Comparison

Paperless Less Paper vs Scan2Paperless Documents

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Paperless Less Paper

This app provides a native mobile interface for paperless-ngx, allowing users to manage their documents on the go. It offers full search and filtering capabilities, document editing, and management of various metadata like tags and correspondents.

Highlights
  • Connect to multiple servers
  • Full search and filter
  • Edit documents
  • Manage correspondents, types, views, and tags
  • Import documents
  • Supports password-protected documents
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Less Paper is a native iOS client for paperless-ngx 3.x and earlier, the self-hosted document archive. It talks directly to your own server, and to nothing else. FIND ANYTHING The complete filter set from the web interface, custom fields included: title and content, correspondent, document type, storage path, tags, dates and ASN. Save any filter as a view, then create, edit and reorder your saved views without leaving the app. EDIT WHERE YOU ARE READING Fix a title, reassign a correspondent, add tags, notes or custom field values from the document itself — one Open menu leads to every section: Content, Custom fields, Details, History, Metadata and Notes, each editable when your account allows it. History lists who changed what and when, the way the web UI shows it. Select several documents and change them together, merge them, or delete them in one go. READ IT WITH NO SERVER IN REACH Save a document offline and it is kept on the device in full — the PDF, its notes, metadata and custom fields. The Offline tab reads those stored copies, so it works on a plane, in a basement, or anywhere your server is not. Pull to refresh and only the documents that actually changed are fetched again. GET DOCUMENTS IN Send anything on your device to paperless-ngx from the share sheet. Password-protected PDFs are unlocked on import, and the password is kept in the keychain so the next document from the same source opens without asking. The inbox then says what became of each one: File Tasks lists every import — which finished, which are still running, and which failed and why — and a failure can be dismissed once you have dealt with it. BUILT FOR REAL SETUPS Connect as many servers as you like and switch between them. Sign in with a password, or with the single sign-on provider your server is configured with. Client certificates, custom HTTP headers and reverse proxies such as Authelia are all supported. A restricted account works too: the app follows your user's permissions and simply does not show what you may not do. When something does go wrong, a local error log — with anything credential-shaped redacted out of it — is there to read and share, and nothing leaves the device unless you send it. KEEP THE ARCHIVE TIDY Create, rename and delete tags, correspondents, document types and storage paths, and set ownership and permissions on any document. Restore anything you deleted from the trash, or empty it for good. Works with every paperless-ngx from 2.15.3 to 3.x. Universal: iPhone and iPad — on iPad the document opens in a column beside the list rather than covering it. Less Paper is open source. Issues and feature requests are welcome at https://github.com/plu/less-paper

About

Scan2Paperless Documents

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Scan2Paperless verbindet professionelles Dokumentenscannen mit dem direkten Zugriff auf deine selbst gehostete Paperless-ngx-Instanz. DOKUMENTE ERFASSEN • Mehrseitige Papierdokumente mit der System-Dokumentkamera scannen • Seiten prüfen, sortieren, drehen, entfernen und als PDF vorbereiten • Dokumente aus Dateien, ausgewählten Dokumentbildern oder dem Teilen-Menü importieren KONTROLLIERT ABLEGEN • Das aktive Serverprofil vor der Übergabe prüfen • Titel und Paperless-Metadaten vorbereiten • Upload- und Verarbeitungszustände nachvollziehen • Offene Vorgänge in einer lokalen Warteschlange verwalten ARCHIV IM BLICK • Dokumente durchsuchen, sortieren und in einer nativen Liste öffnen • Metadaten, Dateiinformationen, Notizen und vorhandene Freigabelinks anzeigen • Verfügbare Verwaltungsfunktionen abhängig von Serverversion und Benutzerrechten nutzen PRIVAT BY DESIGN Scan2Paperless hat kein eigenes Benutzerkonto, kein Entwickler-Backend und keine Entwickler-Cloud. Die App enthält keine Werbung und kein Tracking. Serverprofile bleiben auf deinem Gerät; API-Tokens werden im iOS-Schlüsselbund gespeichert. Dokumente werden ausschließlich an die von dir ausgewählte Paperless-ngx-Instanz übertragen. Scan2Paperless ist ein unabhängiger Client für Paperless-ngx und steht nicht in Verbindung mit dem Paperless-ngx-Projektteam. Verfügbare Funktionen können von Serverversion, Konfiguration und Benutzerrechten abhängen.

Screenshots

Paperless Less Paper4 screens
Scan2Paperless Documents4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Paperless Less Paper at Free against Scan2Paperless Documents's $0.99. Paperless Less Paper also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). Scan2Paperless Documents's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Paperless Less Paper is free to download; Scan2Paperless Documents costs $0.99 up front. Paperless Less Paper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Scan2Paperless Documents asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paperless Less Paper ships an update every 5 days, Scan2Paperless Documents every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Paperless Less Paper versus Scan2Paperless Documents: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaperless Less PaperScan2Paperless Documents
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.9 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohannes PlunienRENE SUESS

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Paperless Less Paper

One-time1
  • PRO User$3.99
None

Scan2Paperless Documents

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paperless Less Paper free?
Paperless Less Paper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scan2Paperless Documents free?
Scan2Paperless Documents costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Paperless Less Paper or Scan2Paperless Documents have ads?
Neither Paperless Less Paper nor Scan2Paperless Documents shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paperless Less Paper or Scan2Paperless Documents?
Paperless Less Paper ships an update every 5 days, and Scan2Paperless Documents every 3 weeks. Most recently, Paperless Less Paper was updated on October 14, 2026 and Scan2Paperless Documents on October 2, 2026.

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