Folio Refresh vs Emailyst

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Folio Refresh compared with Emailyst
Detail	Folio Refresh	Emailyst
What it does	Duplicate photos, found and cleared safely, on a Mac	Clean up Apple Mail on your Mac using built-in AI, nothing uploaded
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
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Pricing model	Free trial	Freemium
Pricing	Free to try: scan, review and clean your first 100 photos. After that $14.99 once, no subscription.	Free: up to 1,000 emails per mail account with full message grouping and review. Full version: $29 once, covering up to three Macs and all version 1 updates, with no email limit and automatic sorting on a schedule.
Key features	Finds identical copies, even renamed ones Detects edited and cropped versions Organizes burst photos by best frame Suggests best photo and explains why Safe deletion with undo capability Converts videos to HEVC and photos to HEIC Scans multiple storage locations simultaneously Touch-screen Mac support On-device processing with no uploads	Groups emails by type: newsletters, promotions, notifications and other categories Local processing with no uploads using macOS built-in AI Reversible email moves with full history Works with Gmail, Outlook, iCloud and Fastmail Automatic scheduled sorting in full version Custom rules available Can process multiple mailboxes Learns from user preferences Supports up to three Macs with one licence
What makes it different	Works with catalogs like Lightroom Classic and Capture One, not just folders Finds edited and cropped versions that byte-for-byte finders miss Free for first 100 photos, then one-time payment with no subscription Everything stays on your Mac with no account or tracking All actions can be undone at any time	Runs entirely on your Mac with no email uploads to servers Never deletes emails, only moves them with reversible operations Uses macOS native language model, signed and notarized by Apple Free version with no account required
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Open source	Not given	Not given
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Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	18 −4 (down) since last check	3 +2 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	2	14
Citation Flow (Majestic)	16	14
Referring domains (Majestic)	5	3

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