Paperless Scan vs Paperless Document Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paperless Scan
Easily scan documents and convert them into PDF files. Merge multiple documents into a single PDF and share them directly from the app. View file details and manage your scanned documents efficiently.
- Scan documents to PDF
- Merge multiple PDFs
- Batch processing
- Share scanned files
- View PDF details
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Tap "Scan" button to scan the document and automatically convert and save as PDF file. To merge and batch processing PDF files, tap "Merge" button and choose all the files in order to combine them. Tap each cell to view the detail of the PDF file and you can choose "Share" option to share and save the files.
Paperless Document Scanner
This app allows you to scan and edit documents directly from your phone. You can assign correspondents, document types, and tags before uploading them to your Paperless-ngx instance. It also supports configuring default settings for a streamlined workflow.
- Scan and edit documents
- Select from Files or Photos
- Assign correspondents, types, and tags
- Upload to Paperless-ngx
- Configure default settings
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Paperless Document Scanner is a document scanner app for Paperless-ngx. Features: * Scan and edit documents * Select documents from the Files or Photos app * Assign correspondents, document types, tags and ASN to a scanned document * Upload the scanned document to your Paperless-ngx instance * Configure default correspondents, document types, tags and storage paths
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Paperless Scan at 100% against Paperless Document Scanner's 0%. Paperless Scan also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Paperless Document Scanner's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 25 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Paperless Document Scanner holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Paperless Scan's written reviews are positive against 0% of Paperless Document Scanner's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Paperless Scan ships an update every 25 months, Paperless Document Scanner fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paperless Scan | Paperless Document Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (13 ratings) | 4.5 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Appulet, Inc | Dennis App Development |
Customer experience
Paperless Scan
Paperless Document Scanner
In-app purchases
Paperless Scan
No in-app purchases
Paperless Document Scanner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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