Yojimbo for iPad vs PaperCode
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yojimbo for iPad
Access and manage your Yojimbo data on your iPad. This companion app syncs wirelessly with Yojimbo for macOS, allowing you to view articles, lists, documents, and sensitive information offline.
- Syncs with Yojimbo for macOS
- Offline data access
- Handles encrypted entries
- View articles and documents
- Access passwords and receipts
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Take your Yojimbo data with you, anywhere, right on your iPad. Yojimbo for iPad is a companion app that syncs effortlessly over WiFi from Yojimbo for macOS (version 4.0 or later required; sold separately), letting you take all of your Yojimbo data anywhere. Yojimbo for iPad even handles your encrypted entries. Imagine catching up on articles, reviewing shopping lists, traveling with digital confirmation documents, and having all your passwords and receipts safely at hand, no matter where you are, whether or not you have network access. If you use Yojimbo, you'll want Yojimbo for iPad.
PaperCode
Organize your books and papers by assigning them to custom places and associating them with barcodes or QR codes. Quickly update an item's location by scanning its code. Automatically gather book information from databases by scanning ISBN barcodes.
- Manage items and places
- Scan barcodes/QR codes
- OCR for printed text
- Automatic book information retrieval
- Customizable place names
- Quick item location updates
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What you can do with this app: [The app remembers where your books/papers are.] *Manage ITEMS with PLACES where they belong to. -You can manage ITEMS and PLACES related to Barcodes/QR-codes by scanning codes or printed texts(OCR) using your phone's camera. -Only you need is minimum effort to add, update and search PLACES and ITEMS. -You can add and name any PLACES, such as "Bookshelf:A", "Box:B" and "Bed room closet". It is not necessary that PLACES are real physical places. They can be "Borrowed by John Doe", "Papers to copy", "Things to survey" and so on. -Though this app is designed for management of academic books and treatises(papers), you can also add and name any ITEMS. They can be "Golf shoes", "Water bottles for emergency", "Tax payment documents of 2019", "Buy salt", "Reserve restaurant" and so on. [Easier is better.] *Add, move, search, sometimes manage. With this app, you will: -Add(register) PLACES. Add(register) ITEMS and relate them to barcodes/QR-codes. -When you move an ITEM, scan a barcode/QR-code to update its PLACE to belong to. -Search an ITEM's name to find out its PLACE. -You can rename ITEMS and PLACES, update relationship between them and new codes, update their order in the lists at any time. [No automation, no life.] *ITEMS and PLACES cooperate with barcodes/QR-codes. -You can relate ITEMS and PLACES to any barcodes/QR-codes. -Once you created relationships between ITEMS/PLACES and codes, when you move an ITEM from current PLACE to another PLACE, all you have to do is: 1.Scan the code of the new PLACE using the camera, 2.Scan the code of the ITEM. That's it. It won't take more than 3 seconds. -The code will be scanned automatically when your camera focuses it. You don't even need to press the shutter button. -If the books or papers don't have barcodes/QR-codes, add codes to them. (for example, codes printed directly on the papers using handy printers or codes printed on sticker labels.) Any unique digits or characters will work. *Automatically collect information. -Information of books and papers (author, title, publisher, published date) will be collected automatically by searching with keyword(s). -This app accesses CiNii/CiNiiBooks database OpenSearch service on the web to get the information. -If you scan a barcode and the code is an ISBN, this app will collect and fill all necessary information automatically. All you need is to tap "OK" button. -You can search and find books or papers by using keyword(s). Use space for AND search and use slash for OR search. If multiple results hit, you can choose one to add as a new ITEM. -A particular chapter of a book can be added in the same way as a paper. *Relate ITEMS and PLACES to barcodes/QR-codes -Both ITEMS and PLACES can be related to barcode/QR-code. -You can delete or update(relate again) relationships between codes and ITEMS/PLACES. *Script(handwriting) recognition -If you can't use barcodes/QR-codes in some reason, you can try script(handwriting) recognition. It works, but it takes a lot of time and it won't recognize 100% correctly. So I strongly recommend you to use barcodes/QR-codes. [Nothing is more important than safety.] *Backup and export your data. -You can backup your data(ITEMS/PLACES) to a text file (as SQL expressions). -You can export backup file(s) to external storages/apps/services, such as iPhone's documents folder(which syncs with iCloud), Dropbox app, GoogleDrive app and so on. [Search and find at once.] *See all items in the place or search with keyword(s) -You can see all the ITEMS belonging to particular PLACE. -You can search an ITEM by keyword(s). AND/OR search is available. -You can search a PLACE as well. (but only AND search is available.)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PaperCode at 5.0 against Yojimbo for iPad's 3.2. PaperCode also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). Yojimbo for iPad's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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.
PaperCode holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yojimbo for iPad has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Yojimbo for iPad ships an update every 8 months, PaperCode every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and July 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yojimbo for iPad | PaperCode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bare Bones Software, Inc. | Yuichiro Momosaki |
Bugs and requests
Yojimbo for iPad
Reported bugs
26 issues- Sync fails to complete
- App crashes on sync
- App crashes frequently
- Email sharing window stays open
- Sync breaks after iOS updates
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- App crashes on Library icon tap
- Menu animation choppy
- Password display formatting issues
- Items take forever to load
- Sync issues after updates
- Sync errors (unreadable)
- App quits on launch
- Sync doesn't work after first time
- Email page dead (cannot cancel/send)
- Sync issues with Mac pairing
- App not finding Mac on network
- Syncing only new notes, not modified
- Unencrypted notes on iPad when encrypted on Mac
- Syncing issues with Bonjour/corporate networks
- PDFs not rendering on iPad
- Interface bugs on rotation
- Search field layout in Landscape
- Syncing only when Mac is running and on same network
- App is sluggish
- Files copied over are empty
- App quits within seconds of launch
Requested features
20 requests- iPad/iPhone app functionality
- Ability to add/edit content on iPad
- Cloud sync (iCloud, Dropbox)
- iPhone version
- Retina screen update
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- Password protection for the app
- Add computers by IP# for pairing
- Ability to change sorting
- Universal app
- Content search
- Open in other apps
- Email sharing fix
- iCloud sync support
- Search field layout fix in Landscape
- Visible tags and basic info in a bar
- Create new text notes
- Cloud Sync (Dropbox preferred)
- Add/change database from within the app
- Add new items on iPad
- UI kinks worked out
PaperCode
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yojimbo for iPad
No in-app purchases
PaperCode
No in-app purchases







