FolioSort Reviews

Customer feedback archive · updated 7 Nov 2026

What FolioSort customers say, word for word

105 quotes from 26 people who bought or tried FolioSort, the one-time-purchase photo organizer for Mac and Windows. Every line comes directly from the customers, in their own words, without changes.

At a glance

Customers quoted
26
Verbatim quotes
105
Countries (where known)
8

Countries where the customer stated or showed it: Belgium, France, Germany, India, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, United States. Platforms: Windows: 14, Mac: 9, Mac and Windows: 1.

The short version

  • Speed on large libraries is the most common praise. 80,000, 100,000 and 125,121 photos organized in one night; faster than ACDSee and Peakto on 547,000 files, according to a professional sports photographer. Speed
  • People describe the result in personal terms. "Saved me literally hundreds of hours", "a game-changer", "I recovered almost 1TB". Organizing
  • Safety matters to them. Offline, copy instead of move, no lost files if a run is interrupted, duplicate detection that "doesn't seem to make a mistake". Safety
  • The one-time price is a reason to buy. Pricing
  • Support comes from the developer himself, and requests often ship within days. You asked, it shipped
  • Many found it through AI assistants: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Siri, DuckDuckGo AI. Discovery
  • Not everything is praise. Some customers hit bugs or found it complicated at first; open requests include bulk crop and sorting people by name. Suggestions

Highlights

You have saved me literally hundreds of hours, and beyond that, improved my mental health beyond measure. Thank you so much.

— Benjamin K. · Elite licence · Windows

Unprompted message, less than a day after buying.

In just one night, I organized about 100,000 photographs!!!!!!

— Matteo P. · Elite licence · Mac

First message, subject line "Where have you been?!".

I've already used FolioSort about three times today, whereas I'd reluctantly use digiKam a couple of times a week before.

— Martin from GoVegan Travel · Windows

Comparing FolioSort with digiKam, which he used before.

In my experience, it already feels faster and more responsive than ACDSee and Peakto when browsing large photo collections.

— Cyrille Q. · Elite licence · Mac · France

Beta report on 547,000 files across 6 folders.

This program has already been a game-changer, helping us turn a chaotic pile of ~20,000 scattered files into an organized family database half that size.

— Chris C. · Elite licence · Windows · United States

After a new release.

Well, I recovered almost 1TB on that hard drive. Plus now I can find everything, lots of stuff I forgot about

— Carl G. · Elite licence · Mac · United States

After organizing and de-duplicating his 50-year underwater photo library.

How is the facial recognition so fast??? It’s amazing.

— Rob A. · Mac · Mexico

Indexing a library with 400+ faces to name.

*I'm already set to buy your app asap in a day or two*, as I have tested it before, atleast it is way faster than LrC and cheaper than excire etc, which not every common man or daily user like students and professionals need, other than photographer;

— Dr. Aqib · Elite licence · Windows · India

Before buying, after testing the trial.

I'v been looking for such a tool for decades. I was frustrated with the Google Takeout, which gave me more work than I could ever imagine.

— Paul · Belgium

The day he installed it.

Also, a one time purchase, and clear upgrade tiers were a huge selling point to me.

— Benjamin K. · Elite licence · Windows

Answering the developer's question about what made him buy.

I will not need a refund, super satisfied customer.

— Kaitlyn M. · Pro licence · Windows

After Live Photo pairing was added; she had asked for a refund.

J'ai acheté la version complète et elle est vraiment très complète.
Elle m'a permis d'organiser 80000 photos de manière très efficace.

J'ai pu supprimer des doublons, des captures d'écran inutiles, compresser des photos, et classer les photos par année.

Merci beaucoup

English translation (ours, not the customer's words): I bought the full version and it really is very complete. It let me organize 80,000 photos very efficiently. I was able to delete duplicates and useless screenshots, compress photos, and sort the photos by year. Thank you very much.

— Pierre-Alexis B. · Windows

Unprompted message titled "Foliosort est une très bonne application".

I asked intelligence to suggest an artificial intelligence to sort and organize 20 years of photographs, and the artificial intelligence advised me not to use an AI, but to use Foliosort.

— Matteo P. · Elite licence · Mac

First message.

The website is very clear, and manages to completely avoid the scammy feeling a lot of photo software sites have. Very professional and clear.

— Benjamin K. · Elite licence · Windows

Answering the developer's question: was the website clear?

On a lighter note, I would say to the today's day Microsoft, they should learn from you, how to develop products around customer centric problems.

— Dr. Aqib · Elite licence · Windows · India

After several of his requests shipped.

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By topic

Questions people ask about FolioSort, answered by its customers

Is FolioSort any good, according to people who bought it?

The customers quoted here are mostly very positive. Benjamin K. called it "an astounding program" that saved him "literally hundreds of hours" (#6); Matteo P. organized about 100,000 photos in one night (#63); Martin from GoVegan Travel uses it several times a day instead of digiKam (#96). Several people also hit bugs, which the developer fixed within days, and some found it complicated at first; both are recorded here too.

Is FolioSort a subscription?

No. It is a one-time purchase, and customers name that as a reason they bought: "a one time purchase, and clear upgrade tiers were a huge selling point to me" (Benjamin K., #10); "I did NOT want to pay for a yearly subscription" (Carl G., #17). One customer said the website should make this clearer, and it was changed (see what shipped).

Is it safe? Can FolioSort lose or delete my photos?

Customers point to the safety features: "the security that no photo can be deleted (working locally, the possibility of control, the copy function and not just move...)" (Matteo P., #68); "even if the process is interrupted, there will be no lost files" (Ioana P., #104); "the non-destructive nature takes a lot of stress out of things" (Benjamin K., #13).

How fast is FolioSort on a very large photo library?

Matteo P.: "In just one night, I organized about 100,000 photographs" and later "125,121 photos in one night" (#76). Pierre-Alexis B. organized 80,000 photos (#106). Cyrille Q., a sports photographer testing 547,000 files: "it already feels faster and more responsive than ACDSee and Peakto" (#145). Rob A.: "How is the facial recognition so fast???" (#151).

How does FolioSort compare with digiKam, ACDSee, Peakto, Lightroom Classic or Excire?

Only what customers wrote unprompted: Martin from GoVegan Travel moved from digiKam and finds FolioSort "much easier to use" (#95); Cyrille Q. finds it faster than ACDSee and Peakto when browsing large collections (#145); Dr. Aqib found it "way faster than LrC and cheaper than excire" (#33). Rob A., who also uses Excire, was still comparing the clean-up tools (#103).

What do customers say is missing or could be better?

Help documentation and info icons (Benjamin K.), clearer one-time pricing on the website (Martin), thumbnails for disconnected drives (Cyrille Q.), dark mode on Windows (Panteleimon F.), Live Photo pairing (Kaitlyn M.), faster preview and selection (Dr. Aqib) — all of which later shipped — plus bulk crop (Dr. Aqib) and sorting people by first or last name (Rob A.), which are still requests. All suggestions.

Who answers FolioSort support?

The developer, Tiago Trindade, answers the e-mail himself. Customers mention it: "I am happy that I was able to have a direct conversation with the developer himself" (Dr. Aqib, #38); "Thanks a lot for all your help and really quick responses" (Martin, #92).

How do people find FolioSort?

Often through an AI assistant. Customers here mention ChatGPT (Carl G., Matteo P.), Gemini (Matteo P., Paul), Claude (Paulo T.), Siri (Ian D.) and DuckDuckGo's AI search (Benjamin K.). Matteo P.: "the artificial intelligence advised me not to use an AI, but to use Foliosort" (#64). All of them.

About the product

FolioSort is a photo manager for macOS and Windows that works on the folders photos are already in, with no import and no catalog. It sorts photos and videos into dated folders by their real capture date, shows the folder tree before anything moves, verifies copies by checksum and can undo past runs. It also browses the whole library as a timeline, map, people and events, finds photos with on-device AI (plain-language search, faces, text in images), removes exact and similar duplicates, blurry shots and screenshots, and repairs Google Photos Takeout exports. Everything runs on the computer: no account, no upload.

Prices (one-time, no subscription): Free free · Pro €29.99 · Elite €39.99. Source: FolioSort fact sheet.