No app-store gatekeeper
Install from folio-pin.com and receive Folio-Pin updates directly through the web app.
The Folio-Pin hybrid app
Text as a cellphone when networks work. Text as a disaster radio when they don't.
Hybrid means one place to text contacts and groups—using normal Cellphone Mode today, then planned Disaster Radio-Cellphone Mode when conventional service is unavailable.
Install the app from this site instead of an app store. Connected-mode texts hand off to your phone's native texting service. The hardware phase is intended to carry texts locally by Folio-Pin radio and mesh without requiring a Google, Apple, or social account.
Independent of app stores and big-tech accounts—not independent of the browser or operating system on your device.
THU 8:55 AM
DISASTER RADIO MODE
Text contacts & groups
Cell network · disaster radio
Recipients
Contacts + groups
Text route
Cell available
Why the app lives here
A direct relationship between Folio-Pin and its users.
No big-tech account required
Use a Folio-Pin account. Google, Apple, and social sign-in are not required.
Designed for interrupted service
The app shell and recently visited pages can remain available when a connection drops.
Text across both modes
Text contacts and groups through normal cellphone service, then use planned Folio-Pin radio and mesh texting when conventional networks fail and compatible hardware is connected.
Available in the first web release
One focused field interface.
- Text individual contacts through the phone's native texting service
- Compose messages for contacts and local groups
- Local maps and existing Folio-Pin property tools
- Emergency and personal perimeter entry points
- Installable app shell with offline fallback
Planned hardware extension
Mesh and field resilience
The web app is the software entry point for composing texts to contacts and groups. Delivering those texts device-to-device by radio or mesh requires compatible Folio-Pin hardware and is not active merely because the app is installed.
No false promise of universal offline communication.
Start through the site. Keep Folio-Pin close.
Open the app now, or install it on your home screen for an app-like experience that launches directly into Folio-Pin.