Swift Paperless vs Zorya
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!
Zorya
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Zorya turns your saved links into a living, visual library — not a forgotten graveyard of bookmarks. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Copy a URL and Zorya detects it instantly, offering to save it with a single tap. Or use the Share extension directly from Safari, Chrome, or any other app. GRAPH VIEW See your entire library as an interactive constellation. Tags become nodes — sized by how many links they hold, connected to each other when links share multiple tags. Drag, explore, filter. LIST VIEW A clean, fast list with swipe actions, smart filters, and full-text search. Sort by date, filter by tag combinations, or jump straight into a Smart Collection. SMART COLLECTIONS Zorya automatically organises your links into collections like Overdue, Read This Week, Never Opened, Broken Links, and more — with no setup required. READ LATER Mark links with a deadline. Choose from quick presets (+1d, +3w, +1m) or pick a custom date. The home screen widget shows your read list at a glance and alerts you to overdue links. TAGS & GROUPS Build a tag system that works the way your mind does. Group related tags into folders, merge duplicates, and filter by multiple tags at once using AND or OR logic. SHARE EXTENSION Save links directly from any browser or app. Add a note, assign tags, and mark as Read Later — all without leaving what you were doing. ICLOUD SYNC Your library syncs silently across all your devices via iCloud. No account, no password, no subscription. IMPORT & EXPORT Full JSON export and import. Your data is always yours. ———— Zorya has no ads, no tracking, and no subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Swift Paperless at Free against Zorya's $1.99. Zorya's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Swift Paperless is free to download; Zorya costs $1.99 up front. Swift Paperless sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Zorya asks for nothing beyond the download.
Swift Paperless ships an update monthly, Zorya every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swift Paperless | Zorya |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (76 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 97.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Gessinger | Nikola Lukic |
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
Zorya
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
Zorya
No in-app purchases









