DocHarbor vs Papira
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
DocHarbor
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Know your passport is still valid before you book the trip. DocHarbor is a private, on-device vault for your family's passports, IDs, licenses, insurance, and home and car papers, with reminders that warn you well before anything expires. If you carry the mental load for everyone's paperwork, or you're an expat or frequent traveler juggling visas and permits, this is for you. Scan or import a document, and on-device Apple Vision suggests a title, category, owner, and dates. You review and confirm every field before it saves, so nothing is filed behind your back. Everything is then filed by person or object and by category, searchable in seconds, and quietly watched for renewals, so a lapsed passport never derails a trip again. CAPTURE - Scan multi-page documents with the built-in scanner, take a photo, or import from Photos or Files (PDF or image) - Retake, reorder, or delete pages; each document is kept as both an image and a PDF - Apple Vision suggests the title, category, owner, and dates, marked "Suggested" or "Check," never as a mystery percentage - Manual entry is always there; recognition is assistive and English-first, and you confirm everything ORGANIZE - File into folders by person or object: Me, a partner, a child, or a parent, and Home, Car, Trip, or Insurance - Ready-made categories from Identity and Passport & Visa to Home & Property, Medical, School & Kids, Finance & Tax, Work & Legal, and Warranties & Receipts - Add custom categories and fields with Pro, and star the ones you reach for most as Favorites FIND - Search across title, recognized text, folder, category, document number, issuer, and notes - Narrow with filter chips and sorting to land on the right paper fast - Add or search documents hands-free with Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight REMIND - Add an expiry date and get cascading reminders sensible for that document, like a passport at six months, three months, one month, and one week ahead - An Expiring dashboard groups everything into Expired, Next 30 days, Next 90 days, Later, and No date - We ask for notification permission only after you save a document with an expiry date, and lock-screen alerts stay redacted, so sensitive numbers are never shown ON YOUR HOME SCREEN - Quick Add widget (free): scan or add a document in one tap, straight from your Home Screen - Expiring Soon widget (Pro): see the documents closest to expiring at a glance, in small or medium size; titles stay hidden until you unlock the app PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No DocHarbor account and no company servers. Your documents are never sent to us or any third party - Local-first: stored on your device, protected by iOS Data Protection at rest - Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode app lock, always free and never behind a paywall - Share any document, or export your whole vault as a .zip (with a summary index) ā free and fully offline - Light and dark mode, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and localization throughout. No ads, and we never track your document contents. FREE & PRO The free vault is small but genuinely useful: 1 profile, up to 5 documents, expiry reminders on up to 2 of them, OCR search, manual fields, the Face ID lock, full vault export, and the Quick Add widget. The Expiring Soon widget is Pro. Pro unlocks unlimited documents and profiles, expiry reminders on everything, custom categories and fields, advanced search, and the Expiring Soon Home Screen widget. PRICING DocHarbor Pro comes as an Annual plan at $24.99 (best value), a one-time Lifetime purchase at $49.99, or Monthly at $3.99 (USD; prices may vary by region). There is no free trial. The Annual and Monthly plans auto-renew until cancelled; Lifetime is a single one-time purchase. Manage or cancel subscriptions anytime in Apple Settings. Restore Purchases is on the paywall and in Settings. Your documents stay on your iPhone, protected behind your Face ID. That's the whole point. Privacy Policy: https://marbyte.dev/privacy Terms of Use: https://marbyte.dev/terms
Papira
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Papira is your personal digital vault ā keep every important document, ID and belonging in one secure place, and never miss a renewal again. Everything stays on your device: no account, no upload, works completely offline. Note: this app was previously called Cebimde. Only the name and icon have changed ā your records, purchases and settings are exactly as you left them. KEEP EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE ⢠IDs, passports, driver's licenses, title deeds, diplomas, insurance policies and bills ⢠Your devices, appliances and valuables with warranty, serial number and receipts ⢠Vehicles (registration, insurance, inspection) and homes (insurance, utilities) ⢠Family members with blood type, emergency contact, birthday and photo NEVER MISS A DEADLINE ⢠Automatic tracking of expiry, warranty and insurance dates ⢠Smart reminders 7 days before, 1 day before and on the day ⢠Repeating reminders, yearly or monthly ⢠Home screen widget showing everything coming up, at a glance SECURE AND PRIVATE ⢠Everything is stored only on your device ā never sent to any server ⢠Lock the app with a PIN and Face ID / Touch ID ⢠Delete all of your data whenever you want, from one place MADE FOR DAILY LIFE ⢠Built-in scanner turns paper into clean, cropped PDFs ⢠Attach photos or PDFs to any record, search everything, star your favorites ⢠Share documents or save them to your Photos ⢠Currency setting, 6 languages and accessibility improvements throughout PREMIUM Remove ads, go unlimited, and unlock iCloud backup and alternate app icons. Subscriptions auto-renew; cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Everything that matters, in your pocket. Privacy Policy: https://muhasebecio.com/cebimde/gizlilik Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: DocHarbor at none against Papira's shown. Papira's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. DocHarbor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Papira sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | DocHarbor | Papira |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Weekly |
| Ads | No ā better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mark Opanasiuk | Arda Celik |
In-app purchases
DocHarbor
- DocHarbor Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- DocHarbor Pro Annual$24.991 Year
- DocHarbor Pro Lifetime$49.99
Papira
- Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$39.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$99.99






