Swift Paperless vs PiSugar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Native iOS integration
- Paperless-ngx compatibility
- Document finding
- Document categorization
- Add documents from phone
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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!
PiSugar
Monitor and control your PiSugar battery system remotely. View battery status, charging information, and customize button functions. Supports managing multiple batteries simultaneously.
- View battery level
- Monitor charging status
- Configure custom buttons
- Manage RTC settings
- Support for multiple batteries
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Manage your PiSugar battery from your iPhone. Pair PiSugar with PiSugar-server to connect to your Raspberry Pi and: • View battery level, voltage, and charging status • Manage multiple PiSugar devices • Configure safe shutdown, scheduled wake-up, RTC, and custom button actions • Configure Raspberry Pi Wi-Fi over Bluetooth • Open secure terminal sessions over Bluetooth with BLE SSH • Browse official PiSugar products, manage your cart, and check out securely Orders placed through the PiSugar Store can be viewed and managed at https://account.pisugar.com/. No account is required for device management, and the app contains no ads. Store checkout and order management may require online services and an account. Bluetooth is used only to discover, connect to, and manage nearby Raspberry Pi devices. Device configuration data stays on your device and is not uploaded to developer servers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Swift Paperless at 97% against PiSugar's 0%. Swift Paperless also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months). PiSugar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (15.6 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
Both are free to download. Swift Paperless sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. PiSugar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Swift Paperless holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swift Paperless has 75 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Swift Paperless's written reviews are positive against 0% of PiSugar's.
Swift Paperless ships an update monthly, PiSugar every 11 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Swift Paperless | PiSugar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (75 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 97.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 75 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Gessinger | Guangzhou Soft Electric Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Swift Paperless
PiSugar
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
PiSugar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Swift Paperless
- Coffee money$3.99
- Proper thank-you$8.99
- Above and beyond$17.99
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- Legendary generosity$44.99
PiSugar
No in-app purchases
