Comparison

EasyMQTT vs Swift Paperless

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

Head to head

EasyMQTT

MQTT with Siri Shortcuts

Free

📊 Productivity

★ 3.536 ratingsView app →

Swift Paperless

Native document managament

Free

📊 Productivity

★ 4.968 ratingsView app →

About

EasyMQTT

This application acts as an MQTT client for iOS devices, enabling interaction with any MQTT broker. It offers a user-friendly interface for managing home automation setups, controlling devices, and monitoring remote brokers. Advanced features can be unlocked through an in-app purchase.

Highlights

MQTT client for iOS
Interact with any MQTT Broker
Home automation control
Siri Shortcuts integration
Light and dark mode support
Save favorite topics and messages

Features

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EasyMQTT is an MQTT client for iPhone and iPad that helps you connect to your broker, monitor live topics, and publish messages quickly. Use it for home automation setups, Zigbee2MQTT, remote monitoring, or everyday MQTT debugging. With EasyMQTT you can: - connect to multiple MQTT brokers - subscribe to topics and inspect incoming messages in real time - publish messages quickly or save recurring payloads as favorites - create widgets and graph widgets for the MQTT values you care about - automate actions with Siri Shortcuts - review connection history and saved broker locations EasyMQTT Plus unlocks additional features including favorites for brokers, topics, and messages, more powerful widget workflows, and deeper Siri Shortcuts automation. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

EasyMQTT1 screens

Swift Paperless4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Swift Paperless at 97% against EasyMQTT's 27%. Swift Paperless also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.5) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). EasyMQTT's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). 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. EasyMQTT sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 3 months and Swift Paperless 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

Swift Paperless holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 36 and 68 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of EasyMQTT's written reviews are positive against 97% of Swift Paperless's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EasyMQTT ships an update every 2 weeks, Swift Paperless every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 8, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level

EasyMQTT versus Swift Paperless: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	EasyMQTT	Swift Paperless
Price	Free	Free
Rating	3.5 (36 ratings)	4.9 (68 ratings) — better
Positive reviews	26.9% of reviews	96.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings	36	68 — better
Update frequency	Every 2 weeks — better	Every 2 months
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	Yes	Yes
Monetization	Free with in-app purchases	Free — better
Devices	iPhone, iPad, Mac — better	iPhone, iPad
Requires iOS	17.0	17.0
Further details — not scored
Size	65 MB	26 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Luca Kaufmann	Paul Gessinger

Customer experience

EasyMQTT

All ratings36 ratings

Positive63.9%

Neutral2.8%

Negative33.3%

Written reviews26 reviews

Positive26.9%

Neutral7.7%

Negative65.4%

Swift Paperless

All ratings68 ratings

Positive98.5%

Neutral0.0%

Negative1.5%

Written reviews63 reviews

Positive96.8%

Neutral1.6%

Negative1.6%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

EasyMQTT

Subscriptions3

EasyMQTT Plus - Three months$1.993 Months
EasyMQTT Plus Yearly Sub14 Days trial$3.991 Year
EasyMQTT Plus Yearly Sub14 Days trial$5.991 Year

One-time2

EasyMQTT Plus$10.99
EasyMQTT Plus lifetime2 variants$14.99

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 EasyMQTT free?

EasyMQTT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Is Swift Paperless free?

Swift Paperless is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Which has better reviews, EasyMQTT or Swift Paperless?

Swift Paperless is rated higher. EasyMQTT averages 3.5 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while Swift Paperless averages 4.9 from 68 ratings.

Do EasyMQTT or Swift Paperless have ads?

Neither EasyMQTT nor Swift Paperless shows ads.

Which is updated more often, EasyMQTT or Swift Paperless?

EasyMQTT ships an update every 2 weeks, and Swift Paperless every 2 months. Most recently, EasyMQTT was updated on June 8, 2026 and Swift Paperless on September 18, 2026.