Moe Memos vs Swift Paperless
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Moe Memos
Capture thoughts and ideas quickly with this app. It offers both local on-device storage and synchronization with a self-hosted server. Enjoy offline functionality, rich media support, and robust organization tools.
- Quick idea capture
- Local or self-hosted server sync
- Offline functionality
- Markdown support
- Save images, videos, and files
- Tagging and search organization
- Progress graph visualization
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Moe Memos is an app to help you capture thoughts and ideas. You can use Moe Memos with either a self-hosted Memos server or locally on your device. Features: - Write memos like tweeting to yourself - Use local on-device storage or sync with your own Memos server - Fully functional offline and automatically pushes data when back online - Extended Markdown support - Save images, videos, files and Journaling Suggestions - Organize and find memos with tags, pinning, and search - View your memo activity with a progress graph - Liquid Glass, Dark Mode, and Dynamic Type support - Home screen widget for revisiting past memos - Available on iPhone and iPad - Full privacy protection, no data collection Moe Memos is a third-party client for Memos and isn't affiliated with the open source project Memos.
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 Moe Memos's 4.1. Swift Paperless also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (97% vs 74%). 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. Moe Memos sells 1 one-off in-app purchase 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 — 47 and 77 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Moe Memos's written reviews are positive against 97% of Swift Paperless's.
Moe Memos ships an update every 2 months, Swift Paperless monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Moe Memos | Swift Paperless |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (47 ratings) | 4.9 (77 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.5% of reviews | 97.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 47 | 77 — 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 | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 宇霆 郭 | Paul Gessinger |
Customer experience
Moe Memos
Swift Paperless
Bugs and requests
Moe Memos
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
Moe Memos
- Buy me a coffee$4.99
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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