Why it exists
I built FolioSort because I had 28,000 unsorted photos and a deadline called "my family wants to see them". The tools I tried wanted to import everything into a catalog, upload it to a cloud, or charge me every month for the privilege. I wanted something that read the dates already inside the files and put them into folders I could open in any app, on my own machine.
FolioSort is independent. There is no venture capital behind it and no growth team. That is why it works offline, needs no account, and is something you buy once rather than subscribe to.
How the app is built and tested
- Native on both systems: the Mac app is written in Swift, the Windows app in .NET.
- Every macOS build is code-signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple; the Windows app is also listed on the Microsoft Store.
- Every release is listed, with what changed, on the changelog; the macOS installers are published as releases on GitHub.
- It is tested on photo libraries of more than 100,000 photos.
- The facts about the app (versions, prices, formats, limits) are kept in one place: FolioSort facts.
How support works
Email support@foliosort.app for help with the app, or feedback@foliosort.app for ideas and bug reports. Inside the app, Send Feedback at the bottom of the sidebar reaches the same inbox. We usually reply within 1–2 business days, and the reply comes from the person who wrote the code.
The postal address and the other ways to reach us are on the contact page.
How our comparison pages are written
- FolioSort is our product, and every comparison page says so at the top.
- Facts about other apps are read on each vendor's own website, and the page says on which date.
- Prices are what the vendor listed on that date, in the currency it showed.
- "—" in a table means the vendor's own pages did not say. It does not mean "no".
- Nobody pays to be listed, and there are no affiliate links.
- Customer quotes are verbatim, in the language they were written in, and come from the archive at foliosortreviews.com.
- We show no star ratings, because we would have to invent them.
Corrections
Found something wrong? Email feedback@foliosort.app with the page and the fact. We fix it, and the page's "Updated" date changes.
The data we publish
The app sends anonymous usage events to Aptabase: no file names, no paths and no image data. The privacy policy lists what is sent. The Google Takeout study is built from those events, as aggregate counts, and its figures may be quoted freely with a link back.