General DB vs SwiftDocs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
General DB
This app allows users to create and manage custom databases for various needs, from personal collections to business inventories. It offers flexible data entry with multiple field formats and powerful SQL capabilities for advanced users. Data can be easily searched, sorted, and shared.
- Customizable tables and fields
- Multiple data field formats
- Searchable and sortable data
- SQL console for advanced users
- Data import and export
- Relational database capabilities
- Cloud and file sharing options
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General DB is a general-purpose database app that lets you record information quickly and easily. Try our FREE Private DB app to get a feel for General DB before you buy. For example, if you have a bottle collection, you could make a table with these fields: Date Acquired, Bottle Type, Bottle Origin, Shape, Notes. Then whenever you add a new bottle to your collection, you can add a row to the table describing it. If you want to track visits to different vacation sites, you can make a table with fields for the Date Visited, Location, Description, and Attraction. As you visit the sites, you can add corresponding rows to your table. After you add rows to your tables, they will be: * Searchable * Sortable * Selectable Many apps are too specific to a subject, but General DB is flexible enough to handle many, many needs, such as: - Inventories - Customer info - Membership lists - Tracking Logs - Accounts - and many more ! No database knowledge is required to use this app, but you will pick some up as you go! For power users: General DB allows easy data entry into a full-fledged SQLite database. To do so, it enhances it with field formats. The field formats supported are Text, Number, Date, Time, Duration, Location, Photo, Barcode, Raw, Picker, and Lookup Table. There are convenient buttons next to some fields for easier input. For administrators or IT manager, you can create a master database of reference information that you don't want your users to modify. This master database can be published on the internet and either the Private DB app or General DB can download and view it. Some more powerful features: - SQL Console for executing SQL statements - Create virtual tables from CSV files - Import CSV files into tables - Preview all the lines in a file before importing it - Execute SQL files - Extract .zip or .gz files - Manage your image files and create thumbnails - Custom picker types to select values from a list - Add your own image files from you computer - Mark SQL statements as favorites - See and execute past SQL statements in the History - Easily create a SQL VIEW (subsets of fields from a table) - JOIN 2 or more tables or views for relational capabilities - Export selected rows from your tables to a file - Email your files to others - Share your database or other files - Create databases - And much more! If you have any questions, or if you need your business database customized for your iPhone or iPad, feel free to contact us on our website.
SwiftDocs
Scan, sign, and markup documents with ease. This app allows you to convert files to PDF, add text overlays, and manage your documents on the go. Its signature system smooths out e-signatures for a professional look.
- Scan documents
- Sign and markup PDFs
- Convert to PDF
- Professional e-signatures
- Add text overlays
- Manage documents on the go
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Sign, markup, scan, and convert documents to PDF with SwiftDocs. Our PureSign™ system smooths out signatures to recreate the appearance of ink on the page. SwiftDocs brings the power of a desktop document editor to your fingertips, while enabling you to markup documents more swiftly than you would on your computer. Sign documents in a few seconds with PureSign, our system that removes shaky lines from your eSignatures. Overlay text onto PDFs to fill out forms, using presets to save you from having to type out commonly asked questions. Scan, import, and export PDFs to manage all of your documents. Never let being away from a computer, printer, or scanner slow you down again. Sign documents professionally: Quickly import a doc into the app, sign it, and send it. SwiftDocs allows you to create and store as many signatures as you want, perfect for if you need to initial or if you want to change the color of your signature. Esignatures usually have a tell-tale shakiness, but PureSign™ stabilizes your signature so it emulates the inking of a handwritten signature (it may look better than your actual signature). Save yourself a trip to the printer and the time involved. Add text to docs: Markup your documents with text. SwiftDocs allows you to open up a text view in a single tap, making it quicker to edit on the app than on your desktop. You can also add preset values for your name, address, or other common pieces of information. Manage documents swiftly: SwiftDocs simplifies your whole work flow for document management. It is the little things that matter, like having a document open to the markup area when you first import it, or adding a text view with the current date in a single tap. This convenience is exemplified by our Swift Markup feature, which saves you time when just need to create and markup a one page document. The app gets out of your way so you can just scan and sign your name on the dotted line, and then have it ready for your records and to send it to where it needs to go. SwiftDocs go anywhere you want them to: SwiftDocs is the starting point for managing all of your documents on the go. From SwiftDocs you can print, email, airdrop, and even store your docs to your iCloud Drive. Is it a longer document you want to read? Save your doc to iBooks in just a tap. Anything you could possibly want to do with a document you can do from the app. Make your mark(up): Bring an elegant and powerful document editor to the palm of your hands by downloading SwiftDocs. Upgrade to a premium document management experience that meets the needs of your busy day. Make your mark(up) with SwiftDocs. Features: •Sign documents and save your signatures to have on hand in a moments notice •The PureSign™ signature system smoothes out the edges of your signature to give you a professional and clean looking esignature •Markup documents with text and use presets to save precious time filling out your name, address, or other standard form questions •Import PDF documents into SwiftDocs from your email. It'll automatically bring you to the markup page so you can have an important form signed in seconds •Scan documents and create PDFs that you can print, email, airdrop, or store on iCloud •SwiftMarkup: One page document scanning for when you immediately want to markup a document and send it •Complete functionality without creating an account: one less password to remember (and may we mention one less app storing your personal data?) Terms of Use and Privacy Agreement: https://thebasicsoftwarecompany.com/swiftdocs-privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: General DB at $4.99 against SwiftDocs's $14.99. General DB also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). SwiftDocs's advantage is review sentiment (85% vs 68%) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On rating, 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
General DB costs $4.99 and SwiftDocs $14.99 up front. SwiftDocs sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month. General DB asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for General DB against 4.6 for SwiftDocs. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 48 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of General DB's written reviews are positive against 85% of SwiftDocs's.
General DB ships an update monthly, SwiftDocs every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | General DB | SwiftDocs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (23 ratings) | 4.6 (48 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.2% of reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Portable Databases | The Basic Software Company |
Customer experience
General DB
SwiftDocs
In-app purchases
General DB
No in-app purchases
SwiftDocs
- SwiftDocs Pro$7.991 Month






