Swift Paperless vs Visitar
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!
Visitar
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Visitar helps you capture business cards, organize new contacts, and keep promising conversations from getting lost. Free features include scanning business cards, reviewing recognized details, saving contacts, adding notes, and sharing your own QR contact card. Visitar Pro is a separate auto-renewable subscription purchased in the app. Pro unlocks additional features, including higher monthly allowances for AI scans and AI voice notes, CSV/vCard export, and follow-up planning. Some AI features may be subject to usage limits. For individuals and teams: contacts stay organized and searchable. You stay in control of your data and can edit or delete entries at any time. Privacy Policy: https://zeppi.eu/datenschutz Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Visitar at 15.5 against Swift Paperless's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and Visitar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Swift Paperless | Visitar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (72 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 97.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 72 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Gessinger | Jan Zeppenfeld |
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
Visitar
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
Visitar
- Visitar Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Visitar Pro Annual$17.991 Year
Questions
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