Features & Capabilities

Organize your PDFs, set custom covers, and choose from several theme colors and icons, for a pleasant reading experience just the way you want it.

• Create folders and folder groups to keep your PDFs organized however you prefer. Rename and rearrange things as the mood takes you. Name every single book and folder the same thing, if you really want to! (I don’t recommend doing that, but nonetheless, that’s the sort of awesome power that you wield if you use BookFolder.)

• Set custom cover images for every book (or stick with a book’s default cover, of course). Your library will look the way that you want it to! (And the underlying files remain pristine, so if you begin to regret choosing a photo of your cat for every book in your collection, you can always restore the originals and no one will know. Except your cat, who is judging you now.)

• Get wild on an iPad with split-screen multitasking support. Read two books at once (or the same book twice)! If that’s something that you want to do.

• Swap between five theme colors, for an interface that works best for you. (Dark Mode support, too, of course!)

• Choose from a dozen icons, from solid colors to subdued platinum to a retro rainbow look, to fit your mood and to ensure a harmonious home screen layout with your other apps. (I’m not the only one who arranges my icons by color and design… am I?)

• You can use it to actually read the PDFs, too, of course. Mustn’t forget that part.

• Plus bookmarks, searching, and table-of-contents support, as one would expect.

• Also, it’s free, no in-app purchases, no tracking… just a nice PDF reader and library manager. I hope that you’ll enjoy it!

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Molly Black
Version:
1.1.3 Last updated: 2025-01-04
Version code:
871387382
Creation date:
2021-05-03
Compatible devices:
Size:
2.07MB
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Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-08
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Developed by:
Molly Black
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https://apps.apple.com/pl/app/bookfolder/id1561283025

User Reviews

BookFolder is praised for its clean, simple interface and its visual, folder-based organization that uses large, customizable book covers. It handles large PDF collections well without ads or subscriptions, and it remains lightweight and stable for distraction-free viewing. The main recurring caveat is the desire for annotation tools—highlighting and a more reliable bookmarking system—along with occasional feature requests. Overall, it’s a solid, no-frloat PDF organizer that excels at keeping a sizeable library neatly accessible.
Pros
  • Simple, elegant, and easy to use with a minimal UI.
  • Visual folder-based organization with large book covers; supports customizing covers and drag-and-drop sorting.
  • Free app with no ads or subscriptions and no hidden prices.
  • Lightweight and stable, providing a distraction-free reading/viewing experience.
  • Excellent for organizing large PDF collections (e.g., RPG PDFs, art books, tutorials) and quick access to titles.
Cons
  • Annotation features are missing or limited; users want highlighting and more reliable bookmarking (bookmarking issues mentioned).
Recent reviews
I have spent hours searching the App Store , looking for a visual file/folder type of organizer for my way-too-many book collection. Just a general, all around storage-preferably that works with PDF format. Quite by accident, while looking for something else, I found this hidden jewel. I love it. If you love books, have a lot of them, and prefer them in PDF format-and want a solid, simple, no glitches way to organize and store your books ( I have just over 200 in this app) then download this app! It does not have 40 functions, and there is a little how-to handbook; but you don’t need it. What it does do, is create folders to organize and store books or documents. A small list on the left “ nests” title separators and their folders, and on the right displays large folders, and nested inside are large books with the actual book cover as the icon. Or the first page of a document. You can change the cover, if you wish. There are no hidden prices for anything, it’s an actual free app! Never glitched on me, and has never crashed. This app should be an essential, if you have lots of pdf with no home
by or*****, 2024-04-13

This app is mostly good, but there's one irritating bug where the zoom level resets whenever the page is turned. This won't bother you much if you're reading fiction, but if you're using it for anything you have to reference (I use it for Tabletop RPGs), the default zoom level gets the top and bottom of the document blocked off by the overlay, at least on an iPad Mini. I'll bump this up a star instantly once this bug is fixed. Also, this app doesn't support vertical pages like Apple Books does for PDFs, and doesn't support multiple books open at once. I don't care much about the former, but the latter would be very useful for me and I'll bump my review up to five stars if multiple tabs are ever added. (Assuming the zoom bug is fixed too, of course.)
by Ip*****, 2023-12-07

Hey developers! Add highlighting (and perhaps store a copy of the highlighted materials in a separate file) and I would gladly pay for this app! In every other way it is wonderfully simple and elegant! Thank you!
by Re*****, 2023-11-13
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