Comparison

Pydio vs Less Paper

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pydio

Access your files from a Pydio or Pydio Cells server on your mobile device. This open-source platform offers secure file sharing and synchronization for enterprises, with a focus on data control and security.

Highlights
  • Connect to Pydio/Pydio Cells servers
  • Access files on the go
  • Secure file sharing
  • Mobile and desktop sync apps
  • Enterprise-grade security and control
Features
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Pydio Application allows you to connect to a Pydio or Pydio Cells server (enterprise editions included) to access your files on the go on your mobile or tablet. Pydio - Put Your Data In Orbit - is the mature open source alternative to SaaS-based documents sharing solutions, for the Enterprise. Pydio is an open source file sharing platform for the enterprise, with simple and sleek webn mobile and desktop sync apps, hosted securely on your servers and clouds. As easy to use as great consumer software, it is designed to provide enterprise grade security and control. Forever free for the community, a commercial offering is available for the enterprise with professional support, branding and white-labelling, and simple BYOD deployment on mobile devices. PLEASE NOTE: - this application is useless if you don't actually want to connect to a Pydio server.

About

Less Paper

This app provides a native mobile interface for paperless-ngx, allowing users to manage their documents on the go. It offers full search and filtering capabilities, document editing, and management of various metadata like tags and correspondents.

Highlights
  • Connect to multiple servers
  • Full search and filter
  • Edit documents
  • Manage correspondents, types, views, and tags
  • Import documents
  • Supports password-protected documents
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Less Paper is a native iOS client for paperless-ngx, the self-hosted document archive. It talks directly to your own server, and to nothing else. FIND ANYTHING The complete filter set from the web interface, custom fields included: title and content, correspondent, document type, storage path, tags, dates and ASN. Save any filter as a view, then create, edit and reorder your saved views without leaving the app. EDIT WHERE YOU ARE READING Fix a title, reassign a correspondent, add tags, notes or custom field values from the document itself. Select several documents and change them together, merge them, or delete them in one go. READ IT WITH NO SERVER IN REACH Favorite a document and it is kept on the device in full — the PDF, its notes, metadata and custom fields. The Favorites tab reads those stored copies, so it works on a plane, in a basement, or anywhere your server is not. Pull to refresh and only the documents that actually changed are fetched again. GET DOCUMENTS IN Send anything on your device to paperless-ngx from the share sheet. Password-protected PDFs are unlocked on import, and the password is kept in the keychain so the next document from the same source opens without asking. BUILT FOR REAL SETUPS Connect as many servers as you like and switch between them. Sign in with a password, or with the single sign-on provider your server is configured with. Client certificates, custom HTTP headers and reverse proxies such as Authelia are all supported. A restricted account works too: the app follows your user's permissions and simply does not show what you may not do. When something does go wrong, a local error log — with anything credential-shaped redacted out of it — is there to read and share, and nothing leaves the device unless you send it. KEEP THE ARCHIVE TIDY Create, rename and delete tags, correspondents, document types and storage paths, and set ownership and permissions on any document. Restore anything you deleted from the trash, or empty it for good. Needs paperless-ngx 2.15.3 or newer. Universal: iPhone and iPad — on iPad the document opens in a column beside the list rather than covering it. Less Paper is open source. Issues and feature requests are welcome at https://github.com/plu/less-paper

Screenshots

Pydio3 screens
Less Paper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Less Paper at 88% against Pydio's 23%. Less Paper also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.0) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Pydio's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Less Paper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pydio asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Less Paper holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Pydio's written reviews are positive against 88% of Less Paper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pydio ships an update monthly, Less Paper weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pydio versus Less Paper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPydioLess Paper
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (10 ratings)4.9 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.5% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1018 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbstrium SASJohannes Plunien

Customer experience

Pydio

All ratings10 ratings
Positive30.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative70.0%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive22.5%
Neutral7.5%
Negative70.0%

Less Paper

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral5.6%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pydio

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Less Paper

One-time1
  • PRO User$3.99

Questions

Is Pydio free?
Pydio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Less Paper free?
Less Paper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pydio or Less Paper?
Less Paper is rated higher. Pydio averages 2.0 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Less Paper averages 4.9 from 18 ratings.
Do Pydio or Less Paper have ads?
Neither Pydio nor Less Paper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pydio or Less Paper?
Pydio ships an update monthly, and Less Paper weekly. Most recently, Pydio was updated on September 18, 2026 and Less Paper on September 10, 2026.

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