Swift Paperless vs Kuma
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!
Kuma
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Kuma Status — Are your systems healthy? Find out in under 3 seconds. Kuma Status is a premium mobile app built to monitor your public Uptime Kuma status pages. No administration, no complexity — just the essentials to know at a glance whether your services are up. WHY KUMA STATUS? • Direct & private — Your phone connects straight to your Uptime Kuma instances. No intermediate servers, no telemetry, no data collection. • Credential-free — The app only accesses public status page APIs. No admin passwords or tokens are ever stored on your device. • Home screen widget — A beautiful Material 3 widget shows your favorite instance's real-time health and last check time. • Smart alerts — Get a local notification the moment a service goes down or recovers, including the outage duration. • Offline support — The last known state stays visible even without a connection, with a clear warning banner. • Self-signed certificates — Works with local instances using a custom TLS certificate, with latency measurement. • Demo mode — Pre-loaded simulated environments (Homelab and Production) to try the app instantly. BUILT FOR HOMELABBERS AND TEAMS Whether you run a NAS at home or a fleet of production servers, Kuma Status gives you peace of mind at a glance. Kuma Status is a third-party client and is not affiliated with the official Uptime Kuma project.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Swift Paperless at none against Kuma's shown. Kuma's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Swift Paperless sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Kuma sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Swift Paperless ships an update monthly, Kuma every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swift Paperless | Kuma |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (72 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 97.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 72 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Gessinger | Theo Vankoekelberg |
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
Kuma
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
Kuma
- Premium Lifetime$3.99









