Folio Stand Roadmap: What Ships at Launch and What Comes Later

Folio Stand is planned to launch on the App Store for iPad and iPhone in early 2027. Version 1 covers reading, annotation with version history, setlists, pedals, Stage Mode, safe sync, forScore import and Send to Band. A Mac version, a metronome, audio practice tools and more importers come after launch. Dates can move: we would rather ship late than ship something that loses music.

Where are we now?

Stage	When (planned)	What happens
Plan and website	October 2026	Done. You are reading it
Core app	October to December 2026	Library, import, reader, pedals, Stage Mode, setlists, annotations
Sync and Send to Band	December 2026 to January 2027	Sync engine, Undo sync, Stage Lock, sharing links
Public beta	January to February 2027	30 to 50 musicians on TestFlight: church, band directors, students and professionals
App Store pre-order	Early 2027	The App Store listing goes up for pre-order
Launch	Early 2027	Available on the App Store

We will only launch once beta testers report zero data loss for two weeks in a row.

What ships at launch (version 1)

Getting music in

• Import from Files, folders (kept as collections), the share sheet, AirDrop and images
• Document scanner that saves each batch
• Duplicate detection by file content, and an import report
• forScore library import, with ink marks as an image layer and a library rescue mode

Library

• Title, composer, arranger, genre, key, tags, rating, difficulty and custom fields
• Search across every field
• On-device suggestions for title and composer

Reading and performing

• Our own page renderer that pre-loads the next pages and the next piece
• Single page, two pages in landscape, half-page turns with an adjustable split, crop and trim, jump links
• Any Bluetooth pedal, learn any key, a filter for double turns
• Stage Mode: no toolbars, no stray ink, screen stays awake, crash-safe resume

Annotation

• Pen, pencil, marker, a highlighter under the notes, eraser, text and about 60 stamps
• Layers, undo and redo
• Version history for every page with "Restore marks", and a 30-day trash

Setlists and sharing

• Ordered setlists with placeholders, print or PDF
• Send to Band

Sync and safety

• Sync through your own iCloud with no duplicates, keep-both conflicts, 30-day Undo sync and Stage Lock
• Automatic backups (7 daily, 4 weekly) in a folder you can see in Files
• Export everything, export PDFs with marks, and a library check

Support

• Help built into the app that works offline, a "Send diagnostics" button, and a person who answers email

If automatic sync does not pass our tests in time, it launches as a manual "Sync now" with a preview of every change, using the same engine.

What comes after launch (in order)

1. Turning imported forScore ink marks into editable strokes, opt-in for each score
2. A metronome and audio practice with A-B looping
3. Folio Stand on the Mac
4. Importers for MobileSheets and OnSong libraries
5. Hands-free page turns with face gestures
6. Browsing IMSLP from inside the app
7. Searching your handwritten marks
8. A plan for directors who send music to whole ensembles

What we will never build

• Accounts, or servers of ours that hold your music
• Ads, analytics or tracking SDKs
• Paywalls on your own data: export always works
• A sheet music store
• Notation editing, a tuner, or turning scans into notes
• Android or Windows versions

FAQ

When will Folio Stand launch? We plan to launch in early 2027. Join the waitlist on the home page and we will email you once when it is live.

Can I join the beta? We will invite a small group of musicians to the public beta in early 2027. Join the waitlist and tell us what you play by writing to support@foliostand.com.

Will there be a Mac version? Yes, after launch. It is third on the list above.

Will Folio Stand come to Android? No. We are focusing on doing iPad and iPhone well.

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Source: Folio Stand product plan (locked 2 October 2026).