Comparison

Contact Notes vs Folio

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

Head to head
About

Contact Notes

Effortlessly manage your professional network by capturing notes, tracking interactions, and keeping contact details updated. View people and organizations in one place to build stronger relationships and maintain context.

Highlights
  • Manage personal and professional contacts
  • Track relationship history
  • Record meetings, calls, and notes
  • Organize contacts into groups
  • Synchronize contacts across devices
  • Store detailed contact information
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It’s quick and easy to manage your professional network. Capture notes, track conversations and keep important contact details up to date wherever you are - whether you're in a meeting, travelling, networking or working remotely. View people and organisations in one place and maintain a complete history of interactions, helping you build stronger relationships and never lose important context. - Easily manage personal and professional contacts - Work with people, organisations and activities - Record meetings, calls, emails and notes - Track relationship history and engagement over time - Store detailed contact information and important notes - Organise your network into groups and categories - Search and find contacts quickly - Keep your contacts synchronised across your devices Subscribe for more features such as advanced relationship management, cloud sharing, collaboration, reporting, exporting to PDF format and additional productivity tools. Terms of Use: https://internetstack.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://internetstack.com/privacy

About

Folio

Save articles, videos, and stories from anywhere to read, watch, or listen to later. Enjoy a distraction-free experience synced across all your devices.

Highlights
  • Save content in one tap
  • Distraction-free reading
  • Syncs across devices
  • Offline access
  • Article-to-audio conversion
  • Personalized recommendations
Features
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Your new home for everything worth saving. Pocket is shutting down — but the spirit of it lives on in Folio. Folio is a read-it-later app for people who love to read, watch, and learn. Save articles, videos, and stories from anywhere, and come back to them when you’re ready — on your phone, tablet, or computer. It’s like bookmarking, but better. Clean, simple, and built for focus. What you can do with Folio: • Save in one tap – From your browser, favorite apps, or anywhere you find something interesting. • Read without distractions – Enjoy a quiet, beautifully formatted reading experience — just you and the words. • Take your time – Everything you save is synced across devices and available offline. • Listen instead – Turn articles into audio and catch up on your saved stories hands-free. • Find new favorites – Get thoughtful recommendations based on what you save. Folio turns the web into your personal library. Whether you’re commuting, relaxing, or deep in research, it’s the best place to save what matters — and come back when it matters most.

Screenshots

Contact Notes2 screens
Folio4 screens

Verdict

The call

Contact Notes and Folio both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 80% of Folio's written reviews are positive against 0% of Contact Notes's. Folio also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). Contact Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, rating 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. Contact Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Folio asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Contact Notes against 4.9 for Folio. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Folio has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Contact Notes's written reviews are positive against 80% of Folio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contact Notes ships an update every 3 days, Folio weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Contact Notes versus Folio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContact NotesFolio
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
Ads—No
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB39 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperInternet StackLess Is Better LLC

Customer experience

Contact Notes

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Folio

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Contact Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro - Yearly$29.991 Year
None

Folio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Contact Notes free?
Contact Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Folio free?
Folio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Contact Notes or Folio?
Contact Notes is rated higher. Contact Notes averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Folio averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Which is updated more often, Contact Notes or Folio?
Contact Notes ships an update every 3 days, and Folio weekly. Most recently, Contact Notes was updated on October 17, 2026 and Folio on October 7, 2026.

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