Folio WriterUnlock Folio
Folio is free forever to write and organize in. Pro and Premium are one-time in-app purchases on the Mac App Store — free to try for 7 days, no subscription, no account.
Finish and ship your own manuscript.
- Compile & export — PDF, Word, LaTeX, Typst, EPUB, HTML, Quarto, and source
- The whole-manuscript preview
- Corkboards arranged by label or status
- Snapshots and version history, with a changes view
- Revision passes, collections, the figure and name browsers, and read-aloud proofing
- Word (.docx) import
- Live sync with the free iPhone and iPad apps
The full studio — everything in Pro, plus everything that talks to other people and other tools. Already own Pro? Upgrade for the difference ($19.99), right in the app.
- Everything in Folio Pro
- The freeform canvas — frames, mind maps, and image export
- The Word review round trip — tracked changes out, reviews back in
- References from your Zotero library
- The Response to Reviewers builder, and web capture into Research
- The writing assistant — local model, Apple Intelligence, or your own account
How buying works
Download Folio Writer free from the Mac App Store, write for as long as you like, and unlock Pro or Premium from inside the app (Folio Writer ▸ Unlock Folio…). Purchases are handled by Apple, tied to your Apple ID, and restore automatically on every Mac you own. Your writing never locks, before or after.
Students and educators
Write from your university address and ask — I'd rather Folio was used than not.