Archivist vs Falz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Archivist
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Archivist is a document archiving app available for iOS, iPadOS and MacOS. No account signup, no login required other than iCloud. And best of all: no subscription. Archivist stores your documents as PDF securely in iCloud Drive, following a simple folder path pattern: Archive Drawer - Topic(s) - correspondent - year - PDF file. Archivist lets you search through your documents using full text search and filter labels like topics, document type, correspondents and archive drawer. Get rid of your messy folder system and let Archivist manage your documents for you! Ready for more? Switch on automatic AI document properties detection for new documents for enhanced document labelling including topics, document type and the document title. You can also use AI to export the data of a name card as new contact! Data privacy information: other than document creation with AI support, your document data will never leave your device(s) and Apple's iCloud servers. Archivist will never: - send data to third parties other than Apple's iCloud service without your consent - use any of your data for advertising purposes - store any of your document or user data on other servers than Apple's iCloud servers. New: Apple Intelligence is now available on supported devices. Instead of sending your document data to a third party AI provider, you can use Apple Intelligence locally for document auto-tagging. Apple Intelligence may not be available in all regions.
Falz
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Falz is the document scanner that doesn't annoy you: no subscription, no account, no ads โ and your documents stay yours. SCANNING THAT JUST WORKS โข Automatic edge detection โข Crop with four freely draggable corners and a magnifier loupe โ skewed shots get straightened automatically โข Grayscale, black & white and color filters โข Multi-page documents in one go SEARCHABLE PDFS Every scan is saved as a PDF with an invisible text layer. Select, copy and search text โ in Falz, in Files and in any other PDF reader. AI NAMING โ ENTIRELY ON DEVICE Apple Intelligence reads the recognized text and suggests a title and category. "Scan 05/12" becomes "Utility bill March". Your document content never leaves your iPhone. YOUR ICLOUD, YOUR FILES Scans are stored with readable file names in your own iCloud Drive in the "Falz" folder, neatly sorted by category. No third-party servers โ just PDFs in your cloud. SECURE Optionally lock the app with Face ID โ nothing shows in the app switcher either. FALZ IS FREE Scanning, cropping, searchable PDFs, iCloud filing, Face ID lock and four categories โ unlimited and free. 10 AI namings included to try. FALZ PRO โ PAY ONCE, KEEP FOREVER โข Unlimited AI naming โข Full-text search across all documents โข Custom categories in your own colors โข All future Pro features included One-time purchase with Family Sharing. No subscription. Promise. PRIVACY Falz collects no data. No tracking, no analytics SDKs, no servers of ours. Details: falz.myappz.mobi/datenschutz
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Falz at none against Archivist's 4. Falz also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Archivist's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.5). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Archivist sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Falz asks for nothing beyond the download.
Archivist ships an update monthly, Falz weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Archivist | Falz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 โ better | 26.5 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dominik Butz | Daniel Bartel |
In-app purchases
Archivist
- Doc Properties Detection 25x$0.29
- Doc Properties Detection 50x$0.49
- Doc Properties Detection 100x$0.69
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- Unlimited Documents$0.99
Falz
No in-app purchases









