Comparison

Robot Mobile vs Paperless Less Paper

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

Head to head
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

Paperless Less Paper

This app provides a native iOS client for paperless-ngx, a self-hosted document archive. It allows users to search, edit, and organize documents directly from their devices, with offline access and secure server connections.

Highlights
  • Full web interface filter set
  • Edit documents directly
  • Offline document access
  • Send documents via share sheet
  • Connect to multiple servers
  • Manage tags, correspondents, and types
  • Restore deleted documents
Features
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Less Paper is a native iOS client for paperless-ngx 3.x and earlier, the self-hosted document archive. It talks directly to your own server, and to nothing else. FIND ANYTHING The complete filter set from the web interface, custom fields included: title and content, correspondent, document type, storage path, tags, dates and ASN. Save any filter as a view, then create, edit and reorder your saved views without leaving the app. EDIT WHERE YOU ARE READING Fix a title, reassign a correspondent, add tags, notes or custom field values from the document itself — one Open menu leads to every section: Content, Custom fields, Details, History, Metadata and Notes, each editable when your account allows it. History lists who changed what and when, the way the web UI shows it. Select several documents and change them together, merge them, or delete them in one go. READ IT WITH NO SERVER IN REACH Save a document offline and it is kept on the device in full — the PDF, its notes, metadata and custom fields. The Offline tab reads those stored copies, so it works on a plane, in a basement, or anywhere your server is not. Pull to refresh and only the documents that actually changed are fetched again. GET DOCUMENTS IN Send anything on your device to paperless-ngx from the share sheet. Password-protected PDFs are unlocked on import, and the password is kept in the keychain so the next document from the same source opens without asking. The inbox then says what became of each one: File Tasks lists every import — which finished, which are still running, and which failed and why — and a failure can be dismissed once you have dealt with it. BUILT FOR REAL SETUPS Connect as many servers as you like and switch between them. Sign in with a password, or with the single sign-on provider your server is configured with. Client certificates, custom HTTP headers and reverse proxies such as Authelia are all supported. A restricted account works too: the app follows your user's permissions and simply does not show what you may not do. When something does go wrong, a local error log — with anything credential-shaped redacted out of it — is there to read and share, and nothing leaves the device unless you send it. KEEP THE ARCHIVE TIDY Create, rename and delete tags, correspondents, document types and storage paths, and set ownership and permissions on any document. Restore anything you deleted from the trash, or empty it for good. Works with every paperless-ngx from 2.15.3 to 3.x. Universal: iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad — on iPad the document opens in a column beside the list rather than covering it. Less Paper is open source. Issues and feature requests are welcome at https://github.com/plu/less-paper

Screenshots

Robot Mobile4 screens
Paperless Less Paper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Paperless Less Paper at 88% against Robot Mobile's 33%. Paperless Less Paper also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). Robot Mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). 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. Paperless Less Paper 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, Paperless Less Paper weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Robot Mobile versus Paperless Less Paper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRobot MobilePaperless Less Paper
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—20 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHetzner Online GmbHJohannes Plunien

Customer experience

Robot Mobile

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Paperless Less Paper

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Robot Mobile

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Paperless Less Paper

One-time4
  • Tiny tip$1.00
  • Small tip$4.00
  • Medium tip$9.00
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  • Large tip$22.00

Questions

Is Robot Mobile free?
Robot Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paperless Less Paper free?
Paperless Less Paper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Robot Mobile or Paperless Less Paper have ads?
Neither Robot Mobile nor Paperless Less Paper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Robot Mobile or Paperless Less Paper?
Robot Mobile ships an update every 5 months, and Paperless Less Paper weekly. Most recently, Robot Mobile was updated on November 1, 2026 and Paperless Less Paper on November 7, 2026.

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