PaperScan vs Swiftforms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PaperScan
Easily digitize various paper documents like invoices, receipts, and recipes. Automatically crop, straighten, and enhance scans for outstanding quality. Upload to cloud storage or share via email and print.
- Automatic document recognition and capture
- Automatic cropping and straightening
- Scans various document types
- High scan quality in any lighting
- Creates PDF files
- Batch upload to cloud storage
- Share via email, print, and AirDrop
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Scan invoices, business cards, tickets, cookbook recipes and all other kinds of paper documents with PaperScan. Upload them to Dropbox, GoogleDrive or DocuWare and share with others. PaperScan helps you to overcome your daily paper flood. And the best thing is - the app is both free and ad-free. Features: - Automatically recognizes documents and triggers image capture - Automatically crops and straightens the captured document - Scans all kinds of documents: big ones, small ones, invoices, receipts, tickets - you name it - Outstanding scan quality in any lighting conditions - Creates PDF - Upload to Dropbox, GoogleDrive and DocuWare in batch mode - Email, print and AirDrop for single documents - Simple and intuitive
Swiftforms
Digitize your paperwork and collect data offline with this smart client app. Create forms, documents, lists, and tasks, then access them on your device. Capture GPS, photos, video, audio, barcodes, and signatures without special hardware.
- Digitize paperwork
- Offline data collection
- Create forms, docs, lists, tasks
- Capture GPS, photos, video, audio
- Barcode and signature capture
- Work offline without network connection
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Smart client app for the Swiftforms Cloud service. Easily create Forms, Docs, Lists and Tasks on the Swiftforms Cloud, then access and collect data on your device. NOTE: Swiftforms is a PAID subscription service with a 30-day free trial. Sign-up on our website to create your Swiftforms Mobile credentials. Cut Costs - printing, distributing and updating paperwork is costly. Go paperless and save, without needing expensive special-purpose devices. Fill out Smarter Forms. Capture GPS, photos, video, audio, barcodes and even signatures without needing IT geeks. Simply drag ‘n drop with our easy Form Designer available on our website. Work Anywhere, Anytime. Swift Forms was designed to work in the middle of a hurricane, so you can keep working even when you don’t have a network connection. * Internet connection is required for first-time login on the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PaperScan at 71% against Swiftforms's 0%. PaperScan also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and monetization model (free vs subscription). Swiftforms's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PaperScan holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PaperScan has 747 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of PaperScan's written reviews are positive against 0% of Swiftforms's.
PaperScan ships an update every 4 months, Swiftforms every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and July 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PaperScan | Swiftforms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (747 ratings) — better | 1.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 747 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DocuWare GmbH | Swift Forms |
Customer experience
PaperScan
Swiftforms
Bugs and requests
PaperScan
Reported bugs
6 issues- Image disappears after scanning instead of displaying
- App freezes and requires multiple restarts to show scans
- Edge detection fails 50% of the time
- DocuWare integration not transferring documents properly
- Autoscan unreliable and inconsistent
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- Boundary re-registration issues after outline detection
Requested features
5 requests- Direct save to Photos app instead of Files only
- Improved edge detection algorithm
- Better autoscan reliability and speed
- Manual brightness control options
- UI/design improvements
Swiftforms
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PaperScan
No in-app purchases
Swiftforms
No in-app purchases
