Folium Downloads & RevenueFolium · App Store
Folium is #1 in Entertainment Paid in Brazil and charting in 28 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Full timeline · 32 events
- 🌟Folium featured by Appleapps · IT
- 📈Folium entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · ZA
- 📈Folium hit #1Top Paid · Entertainment · AR
- 📈Folium hit #1 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Entertainment · GB · Top Paid · Entertainment · IN
- 📈Folium entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · AR
- 📈Folium hit #1Top Paid · Entertainment · CO
- 📈Folium hit #1Top Paid · Entertainment · PL
- 📈Folium hit #1Top Paid · Entertainment · PH
- 📈Folium entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · VN
- 📈Folium hit #1Top Paid · Entertainment · MY
- 📈Folium entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · SE
- 📈Folium entered the top 10 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Entertainment · CO · Top Paid · Entertainment · MY
- 📈Folium entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · AE
- 📦Folium updated to version 2.2Added
- a pull-to-refresh gesture that repopulates games across all available systems
- functional left and right analogue sticks for PlayStation 1 emulation, including diagonal movement
- load and save states for ColecoVision, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo and Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and WonderSwan
- a new selection option in Application settings to choose the system shown at launch
- new graphics settings for Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, and Game Boy Color
- new Nintendo DS settings to toggle boot screen skipping and select the console model
- PlayStation 1 emulation support for Ape Escape and Gran Turismo 2
- PlayStation 1 support for CHD, IMG, and ISO formats, with artwork retrieval and caching where available
Changed
- from Avocado to my own fork with much of the code rewritten
Fixed
- a crash in PlayStation 1 emulation when exiting a game or launching a new one immediately after
- an issue where Nintendo 3DS titles were read from file names instead of embedded headers
- a blue tint in the rendered image in SEGA Genesis emulation
Miscellaneous
- replaced Cherry’s base from Gearcoleco with MesenCE and rewrote part of the bridging code
- updated Cytrus to the latest version, adding features and improving performance… more - 📈Folium hit #1Top Paid · Entertainment · TH
- 📈Folium entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · CA
- 🌟Folium featured by Appleapps · IT
- 📈Folium hit #1Top Paid · Entertainment · KR
- 📈Folium entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · RU
- 🌟Folium featured by Appleapps · ES
- 📈Folium hit #1Top Paid · Entertainment · FR
- 📈Folium hit #1 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Entertainment · AU · Top Paid · Entertainment · NL
- 📈Folium entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · TW
- 🌟Folium featured by Appleapps · MX
- 📈Folium hit #1Top Paid · Entertainment · DE
- 📈Folium entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · SA
- 📈Folium hit #1Top Paid · Entertainment · IT
- 📈Folium entered the top 10 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Entertainment · JP · Top Paid · Entertainment · TR
- 🆕Folium first spotted by AppInsider#13 in Top Paid · Entertainment · Canada
- 📦Folium version 2.1No release notes
- 🆕Folium: its developer released another app: Vion
- 🆕Folium released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Entertainment PaidFolium at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Folium is a paid multi-system emulator for Apple devices that enables users to play retro games from Nintendo, Sega, Sony, and other consoles using various modern controllers. The app holds top-10 positions in the paid Entertainment charts across multiple regions including Argentina, Italy, Malaysia, Brazil, Canada, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, France, Japan, and the United States, despite a low user rating of 2.39.
Similar apps: Delta, PPSSPP, RetroArch
Folium on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Folium declares it collects no data at all — the rarest and most private label on the App Store.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Folium downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Folium's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | EntertainmentPaid | #1 |
 United States | EntertainmentPaid | #12 |
 Japan | EntertainmentPaid | #11 |
 Germany | EntertainmentPaid | #6 |
 France | EntertainmentPaid | #6 |
 Spain | EntertainmentPaid | #4 |
 Australia | EntertainmentPaid | #7 |
 South Korea | EntertainmentPaid | #14 |
 Philippines | EntertainmentPaid | #2 |
| Canada | EntertainmentPaid | #10 |
 Taiwan | EntertainmentPaid | #10 |
 Italy | EntertainmentPaid | #16 |
 Thailand | EntertainmentPaid | #6 |
 Saudi Arabia | EntertainmentPaid | #13 |
 Netherlands | EntertainmentPaid | #10 |
 India | EntertainmentPaid | #28 |
| Australia | All AppsPaid | #115 |
 Malaysia | EntertainmentPaid | #7 |
 United Kingdom | EntertainmentPaid | #105 |
 Indonesia | EntertainmentPaid | #30 |
 Vietnam | EntertainmentPaid | #15 |
 Mexico | EntertainmentPaid | #52 |
| Taiwan | All AppsPaid | #156 |
| Saudi Arabia | All AppsPaid | #162 |
 Poland | EntertainmentPaid | #45 |
| Thailand | All AppsPaid | #98 |
 Colombia | EntertainmentPaid | #23 |
 Argentina | EntertainmentPaid | #37 |
 United Arab Emirates | EntertainmentPaid | #73 |
| Argentina | All AppsPaid | #114 |
 Turkey | EntertainmentPaid | #93 |
 Sweden | EntertainmentPaid | #107 |
 South Africa | EntertainmentPaid | #75 |
Apps near Folium on the chart
Entertainment Paid, around #1.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Folium
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly report that the app is broken, citing frequent crashes, inability to load games, and severe performance issues on recent iOS versions. Many reviewers label the paid application as a scam or waste of money due to missing core features like save states, controller support, and landscape mode.
Mostly negative (12% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for syncing, and good value. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Connection & sync: “the camera function in the games does not connect”
- Price & subscription
- Updates: “However now after this last update , the emulator buttons themselves don’t press”
- Design: “I have tried changing Aspect Ratio to Stretch and Layout Options, but it still does not display fullscreen as before”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Won’t load my 3ds backups at all”
- Price & subscription: “Waste of money and a scam”
- Updates: “Games won’t work anymore after latest update”
- Design: “Layout doesn’t work in landscape mode still”
About Folium
Supported Systems
Bandai
- WonderSwan
- WonderSwan Color
Coleco
- ColecoVision
Nintendo
- 3DS
- DS
- Game Boy
- Game Boy Advance
- Game Boy Color
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System
SEGA
- Genesis
- Mega Drive
Sony
- PlayStation 1
Supported Game Controllers
Backbone
- One
Nintendo Switch
- Joy-Con
- Pro Controller
PlayStation
- DualSense
- DualShock 4
Xbox Series
- S
- X
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