Comparison

Paperless Less Paper vs MPV Player Remote

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 iOS client for managing your self-hosted document archive. It allows for comprehensive searching, editing, and offline access to your documents, with robust server connection options and document organization tools.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive document searching with filters
  • Edit documents and metadata directly
  • Offline document access
  • Import documents via share sheet
  • Connect to multiple servers
  • Manage tags, correspondents, and storage paths
Features
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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, iPhone Duo 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

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MPV Player Remote

Features
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MPV Player Remote turns your iPhone into a remote control for mpv on your Mac. Sit back on the couch and control playback without reaching for your laptop. FEATURES • Play and pause, skip back 10 seconds or forward 30 • Drag the progress bar to jump anywhere in the video • Adjust the volume or mute • Switch subtitle tracks, or turn subtitles off • Nudge subtitle timing earlier or later when it's out of sync • Choose between audio tracks, like a dub or a commentary • Change playback speed from 0.5× to 2× • Browse the playlist and chapters and jump straight to any of them • Toggle full screen WORKS WITH • MPV Player Tiger Version, the Mac player this remote is made with, on the Mac App Store. The companion is built in, so there's nothing else to install. • Plain mpv, free from GitHub (github.com/mpv-player/mpv) or mpv.io, with the free MPV Remote script from github.com/ryudexter/mpv-remote. You don't need to buy anything to use this remote. EASY TO SET UP 1. On your Mac, open MPV Player Tiger Version, or mpv with the free MPV Remote script. 2. Open the app. Your Mac shows up automatically on your Wi-Fi network. 3. Enter the 4-digit code your Mac shows. From then on, it reconnects by itself. The companion talks to mpv through mpv's built-in control socket (the input-ipc-server option), so it works with your existing mpv setup, scripts and settings. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything happens on your home network, directly between your iPhone and your Mac. There's no account, no cloud service and no data collection. Only phones you've paired with a code can control your player. REQUIREMENTS • A Mac running MPV Player Tiger Version, or mpv with the free MPV Remote script • iPhone and Mac on the same Wi-Fi network MPV Player Remote is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the mpv project.

Screenshots

Paperless Less Paper4 screens
MPV Player Remote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MPV Player Remote at none against Paperless Less Paper's 4. Paperless Less Paper's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Paperless Less Paper sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. MPV Player Remote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paperless Less Paper ships an update weekly, MPV Player Remote every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Paperless Less Paper versus MPV Player Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaperless Less PaperMPV Player Remote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohannes PlunienFatih Ziya Cengel

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Paperless Less Paper

One-time4
  • Tiny tip$1.00
  • Small tip$4.00
  • Medium tip$9.00
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  • Large tip$22.00
None

MPV Player Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paperless Less Paper free?
Paperless Less Paper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MPV Player Remote free?
MPV Player Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Paperless Less Paper or MPV Player Remote have ads?
Neither Paperless Less Paper nor MPV Player Remote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paperless Less Paper or MPV Player Remote?
Paperless Less Paper ships an update weekly, and MPV Player Remote every 5 days. Most recently, Paperless Less Paper was updated on October 30, 2026 and MPV Player Remote on November 1, 2026.

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