Comparison

Robot Mobile vs Swift Paperless

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

Head to head

Native document managament

Free

📊 Productivity

★ 4.977 ratingsView app →

About

Robot Mobile

Manage your root servers and storage boxes remotely. Perform essential tasks like server resets, Wake-on-LAN, IP configuration, and traffic monitoring. Create, restore, and delete storage box snapshots.

Highlights

Server reset
Wake On LAN
Failover IP configuration
Traffic monitoring
Storage box snapshots

Features

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Diese mobile Applikation von Hetzner Online ermöglicht es Ihnen, auf die wichtigsten Funktionen zum Verwalten Ihrer Root-Server oder Storage-Boxen zuzugreifen. Robot Mobile stellt dabei Funktionen wie z.B. das Resetten von Servern, Wake On Lan, Konfigurieren der Failover IPs und der Traffic-Warnungen, Überwachung der Trafficstatistiken oder das Erstellen, Wiederherstellen und Löschen von Snapshots der Storage-Boxen. Die Anmeldung erfolgt mit Ihren Robot-Zugangsdaten (eine zwei Faktor-Authentifizierung ist derzeit noch nicht möglich). Zur stetigen Verbesserung der App können Sie Anregungen und Featurewünsche über das integrierte Feedbackformular abgeben.

About

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.

Highlights

Native iOS integration
Paperless-ngx compatibility
Document finding
Document categorization
Add documents from phone

Features

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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!

Screenshots

Robot Mobile4 screens

Swift Paperless4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Swift Paperless at 97% against Robot Mobile's 33%. Swift Paperless also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). Robot Mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. Swift Paperless sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Robot Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Robot Mobile ships an update every 5 months, Swift Paperless monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level

Robot Mobile versus Swift Paperless: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Robot Mobile	Swift Paperless
Price	Free	Free
Rating	—	4.9 (77 ratings) — better
Positive reviews	33.3% of reviews	97.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings	—	77 — better
Update frequency	Every 5 months	Monthly — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No — better	Yes
Monetization	Free	Free
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better	iPhone, iPad
Requires iOS	13.0 — better	17.0
Further details — not scored
Size	21 MB	30 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Hetzner Online GmbH	Paul Gessinger

Customer experience

Robot Mobile

Written reviews6 reviews

Positive33.3%

Neutral0.0%

Negative66.7%

Swift Paperless

All ratings72 ratings

Positive98.6%

Neutral0.0%

Negative1.4%

Written reviews67 reviews

Positive97.0%

Neutral1.5%

Negative1.5%

Bugs and requests

Robot Mobile

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

None

Robot Mobile

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Swift Paperless

One-time4

Coffee money$3.99
Proper thank-you$8.99
Above and beyond$17.99

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Legendary generosity$44.99

Questions

Is Robot Mobile free?

Robot Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is Swift Paperless free?

Swift Paperless is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Do Robot Mobile or Swift Paperless have ads?

Neither Robot Mobile nor Swift Paperless shows ads.

Which is updated more often, Robot Mobile or Swift Paperless?

Robot Mobile ships an update every 5 months, and Swift Paperless monthly. Most recently, Robot Mobile was updated on November 1, 2026 and Swift Paperless on November 7, 2026.