Comparison

Folded BY vs Origami Pic&Text Guide

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

Head to head
About

Folded BY

Explore origami through video tutorials that teach you how to create figures and understand the underlying mathematical principles. This app is designed to help K-12 students develop abstract thinking, problem-solving skills, and an interest in engineering.

Highlights
  • Origami figure tutorials
  • Origami math principles
  • Abstract thinking development
  • Problem-solving confidence
  • Engineering concepts
  • Video guidance
Features
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Learn to make origami figures and understand origami math principles through easy video tutorials. The Folded BY-U application aims to reach and engage K-12 students, their parents and educators. The goal of this application is to be an excellent tool to help these groups to practice abstract thinking skills, develop problem solving confidence and broaden their ideas of what engineering is about. It builds on the familiarity and low barriers of entry of origami, in that it uses simple materials, is tactile, artistic and fun , as a means to move from elementary shapes and geometry, to more complex movements, materials, and mathematics as tools for engineering problem solving. This application has been created in collaboration with Brigham Young University's Museum of Art and Compliant Mechanisms Research for the Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami exhibit. This application focuses on three primary groups: 1) those preparing to attend the Museum Exhibit, 2) those that are at the Museum Exhibit or as a take-home activity after the exhibit, and 3) a separate experience for those students that will not have the opportunity to attend the exhibit.

About

Origami Pic&Text Guide

Learn to create various paper art with step-by-step graphic instructions. This app offers a teaching encyclopedia for animals, plants, and more, suitable for children, parents, and craft enthusiasts. Enhance creativity, fine motor skills, and parent-child interaction.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step graphic explanations
  • Variety of origami categories (animals, plants, etc.)
  • Improves fine motor skills
  • Develops creativity and imagination
  • Enhances parent-child interaction
  • Suitable for all ages
Features
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Origami video graphic teaching includes various kinds of origami teaching such as animals, plants, daily necessities, vehicles and toys. It helps children and adults who want to learn origami to turn a piece of paper into a beautiful paper art step by step through graphic explanation. If you are a child, you can learn all kinds of folding methods of origami through the teaching encyclopedia to improve your deep thinking about the structure of things; If you are a parent, you can teach your children in the teaching encyclopedia to increase the interaction between you and your children; If you are a craftsman, you can refer to the folding methods in the teaching book for inspiration, so that you can create new paper crafts Origami is a kind of hand-made game to provide entertainment, which can improve hands-on ability, develop intelligence and improve people's innovative thinking ability. Origami works not only have decorative effect, but also have good practical value, which can greatly enrich people's life. What are the advantages of origami for children? 1. Origami is very suitable for children's fine exercise, can exercise children's finger flexibility, as well as hand eye coordination. 2. Origami needs to be done step by step. It can cultivate children's ability to do things in an orderly way 3. Origami can also cultivate children's observation and attention. 4. As origami is ever-changing, children's creativity, imagination and image thinking ability can be developed through origami. 5. After a child folds an origami work, it will bring him / her a sense of accomplishment. 6. When making origami, we often communicate with teachers, classmates and parents. It not only promotes the harmony among students, teachers and parents, but also develops children's language expression and communication skills. 7. Origami is a very good parent-child game In addition, origami art can also improve children's artistic accomplishment. If you have any good origami making methods, you are welcome to provide them to us. Contact email :sairlen@qq.com

Screenshots

Folded BY3 screens
Origami Pic&Text Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Folded BY at 5.0 against Origami Pic&Text Guide's 3.6. Folded BY also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Origami Pic&Text Guide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Folded BY asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Folded BY holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Folded BY ships an update every 3 weeks, Origami Pic&Text Guide every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Folded BY versus Origami Pic&Text Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFolded BYOrigami Pic&Text Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better3.6 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.1 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB115 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBrigham Young University杰超 杨

Customer experience

Folded BY

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Origami Pic&Text Guide

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

None

Folded BY

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Origami Pic&Text Guide

One-time1
  • Remove advertisement$0.99

Questions

Is Folded BY free?
Folded BY is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Origami Pic&Text Guide free?
Origami Pic&Text Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Folded BY or Origami Pic&Text Guide?
Folded BY is rated higher. Folded BY averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Origami Pic&Text Guide averages 3.6 from 7 ratings.
Do Folded BY or Origami Pic&Text Guide have ads?
Neither Folded BY nor Origami Pic&Text Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Folded BY or Origami Pic&Text Guide?
Folded BY ships an update every 3 weeks, and Origami Pic&Text Guide every 3 months. Most recently, Folded BY was updated on October 2, 2026 and Origami Pic&Text Guide on October 13, 2026.

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