Container Manager vs Paperparrot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Container Manager
Manage and supervise your Docker containers with ease. This app allows you to view container status, logs, and perform actions like start, stop, and remove. It also supports managing images and volumes, with more features planned.
- Manage Docker containers
- Control container status (start, stop, restart)
- Create new containers
- View container logs
- Manage Docker images
- Manage Docker volumes
- Connect to Docker Engine and Portainer
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Container Manager brings monitoring and control of self-hosted Docker environments to iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Connect to a Docker Engine remote API or a Portainer instance you own and manage. At a glance: • Review host information, resource usage, versions, and container status. • Browse, search, filter, and inspect containers, including live resource data, logs, environment variables, ports, and volume bindings. • Start, stop, restart, pause, unpause, kill, rename, and remove containers. • Browse, inspect, search, pull, run, and remove images. • Browse, inspect, create, prune, and remove volumes. • Attach to running containers where supported. • Explore the interface using built-in Demo Mode before connecting a server. Browsing, monitoring, details, and live logs are available without a subscription. A Supporter subscription unlocks container, image, and volume actions plus console access. Feature availability can vary by backend and API version. Requires a user-configured Docker Engine remote API or Portainer instance for live server management. Terms of Use: https://ezv-software.com/container-manager/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://ezv-software.com/container-manager/privacy/
Paperparrot
Organize your documents effortlessly with this native client for Paperless-ngx. Upload, scan, and secure files in various formats. Enjoy offline access, custom views, and powerful search capabilities.
- Connect to multiple Paperless-ngx instances
- Add documents in various formats
- Scan documents via camera or network scanner
- Secure documents with Face/Touch ID
- Extensive search and Spotlight support
- Create custom document views
- Offline document synchronization
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Paperparrot is an app designed to make organizing your documents easy and it's completely compatible with Paperless-ngx. Features: - Connect to multiple Paperless-ngx-Instances - Add documents in various formats like PDF, JPEG, PNG, TXT or office documents - Scan documents from right within Paperparrot using your phones camera or an Airscan-capable network scanner - Secure your documents using Face-/Touch-ID - Extensive search capabilities - Support for Spotlight search to find documents from your home screen - Create custom views to easily access sets of documents - Share documents to Paperparrot from other apps - Synchronize documents from your Paperless-ng(x) server to your device for offline access - Built in support for push notifications from your server (additional setup required)* - Dark mode! * The free version of Paperparrot is limited to six documents and some features like custom queries and push notifications are unavailable. These limitation can be removed through an in-app purchase. There is both a one-time purchase or an optional auto-renewing subscription (1 month free trial included). The one-time purchase unlocks all current and future updates. With the subscription, all features are available for the duration of your subscription. Both the subscription and one-time purchase can be shared with your family. Paperparrot is licensed under the Apple standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Paperparrot at 87% against Container Manager's 33%. Paperparrot also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (16 vs 2). 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. Container Manager sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Paperparrot sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Paperparrot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paperparrot has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Container Manager's written reviews are positive against 87% of Paperparrot's.
Container Manager ships an update every 2 months, Paperparrot every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Container Manager | Paperparrot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 86.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EZV, spol. s r.o. | Leo Wehrfritz |
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In-app purchases
Container Manager
- Supporter Level - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Supporter Level - Yearly3 Days trial$11.991 Year
Paperparrot
- Subscription (1 Year)1 Month trial$2.991 Year
- Generous Tip$0.99
- Very Generous Tip$2.99
- Subscription (1 Year)$2.99
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- Unlock All Features$4.99
- Super Generous Tip$9.99
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