C2 Password vs Swift Paperless
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
C2 Password
Securely store, sync, and safeguard your passwords and personal information across unlimited devices. Access your credentials from anywhere via web, browser extension, or mobile app. All data is encrypted before leaving your device for maximum privacy.
- Secure password storage
- Unlimited device syncing
- Cross-platform access (web, extension, mobile)
- End-to-end encryption
- Autofill credentials
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C2 Password is a highly secure password management solution to store, sync, and safeguard your passwords and personal information. With unlimited device syncing, you will be able to access your credentials from anywhere through the web portal, browser extension, or mobile app. All the data you upload to C2 Password will be encrypted before leaving your devices, so no one except yourself can decrypt the data. Save time while keeping your data safe. Get started with C2 Password today! For our Terms of Service, visit: https://c2.synology.com/legal/terms_conditions
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 review sentiment: Swift Paperless at 97% against C2 Password's 61%. Swift Paperless also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). C2 Password's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.2 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. C2 Password sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per year 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 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 181 and 77 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of C2 Password's written reviews are positive against 97% of Swift Paperless's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | C2 Password | Swift Paperless |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (181 ratings) | 4.9 (77 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.8% of reviews | 97.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 181 — better | 77 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Synology Inc. | Paul Gessinger |
Customer experience
C2 Password
Swift Paperless
Bugs and requests
C2 Password
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
C2 Password
- Plus Plan (1 Year)1 Month trial$4.491 Year
- Plus Plan (1 Year)1 Month trial$4.991 Year
- Plus Plan (1 Year)1 Month trial$5.491 Year
Swift Paperless
- Coffee money$3.99
- Proper thank-you$8.99
- Above and beyond$17.99
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- Legendary generosity$44.99
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