Swift Paperless vs Bibliocapsa
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!
Bibliocapsa
Organize your physical and digital book collection with this private library app. Easily catalog books by scanning covers or barcodes, track reading progress, and manage your collection with custom shelves and stats. Enjoy a clean interface with customizable themes and icons.
- Catalog books via barcode scan or cover snap
- Track physical and digital copies
- Organize with custom shelves
- Search entire library
- View reading statistics
- Optional server connection for advanced users
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Bibliocapsa is a beautiful, private home for your books, both the ones on your shelves and the ones on your devices. CATALOG EVERYTHING • Scan a barcode or snap a cover to add a book in seconds. Bibliocapsa identifies it and fills in the details. • Track physical and digital copies, and mark the same book as both. • Organize with shelves, search your whole library, and follow your reading stats. • A clean cover grid, multiple app icons, and themes. YOURS AND PRIVATE • Your library lives on your device, optionally synced across your devices through your own private iCloud. • No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Ever. CONNECT YOUR SERVER (optional, for power users) • Pair Bibliocapsa with your own self-hosted Bibliocapsa/Calibre library to read EPUBs in the app, sync your digital catalog, and keep KOReader reading progress in step. Whether you just want to remember what's on your shelf or you run a full self-hosted library, Bibliocapsa keeps your books organized and entirely yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bibliocapsa at none against Swift Paperless's 4. Bibliocapsa also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Swift Paperless's advantage is ratings volume (72 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Bibliocapsa asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Swift Paperless against 5.0 for Bibliocapsa. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swift Paperless has 72 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Swift Paperless's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bibliocapsa's.
Swift Paperless ships an update monthly, Bibliocapsa fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swift Paperless | Bibliocapsa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (72 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 97.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 72 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Gessinger | John Worthington |
Customer experience
Swift Paperless
Bibliocapsa
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
Bibliocapsa
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
Bibliocapsa
No in-app purchases
Questions
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