Comparison

Swift Paperless vs Receipt Wrangler

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

Head to head

Swift Paperless

Native document managament

Free

📊 Productivity

★ 4.976 ratingsView app →

Receipt Wrangler

Receipt Wrangler Mobile App

Free

📊 Productivity

No ratingsView app →

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

Read full description

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!

About

Receipt Wrangler

Features

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Receipt Wrangler: Self-Hosted Expense Tracking Take full control of your financial data with Receipt Wrangler, a powerful self-hosted expense management solution. Key Features * Open Source: Receipt Wrangler is a free, open-source project built by and for the community. * Sharing with Others: Share receipts within Receipt Wrangler for seamless expense tracking and collaboration – no more confusion about who owes what. * AI Powered: Receipt Wrangler's AI features streamline your expense management by automatically extracting the data you need from your receipts.

Screenshots

Swift Paperless4 screens

Receipt Wrangler4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Receipt Wrangler at none against Swift Paperless's 4. Receipt Wrangler also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Receipt Wrangler asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swift Paperless ships an update monthly, Receipt Wrangler every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level

Swift Paperless versus Receipt Wrangler: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Swift Paperless	Receipt Wrangler
Price	Free	Free
Rating	4.9 (76 ratings) — better	—
Positive reviews	97.0% of reviews	—
Number of ratings	76 — better	—
Update frequency	Monthly	Every 10 days — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	Yes	No — better
Monetization	Free	—
Devices	iPhone, iPad	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS	17.0	13.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size	30 MB	36 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Paul Gessinger	Noah Hall

Bugs and 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

Receipt Wrangler

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

None

Receipt Wrangler

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Swift Paperless free?

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

Is Receipt Wrangler free?

Receipt Wrangler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do Swift Paperless or Receipt Wrangler have ads?

Neither Swift Paperless nor Receipt Wrangler shows ads.

Which is updated more often, Swift Paperless or Receipt Wrangler?

Swift Paperless ships an update monthly, and Receipt Wrangler every 10 days. Most recently, Swift Paperless was updated on October 30, 2026 and Receipt Wrangler on October 22, 2026.