Comparison

QuickScan vs Paperless Less Paper

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

Head to head
About

QuickScan

Digitize documents effortlessly with this mobile scanner. Edit scans by cropping, rotating, and adjusting colors. Save and share documents in PDF or JPG format, with OCR capabilities for text extraction.

Highlights
  • Scan documents and photos
  • Edit scans (crop, rotate, color adjust)
  • OCR text extraction
  • Create multi-page PDFs
  • Save and share as PDF/JPG
  • Cloud storage integration
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Quickscan is a free to download and best document scanning app that makes the way documents are handled easily. Effortlessly scan & digitize your documents using a mobile device. Edit scans by cropping, rotating, and adjusting color and contrast through features available in the app. It has extended support for cloud storage services like iCloud, so users can easily save and access their scanned documents from anywhere. Whether you're looking for a mobile scanner app, PDF scanner app, or document scanning app, our app has everything covered. With its powerful features and intuitive interface, the Quickscan App is the ultimate tool for managing your documents on the go. Quick slick Update for all iOS users - QuickScan App now caters to a wider range of audiences by unlocking its OCR feature in Multi-linguistic languages. OS versions include: Below iOS 16: Languages supported are  English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese(Simplified) and Chinese(Traditional) Conversion. To convert into Cantonese(Simplified), Cantonese(Traditional), Korean, Russian, and Ukrainian update your OS version to iOS 16.0 or above. iOS 16 or above: Languages supported are English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese(Simplified) and Chinese(Traditional), Cantonese(Simplified), Cantonese(Traditional), Korean, Russian, Ukrainian conversion What we do Scan Docx: Quickscan is a powerful and easy-to-use PDF scanner app that will make you say, "This is the best free PDF scanner for documents." With its amazing features, you can quickly scan at any time and save your scans to your device in image or PDF format using our App. Scan ID Photo: With QuickScan you can scan your ID and save it on a mobile device. Also, Digitize your photos using the scanner & OCR and save them as PDF or JPG files with the photo scan and PDF scanning app. Scan Book: Scan books, novels, and magazines with this Document scanner app. Use the scanner to scan to PDF and save your scans to your device in image or PDF format with the QuickScan. Easy To Use Scan - Point the camera & scan the document Edit - Select the desired part of the document to convert Save & Share - Save files as a JPG on their mobile device but If user want to share file then it has 2 option, Share as PDF or Share as JPG. Features of QuickScan - Best PDF Scanner App Automatically recognizes document edges and corrects perspective. Organize your documents in folders and subfolders with the Document scanning app. Extract text from images using OCR and convert images to editable text. Create multi-page PDFs and scan them to PDF using the PDF document scanner app. Manage and organize your files with the fast and digital scanner. Convert images to PDF files with the picture to PDF converter. Share your scanned documents in PDF or JPEG format with your contacts using the Quickscan App. IN-APP PURCHASE Upgrade your scanning capabilities by subscribing to our premium features. Our subscription service works seamlessly across devices. With a subscription, you can combine multiple scans into one document, extract text from scans using OCR, Sign, stamp, and edit documents whenever and wherever, and back up your scans on your device. Wherever you are, easily convert photos and documents into high-quality PDF and JPEG files with the best free mobile scanner app available for download. Powered by OCR technology, the scanner allows you to easily digitize books, business cards, and receipts and access them through the server. Trusted by millions of users worldwide, Quickscan is the go-to PDF converter that enables you to share your scanned documents effortlessly. Follow us on Twitter: @QuickScan_App Like us on Facebook: @quickscanapp Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quickscan.app/ Privacy Policy: https://getquickscan.app/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://getquickscan.app/terms-of-use/ For any feedback or queries, please contact us at hello@getquickscan.app

About

Paperless Less Paper

This app provides a native iOS client for paperless-ngx, a self-hosted document archive. It allows users to search, edit, and organize documents directly from their devices, with offline access and secure server connections.

Highlights
  • Full web interface filter set
  • Edit documents directly
  • Offline document access
  • Send documents via share sheet
  • Connect to multiple servers
  • Manage tags, correspondents, and types
  • Restore deleted documents
Features
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Less Paper is a native iOS client for paperless-ngx 3.x and earlier, 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 — one Open menu leads to every section: Content, Custom fields, Details, History, Metadata and Notes, each editable when your account allows it. History lists who changed what and when, the way the web UI shows it. Select several documents and change them together, merge them, or delete them in one go. READ IT WITH NO SERVER IN REACH Save a document offline and it is kept on the device in full — the PDF, its notes, metadata and custom fields. The Offline 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. The inbox then says what became of each one: File Tasks lists every import — which finished, which are still running, and which failed and why — and a failure can be dismissed once you have dealt with it. 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. Works with every paperless-ngx from 2.15.3 to 3.x. Universal: iPhone, iPhone Duo 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

QuickScan4 screens
Paperless Less Paper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Paperless Less Paper at 4.9 against QuickScan's 4.1. Paperless Less Paper also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (88% vs 67%). QuickScan's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. QuickScan sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Paperless Less Paper sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Paperless Less Paper holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of QuickScan's written reviews are positive against 88% of Paperless Less Paper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QuickScan ships an update every 4 weeks, Paperless Less Paper weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
QuickScan versus Paperless Less Paper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuickScanPaperless Less Paper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (47 ratings)4.9 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings47 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTechnostacks Infotech Private LimitedJohannes Plunien

Customer experience

QuickScan

All ratings44 ratings
Positive79.5%
Neutral2.3%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Paperless Less Paper

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

QuickScan

Subscriptions3
  • 1 Month7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • 3 Months7 Days trial$9.993 Months
  • 1 Year7 Days trial$29.991 Year
4 purchases

Paperless Less Paper

One-time4
  • Tiny tip$1.00
  • Small tip$4.00
  • Medium tip$9.00
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  • Large tip$22.00

Questions

Is QuickScan free?
QuickScan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paperless Less Paper free?
Paperless Less Paper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, QuickScan or Paperless Less Paper?
Paperless Less Paper is rated higher. QuickScan averages 4.1 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while Paperless Less Paper averages 4.9 from 21 ratings.
Do QuickScan or Paperless Less Paper have ads?
Neither QuickScan nor Paperless Less Paper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QuickScan or Paperless Less Paper?
QuickScan ships an update every 4 weeks, and Paperless Less Paper weekly. Most recently, QuickScan was updated on November 3, 2026 and Paperless Less Paper on November 12, 2026.

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