Comparison

Paperkeep vs Paperwork

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

Head to head
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Paperkeep

Features
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Throw your letters away. Paperkeep finds them. Scan a bill, letter or receipt and the app reads the sender, amount and due date for you. Months later you find everything in five seconds, and no payment slips through again. SCAN LIKE A PRO • Document camera with edge detection, photos from your library, PDFs from Mail and Files • Several pages as one document or as a batch • Share from any app, or scan via widget, Siri or the Action button UNDERSTANDS YOUR PAPERWORK • Swiss QR-bills: recipient, IBAN, amount and reference read exactly from the QR code • Detects payment terms, cancellation dates and well-known senders • With Apple Intelligence: a clear title, a one-sentence summary and matching tags, right on your iPhone FIND IT IN FIVE SECONDS • Search the full text, sender, amount, year and tags, even with typos • Filters for open bills, taxes, favorites and document types • Also from iPhone search NEVER MISS A DEADLINE • Reminders for payments, returns, cancellations and warranties • Mark as paid right from the notification • Open bills with a total, Home and Lock Screen widgets, Apple Watch YOUR PAPERS ARE YOUR BUSINESS • Text recognition and AI run on your iPhone, no document is uploaded • No account, no ads, no tracking • Face ID lock, privacy screen in the app switcher, 30-day trash FREE TO GET ORGANIZED Up to 30 documents with scanning, recognition including AI, search, reminders, widgets and Apple Watch. PAPERKEEP PRO • Unlimited documents • iCloud sync, safe even if you lose your iPhone • Ask Paperkeep: "When did I buy the washing machine?" • Contracts and fixed costs with a cancellation letter • Spending overview and expense reports • Yearly tax PDF, emergency folder, valuables inventory • Backup, PDF export of all documents, alternate app icons Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription (each with a one-week free trial) or as a one-time purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period in your Apple Account settings. Requires iOS 26. AI features need a device with Apple Intelligence; everything else works on every supported iPhone. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://neo-horizon.com/apps/paperkeep/datenschutz/

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Paperwork

Features
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Paperwork is your library for German letters, receipts, cards and certificates. Photograph a document, check the suggestions and file it – finding it again takes one word. FILE IT • Photograph it, pick it from Photos or import PDFs and whole folders from the Files app. • Or share it straight in: tap Share in Photos, Mail or Files and choose Paperwork. • Suggested, not typed: Paperwork recognizes the type, sender, date and amount and suggests a file name. • Every detail shows where it is in the document. Anything missing, you add with suggestions from the document. • Cards with front and back, expiry at a glance: health insurance card, driver’s license, ID. • Certificates: sick notes with their dates, confirmations, reports. FIND IT AGAIN • Search knows every detail and the text on every page: senders, amounts, numbers, names. • Filter by type, category and year, sorted the way you like. • Categories from Home to Taxes, plus a “Business” tag. MADE FOR GERMAN DOCUMENTS Recognition reads German documents, while the app speaks English. Letters from the Finanzamt, your Krankenkasse or your landlord end up where you can find them. WITH APPLE INTELLIGENCE With Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro or later), Paperwork recognizes even more on its own. That happens on your device too. DATES Where a due date is detected, Paperwork reminds you: payment deadlines, objection deadlines, expiring cards. You can add dates yourself, too. NO SERVER, NO ACCOUNT Paperwork processes everything on your device. There’s no server of ours, no account and no data collection. Through your own iCloud, the app syncs your library between your devices – we have no access there either. ON YOUR MAC TOO Every document is a PDF with text and a clear name in your iCloud Drive, sorted by category and year. On your Mac, you open it in Finder. For taxes, you export a whole year at once. SUBSCRIPTION Try Paperwork for a month with the Annual Plan, then continue with a subscription. If you’d rather pay monthly, there’s the Monthly Plan. You can cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. And if your subscription ends, everything you filed stays with you: viewing, search, reminders and export keep working. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://mico-software.de/datenschutz/

Screenshots

Paperkeep4 screens
Paperwork4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Paperwork at every 4 days against Paperkeep's every 2 weeks. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Paperkeep sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Paperwork sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paperkeep ships an update every 2 weeks, Paperwork every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Paperkeep versus Paperwork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaperkeepPaperwork
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNeo Horizon GmbHMICO Software UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Paperkeep

Subscriptions2
  • Paperkeep Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Paperkeep Pro Yearly7 Days trial$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • Paperkeep Pro Lifetime$59.99
2 purchases

Paperwork

Subscriptions2
  • Monatsabo$4.991 Month
  • Jahresabo1 Month trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Paperkeep free?
Paperkeep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paperwork free?
Paperwork is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Paperkeep or Paperwork have ads?
Neither Paperkeep nor Paperwork shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paperkeep or Paperwork?
Paperkeep ships an update every 2 weeks, and Paperwork every 4 days. Most recently, Paperkeep was updated on November 6, 2026 and Paperwork on October 31, 2026.

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