Comparison

Paperparrot vs Fast To

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Fast To

Features
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Capture first, organize later. Fast To-Do is built around one idea: getting a thought out of your head should take one second. The input is the hero — type it, hit Add, it's saved. Tags, due dates and reminders come later, when you actually want to organize. CAPTURE-FIRST A prominent input on the home screen. No forms, no required fields, no friction. UNLIMITED SUB-TASKS Any to-do can nest under any other, as deep as you like. Press and hold the handle to drag items around and re-nest them. A tree view shows the whole structure, with collapsing. SWIPE TO ACT Swipe right to complete, left to delete. Completed items tuck themselves away automatically, and a tap brings them back. FLEXIBLE DUE DATES Be as vague or as precise as you want — a year, a month, a weekday, a specific day, or a day and time. Pick days from a real calendar. REMINDERS Get a notification before anything with a due date precise enough to pin a moment. On by default, and overridable per to-do. YOUR OWN TAGS The only categories are the ones you invent. Give a to-do any number of them, filter the list by tag, and see your stats broken down by tag. STATS Charts for completions over time, and by tag. Tap any bar to see the to-dos behind it. SHARE AS TEXT Send any to-do and its whole sub-tree as a clean indented checklist to Mail, Messages, Notes — anywhere. 8 LANGUAGES English, Arabic (full right-to-left), Chinese, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese and Hindi. TRULY OFFLINE, TRULY PRIVATE No account. No sign-up. No servers. Your to-dos live on your device and never leave it. No ads, ever. FAST TO-DO PRO A single one-time $1.99 purchase — never a subscription — unlocks tags and reminders. Everything else, including unlimited to-dos, sub-tasks and due dates, is free forever.

Screenshots

Paperparrot4 screens
Fast To4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fast To at none against Paperparrot's 6. Paperparrot's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Paperparrot sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Fast To asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Paperparrot versus Fast To: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaperparrotFast To
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeo WehrfritzD2X Enterprises LLC

Bugs and requests

Paperparrot

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes on start
  • Everything disappeared
  • Saved views in Paperless are mixed with other documents in the app
  • Custom fields and their values are not displayed correctly
  • Filtering by custom field values does not work
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  • Custom views based on custom fields do not work
  • Constant reloading needed when documents change
  • App stalls and doesn't let you choose another instance if current is not working
  • Duplicate imports of documents
  • Data loss in remaining entries after removing duplicates
  • Not all PDF files can be opened (e.g., converted EML files)
  • Scanner search is unreliable

Requested features

12 requests
  • AI assistant for document questions (like Gemini Notebook)
  • Integration with Openrouter for AI
  • Chinese language support
  • Improved multi-edit functionality (e.g., 'Select' button, bottom toolbar)
  • Integration with Files app
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  • Option to change theme colors
  • Scanner remembers last used options
  • Notification upon completion of large document processing
  • Ability to select tags without the list disappearing
  • Use archived document for display instead of original
  • Copy-paste document capture
  • Support for opening converted EML files directly

Fast To

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Paperparrot

Subscriptions1
  • Subscription (1 Year)1 Month trial$2.991 Year
One-time5
  • 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
None

Fast To

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paperparrot free?
Paperparrot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fast To free?
Fast To is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Paperparrot or Fast To have ads?
Neither Paperparrot nor Fast To shows ads.

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