Comparison

DocHarbor vs Papertuck

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

Head to head
About

DocHarbor

Features
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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) — 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

About

Papertuck

Features
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Paperwork feels unimportant - until it suddenly matters. Papertuck keeps receipts, warranties, IDs, insurance papers, contracts, tax records, and other household documents ready for the moment you need them. Scan or import a paper, use on-device text extraction to make it searchable, and set reminders for expiries and renewals. SCAN, ORGANIZE, FIND • Scan with your camera or import photos and PDFs • Keep multi-page documents together • Extract text on device with OCR • Search by title, category, merchant, or words in the document • Automatically suggest practical categories from extracted text • Track dates, amounts, notes, and warranty details • Archive or share a document when you need it STAY AHEAD OF IMPORTANT DATES Add reminders for passport expiries, insurance renewals, warranty deadlines, return windows, and more. Local notifications help you act before a document becomes urgent. LOCAL FIRST Start free without creating an account. Your free vault supports up to 50 active documents and stays on your device. There are no ads and no cross-app tracking. On supported devices, you can protect the app with Face ID or Touch ID. PAPERTUCK PRO Upgrade for unlimited documents, secure cloud backup, multi-device sync, and household vault sharing. Pro cloud sync is optional and requires an account. Synced documents are encrypted in transit and at rest, but cloud sync is not end-to-end encrypted. Papertuck Pro is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewable subscription. Any free trial and your local price are shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Your papers, ready when life asks. Privacy Policy: https://papertuck.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Additional Terms of Service: https://papertuck.com/terms Support: support@papertuck.com

Screenshots

DocHarbor4 screens
Papertuck4 screens

Verdict

The call

DocHarbor and Papertuck are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. DocHarbor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Papertuck sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
DocHarbor versus Papertuck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDocHarborPapertuck
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMark OpanasiukVarun Adiyeri Parambath

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DocHarbor

Subscriptions2
  • DocHarbor Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • DocHarbor Pro Annual$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • DocHarbor Pro Lifetime$49.99
3 purchases

Papertuck

Subscriptions2
  • Papertuck Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Papertuck Pro Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Personal$49.99

Questions

Is DocHarbor free?
DocHarbor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Papertuck free?
Papertuck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DocHarbor or Papertuck have ads?
Neither DocHarbor nor Papertuck shows ads.

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