fileee vs Swift Paperless
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
fileee
Digitize, organize, and access your important papers from anywhere. This app intelligently analyzes documents, recognizes key information, and sets reminders for deadlines. It streamlines document management, making it easy to find and share files.
- Scan documents with auto edge recognition
- Intelligent document analysis and content recognition
- Organize documents by type, date, and tags
- Set reminders for important deadlines
- Full-text search for any word within documents
- Share documents easily via email
- Synchronize across web and mobile apps
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With fileee you can scan, organize and access your documents anywhere, anytime. fileee analyzes your documents, automatically recognizes important content and sorts your documents accordingly. Thanks to fileee, you always have your documents at hand and can find what you need in a matter of seconds. Like a personal assistant, filee reminds you of upcoming deadlines. Say goodbye to your file folders and leave the work to fileee. Connect your e-mail, Dropbox or GoogleDrive accounts with your fileee account.. This way your digital documents will also land in your fileee account - because who wants two different filing systems? Further cloud solutions will be available in the near future. fileee is also available as a web app for all standard browsers. All changes you make are continuously synced between the web and iOS app. What can fileee do? SCAN - the scan function allows you to digitize your documents quickly and in high quality. The automatic edge recognition and image enhancement ensure optimal results. INTELLIGENT ANALYSIS - fileee analyzes your documents and automatically recognizes important information such as sender, document type (invoices, contracts, etc.) and deadlines. ORGANIZE - fileee organizes your documents according to type, date, document type (invoice, contract, etc.) and tags. No more time consuming searches for documents. REMIND - fileee reminds you of upcoming deadlines, such as payment terms. TAG - you can add your own tags (keywords) to your document and create your own categories to find your documents even more quickly. FULL-TEXT SEARCH - fileee recognizes the entire text of a document. Using the search bar, you can search for any word in the text to find a specific document. SHARE - easily share your documents via e-mail. Create COMPANY PROFILES - using the sender information in your documents, fileee creates company profiles. This way you not only have all documents from one company together, but you also have all of the important information regarding the company at hand. SYNCHRONIZE - whether you scan documents with the fileee app or archive them using the web app, your account is continuously synchronized. PREMIUM FEATURES: - Upload 200 documents per month - prioritized upload and import of documents - download PDF with full text search - 15% discount on all fileeeBox products What can fileee help you with? Be even more flexible: always have your documents at hand, anytime, anywhere, thanks to fileee. Hand in documents on time while on the go? Check your insurance policy after water damage at home? You can quickly react to all situations, regardless of where you are. Speed up your applications: never again spend hours trying to find documents, certificates and invoices filed in different systems. Now you have all your documents in one system and can send them directly from fileee. No more deleted invoices: Your phone bill or invoices from online shops are no longer available in the online customer portal? Never lose a document again with fileee! Simply send your digital invoices directly to your fileee e-mail account or connect fileee with your personal e-mail account. Find instead of search: you easily found your smartphone bill, your customer ID or your landlord’s contact information. Search for keywords, document types, dates or document names. With the full-text search, you can search for details or for all documents containing a specific word. Never lose the overview again: remembering all of your payment deadlines or notice periods isn’t always easy. fileee reminds you of important dates and organizes your paperwork. Always have an eye on current subscriptions and invoices.
Swift Paperless
This app allows users to manage documents directly from their iOS device. It seamlessly integrates with a self-hosted document management system, ensuring data privacy and control. Easily find, categorize, and add new documents on the go.
- Native iOS integration
- Paperless-ngx compatibility
- Document finding
- Document categorization
- Add documents from phone
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Swift Paperless is a native iOS app that interacts with the popular Paperless-ngx document management software. Paperless-ngx is self-hosted, and therefore fully privacy preserving: you control your data! With Swift Paperless, it's easy to find, categorize and also add documents from your phone!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Swift Paperless at free against fileee's freemium. Swift Paperless also leads on ratings volume (68 vs 5). fileee's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. fileee sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.49 per month and Swift Paperless sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for fileee against 4.9 for Swift Paperless. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swift Paperless has 68 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of fileee's written reviews are positive against 97% of Swift Paperless's.
fileee ships an update every 5 weeks, Swift Paperless every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 21, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | fileee | Swift Paperless |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.9 (68 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.1% of reviews | 96.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 68 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 310 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fileee | Paul Gessinger |
Customer experience
fileee
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In-app purchases
fileee
- Basic (Monthly)$6.491 Month
- Smart (Monthly)$12.991 Month
Swift Paperless
- Coffee money$3.99
- Proper thank-you$8.99
- Above and beyond$17.99
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- Legendary generosity$44.99
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