Swift Paperless vs Ceilr
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!
Ceilr
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Ceilr is a digital lockbox for your phone. Pick a duration, tap Seal, and everything except what you choose to keep open gets locked. No early exit. Most focus apps let you cancel the second you're tempted. Ceilr doesn't. Once you seal, there's no button to quit and no toggle to turn off, just the clock counting down. Try to delete the app mid seal and iOS won't let you either. You pick your own exceptions during setup, so banking, messaging, or work apps stay open if you need them. Everything else is sealed until the timer runs out. If a real emergency comes up, you get two lifetime unlocks with real friction attached so they're never used casually. Ceilr includes a 7 day free trial. After that, continued use requires an auto-renewing subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.taqi.ai/ceilr/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ceilr at every 2 days against Swift Paperless's monthly. 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 Ceilr sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Swift Paperless ships an update monthly, Ceilr every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swift Paperless | Ceilr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (77 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 97.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Gessinger | Taqi LLC |
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
Ceilr
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
Ceilr
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
Questions
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