Comparison

Paperless Document Scanner vs HomeLab Watcher

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

Head to head
About

Paperless Document Scanner

This app allows you to scan and edit documents directly from your phone. You can assign correspondents, document types, and tags before uploading them to your Paperless-ngx instance. It also supports configuring default settings for a streamlined workflow.

Highlights
  • Scan and edit documents
  • Select from Files or Photos
  • Assign correspondents, types, and tags
  • Upload to Paperless-ngx
  • Configure default settings
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Paperless Document Scanner is a document scanner app for Paperless-ngx. Features: * Scan and edit documents * Select documents from the Files or Photos app * Assign correspondents, document types, tags and ASN to a scanned document * Upload the scanned document to your Paperless-ngx instance * Configure default correspondents, document types, tags and storage paths

About

HomeLab Watcher

Features
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HomeLab Watcher gives you one calm, private glance at the latest known health of the homelab resources you care about. ONE HONEST DASHBOARD • See HTTP services, Beszel machines, and Proxmox VE nodes together • Separate the last successful observation from the latest refresh attempt • Recognize healthy, attention, unhealthy, unknown, aging, and stale states • Refresh all resources or one system directly from your iPhone USEFUL WIDGETS • Small Home Screen status widget • Medium resource overview • Lock Screen status • Interactive refresh without automatically opening the app • Explicit observation age because iOS controls background timing PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No HomeLab Watcher account • No cloud relay or hosted backend • No analytics, ads, tracking, or remote logs • Configuration stays on device • Credentials stay in Apple Keychain • Requests go directly to systems you configure READ ONLY HomeLab Watcher checks status and metrics. It does not start, stop, restart, delete, update, or otherwise administer your infrastructure. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY Sample Lab demonstrates every important presentation state without credentials or a reachable homelab. The free app also supports two HTTP or HTTPS resources and the small widget. LIFETIME UNLOCK A one-time purchase unlocks unlimited resources, Beszel, Proxmox VE, and every widget family. There is no subscription. SUPPORTED CONNECTIONS HomeLab Watcher works with addresses reachable from your iPhone over LAN, an existing private network route, or public HTTPS. iOS system certificate trust is required; the app never bypasses TLS security. HomeLab Watcher is not affiliated with or endorsed by Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH or the Beszel project.

Screenshots

Paperless Document Scanner3 screens
HomeLab Watcher4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Paperless Document Scanner at none against HomeLab Watcher's 1. HomeLab Watcher's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HomeLab Watcher sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Paperless Document Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paperless Document Scanner ships an update fortnightly, HomeLab Watcher every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Paperless Document Scanner versus HomeLab Watcher: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaperless Document ScannerHomeLab Watcher
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDennis App DevelopmentYANCY SHEPHERD

In-app purchases

None

Paperless Document Scanner

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

HomeLab Watcher

One-time1
  • HomeLab Watcher Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Paperless Document Scanner free?
Paperless Document Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HomeLab Watcher free?
HomeLab Watcher is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Paperless Document Scanner or HomeLab Watcher have ads?
Neither Paperless Document Scanner nor HomeLab Watcher shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paperless Document Scanner or HomeLab Watcher?
Paperless Document Scanner ships an update fortnightly, and HomeLab Watcher every 5 days. Most recently, Paperless Document Scanner was updated on September 24, 2026 and HomeLab Watcher on September 29, 2026.

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