Passwords for Nextcloud vs Swift Paperless
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Passwords for Nextcloud
Manage your passwords securely with this client for the Nextcloud Passwords app. View, create, edit, and delete entries with end-to-end encryption and encrypted offline storage. Seamlessly log in to other apps using the integrated Password AutoFill provider.
- View, create, edit, and delete password entries
- End-to-end and client-side encryption
- Encrypted offline storage
- Filtering and sorting options
- Integrated Password AutoFill provider
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A client for the Nextcloud Passwords app. This app allows you to view, create, edit and delete entries on your Nextcloud server. It offers a variety of filtering and sorting options. End-to-end/client-side encryption and encrypted offline storage make sure your data is secure. A Password AutoFill provider is integrated into the app for seamless login experiences. You can enable this feature in iOS's Settings app. This app requires a Nextcloud server with the Passwords app installed.
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.
- Native iOS integration
- Paperless-ngx compatibility
- Document finding
- Document categorization
- Add documents from phone
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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!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Swift Paperless at 4.9 against Passwords for Nextcloud's 4.1. Swift Paperless also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (97% vs 78%). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Passwords for Nextcloud sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Swift Paperless sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Swift Paperless holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 76 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Passwords for Nextcloud's written reviews are positive against 97% of Swift Paperless's.
Passwords for Nextcloud ships an update every 2 months, Swift Paperless monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Passwords for Nextcloud | Swift Paperless |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (21 ratings) | 4.9 (76 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.4% of reviews | 97.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 76 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Johannes Schliephake | Paul Gessinger |
Customer experience
Passwords for Nextcloud
Swift Paperless
Bugs and requests
Passwords for Nextcloud
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Swift Paperless
Reported bugs
7 issues- Metadata box not resizable on iPhone 13 Mini
- Document upload screen sometimes exits unexpectedly
- Extra step to access iOS share sheet
- Cannot scroll multi-page PDFs on iPad
- Server removal from list upon logout
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- Editing area only half screen after update
- App crying about certificate issue with HTTPS
Requested features
12 requests- Ability to quickly open next document in current view (like 'save & next')
- Option to hide preview side bar for full-screen document view
- Smarter server management in multi-instance setup
- Ability to search within a document
- Support for Title view only without thumbnails
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- Siri Shortcuts support for adding documents
- Option to add from a network scanner
- Support for SSO
- Ability to copy file content from the app
- Option to send documents from archive via share menu (e.g., email)
- Grid view with thumbnails on iPad
- Direct donation link in the app
In-app purchases
Passwords for Nextcloud
- Awesome Tip$1.99
- Fantastic Tip$4.99
- Incredible Tip$8.99
Swift Paperless
- Coffee money$3.99
- Proper thank-you$8.99
- Above and beyond$17.99
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- Legendary generosity$44.99
Questions
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