма 2$0.99
Show 6 more
  • Кафисма 4$0.99
  • Кафисма 5$0.99
  • Кафисма 6$0.99
  • Кафисма 8$0.99
  • Покупка всего сборника$4.99
  • Псалтирь на церковно-славянск$4.99
None

Foliant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Псалтирь free?
Псалтирь is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Foliant free?
Foliant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Псалтирь or Foliant?
Псалтирь is rated higher. Псалтирь averages 5.0 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Foliant averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Псалтирь or Foliant have ads?
Neither Псалтирь nor Foliant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Псалтирь or Foliant?
Псалтирь ships an update every 4 months, and Foliant every 4 days. Most recently, Псалтирь was updated on November 6, 2026 and Foliant on November 6, 2026.

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