Swift Paperless vs CongPlan
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!
CongPlan
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CongPlan brings your congregation's plan to iPhone and iPad: meetings, assignments, field service and public witnessing — with passkey sign-in, notifications and a plan you can read offline. The app connects you directly to your CongPlan account. For you personally • My Plan: all your own assignments and dates in one list • Assignment with context: date, part, assistant and location • Record an absence without giving a reason • Request a swap: qualified people who are not absent are asked • See open public witnessing shifts and sign yourself up if you are eligible • Congregation announcements with an unread marker • Calendar subscription (ICS): your personal plan in your device calendar • A reminder notification before it is your turn For the planning team • Plan the programme of the Life and Ministry Meeting and the Weekend Meeting • Field Service Meetings with location and conductor • Public witnessing: create locations, weekdays and shifts • Outgoing public talks with speaker, theme and host congregation, including protection against double booking on a weekend • Automatic suggestions leave out people who are absent • Print Center: week and month overview, field service groups and congregation roles as PDF or notice On iPhone • Sign in with a passkey via Face ID, Touch ID or device passcode. There is no password. • First access through the personal invite link or QR code from your admin • Notifications for assignments, swap requests and announcements • Without a connection the last loaded plan stays readable. Changes need a connection. • Links to your plan open directly in the app • 14 languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian Access and cost CongPlan is free. A congregation registers once, then the admin invites everyone else with a personal link. Without that invitation or your own registration the app cannot be used. Transparency CongPlan is a private project by Sascha Henning and not an official product of any organisation. The data is held on servers in Germany (Frankfurt). Every congregation sees only its own data. Usage statistics are collected without tracking cookies. The source code is published under AGPL-3.0. Questions: kontakt@congplan.app Guides: docs.congplan.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CongPlan at none against Swift Paperless's 4. CongPlan also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Swift Paperless sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. CongPlan asks for nothing beyond the download.
Swift Paperless ships an update monthly, CongPlan weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swift Paperless | CongPlan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (72 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 97.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 72 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Gessinger | Sascha Henning |
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
CongPlan
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
CongPlan
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Swift Paperless free?
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Do Swift Paperless or CongPlan have ads?
Which is updated more often, Swift Paperless or CongPlan?
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