Comparison

NetData vs Swift Paperless

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

Head to head
About

NetData

Monitor your servers and system resources in real-time with this comprehensive tool. Connect to your NetData instance to gain deep insights into your infrastructure, applications, and performance metrics. Track CPU, network, disk usage, and more across multiple servers.

Highlights
  • Connect to NetData instances
  • Real-time system monitoring
  • Monitor server resources (CPU, network, disk)
  • Comprehensive infrastructure views
  • Track process and service statistics
  • Customizable update frequency
Features
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NetData App is an unofficial app of NetData NetData App allow you to connect with your NetData instance and provide you a system monitoring tool designed to monitor as many services and system resources as possible. NetData is a system for distributed real-time performance and health monitoring. It provides unparalleled insights, in real-time, of everything happening on the system it runs (including applications such as web and database servers). NetData is fast and efficient, designed to permanently run on all systems (physical & virtual servers, containers, IoT devices), without disrupting their core function. With NetData App you can: - Turn your device into a professional network tool to monitor servers. - Add as many servers as you can to monitor the real-time performance. - Get comprehensive views of your infrastructure and applications. - Check process, services & network statistics of each server monitor. - Add up to 16 monitors of your server. - Add monitors to check your CPU, LOAD, NETWORK, DISKS, IO and a lot of more. - Set update frequency for each monitor. Please don’t hesitate to contact us at hi@kpots.com for any issues or suggestions.

About

Swift Paperless

This app allows users to manage documents directly from their iOS device. It seamlessly integrates with a self-hosted document management system, ensuring data privacy and control. Easily find, categorize, and add new documents on the go.

Highlights
  • Native iOS integration
  • Paperless-ngx compatibility
  • Document finding
  • Document categorization
  • Add documents from phone
Features
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Swift Paperless is a native iOS app that interacts with the popular Paperless-ngx document management software. Paperless-ngx is self-hosted, and therefore fully privacy preserving: you control your data! With Swift Paperless, it's easy to find, categorize and also add documents from your phone!

Screenshots

NetData4 screens
Swift Paperless4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Swift Paperless at 97% against NetData's 50%. Swift Paperless also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.6) and ratings volume (72 vs 17). NetData's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Swift Paperless sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. NetData asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Swift Paperless holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 72 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of NetData's written reviews are positive against 97% of Swift Paperless's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NetData ships an update every 9 days, Swift Paperless monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
NetData versus Swift Paperless: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNetDataSwift Paperless
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (17 ratings)4.9 (72 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews97.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1772 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJorge GarciaPaul Gessinger

Customer experience

NetData

All ratings17 ratings
Positive64.7%
Neutral5.9%
Negative29.4%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative41.7%

Swift Paperless

All ratings72 ratings
Positive98.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.5%

In-app purchases

None

NetData

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Swift Paperless

One-time4
  • Coffee money$3.99
  • Proper thank-you$8.99
  • Above and beyond$17.99
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  • Legendary generosity$44.99

Questions

Is NetData free?
NetData is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Swift Paperless free?
Swift Paperless is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NetData or Swift Paperless?
Swift Paperless is rated higher. NetData averages 3.6 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Swift Paperless averages 4.9 from 72 ratings.
Do NetData or Swift Paperless have ads?
Neither NetData nor Swift Paperless shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NetData or Swift Paperless?
NetData ships an update every 9 days, and Swift Paperless monthly. Most recently, NetData was updated on October 6, 2026 and Swift Paperless on October 7, 2026.

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