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FolioSort's free plan is not a trial and never expires. Organize, Rename and Merge work in runs of 100 files; this page explains the window that appears when a scan finds more, what each of its buttons does, and which screens use a different kind of allowance.
Nothing. A free run stops at 100 files. The rest are held back — left exactly where they were, untouched — and are still there for the next run. The limit never cuts a run halfway through a file, and the 100 that ran are complete and undoable like any other run.
Scanning and previewing are never limited: you can always see what a run would do to every file before deciding anything.
When a scan in Organize, Rename or Merge finds more than 100 files, a window opens before anything is written. It shows two numbers — in this run and held back — and three buttons. The button names follow the screen: Organize, Rename or Merge.
Organize 100 nowFree
Runs 100 files and leaves the others where they are. The 100 are your most recent photos, whole months first, so the run makes a few full month folders rather than dozens with one photo in each — and a Live Photo's picture and video always go together. This is the button most people press, and it is a real run: verified, logged in Activity, undoable.
“These 100 are already in Organized”
Scan the same folder again after a free run and the same 100 would be picked again, because the choice does not change. FolioSort sees that they are already at their place in the destination and says so before anything runs, instead of filing them a second time; the rest finish in one run with a license. The folder FolioSort itself created inside your source is left out of the scan.
Organize the next 100Free
Shown on the results panel when the run finishes, beside a line such as 1,000 still waiting — about 10 more runs like this. It picks up where the last run stopped, so a large folder is simply several runs in a row. There is no cap on how many.
Unlock all
Opens the plans. With Pro or Elite the same scan runs every file in one go — 100 or 100,000 — without scanning again. See activating your license if you already have a key.
Cancel
Closes the window. Nothing runs and nothing is written.
Camera RAW and cinema RAW videoPro
Camera RAW photos — CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, DNG, RAF, ORF, RW2, PEF and the rest — and cinema RAW video — Blackmagic BRAW, RED R3D, ARRI, Canon Cinema RAW Light, MXF. Everyday formats are free: JPEG, HEIC, PNG, TIFF, MOV, MP4 and the like.
When a scan mixes them, the window says how many files need Pro and the free run files the others. When every file scanned is RAW, it says so plainly instead of offering a button that would file nothing. The full list is on the formats page.
Folder structures and rename presetsFirst 3 free
Three folder structures are free — Year / Month / Day, Year / Month and Year_Month_Day — and so are the first three rename presets. The camera-based structures, custom templates, the other rename presets, regex renaming and tokens such as lens, ISO and city need Pro.
Place names100 per scan
FolioSort turns GPS coordinates into city and country names for up to 100 photos per scan, so you can
check it gets your places right. Using those names in folder paths — 2024/07 — Lisbon — is
Pro.
UndoLast run
The free plan can undo the most recent run. Pro keeps the last 50 in Activity, across restarts.
Verification and duplicatesFree defaults
Verify after transfer with XXHash64 is free and on by default; SHA-256 is Pro. When a file already exists at the destination, Don't Move is free; Ask Each Time and Automatic are Pro. Both live in Settings.
The cleanup and AI screens work differently: scanning and reviewing are unlimited, and acting on the results has a one-time allowance instead of a per-run one — enough to see it work on your own photos. The screen shows what is left, for example Free plan: 12 of 20 screenshots left to clear.
Duplicates · Blurry · Screenshots20 each
Twenty files in total on each of these screens that you can clear out. Scanning, reviewing every group and seeing the space you would free stay free and unlimited.
AI Search500 photos indexed
Index up to 500 photos and search them as much as you like. The whole library is Elite.
Find a Person20 photos
Twenty matched photos in total that you can copy or move out.
LibraryUnlimited
Browsing the Library — timeline, map, events, places and the viewer — has no limit on any plan.
Dates · Places · Edit metadata100 per run
Dates and Edit metadata write 100 files per run, and Places names the first 100 photos with GPS in each scan. Run them as often as you like.
Backup Copy · Archive HealthFirst 100 files
Backup Copy copies and verifies the first 100 files, and Archive Health protects and checks the first 100 files of each folder.
AI Cull20 photos per folder
AI Cull opens the first 20 photos of each folder for everything it does; the rest of the folder is shown blurred.
Best Shot20 photos
Finding and reviewing near-identical shots is unlimited. Twenty photographs in total can be cleaned up. See Best Shot.
AI Tags20 photos
Up to 500 photos are read, and AI Tags writes keywords into 20 photos in total.
Screens that need a license
Events is Pro. Workflows, Smart Folders and Watch Folders are Elite. They stay visible on the free plan so you can see what they do; the license is asked for when you start a run.
FAQ
No. It is not a trial. Organize, Rename and Merge process up to 100 files per run, and you can run them as many times as you like, for as long as you like.
Nothing at all. They are held back: left exactly where they were, untouched, and still there for the next run. The 100 that ran are finished completely and can be undone like any other run.
No. Camera RAW photos (CR3, NEF, ARW, DNG, RAF and the rest) and cinema RAW video (BRAW, R3D, ARRI, MXF) need Pro whatever the batch size. JPEG, HEIC, PNG, MOV and MP4 are free. A scan that mixes them files the free formats and says how many were left for Pro.
The cleanup and AI screens scan and show their results without any limit, so you can judge them on your own photos. Acting on the results has a one-time allowance — 20 duplicates, 20 blurry photos, 20 screenshots — enough to check the cleanup is safe and undoable before you pay.