Synology MailPlus vs Swift Paperless
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Synology MailPlus
Manage your emails efficiently on mobile with intuitive swipe gestures and quick-reply templates. Organize messages, attach files, and search with advanced features. Requires a Synology NAS and MailPlus server.
- Swipe gestures for quick actions
- Quick-reply templates
- Compose and attach files
- Create mailboxes and labels
- Advanced search
- Offline cache for attachments
- Customizable unread badge
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**You must own a Synology NAS to run this app, and be running the MailPlus to get the complete set of features** Composing emails or replying to messages on mobile devices can be a hassle. With the intuitive design of MailPlus, you can accomplish more with less effort. Organize your emails right in the palm of your hand. The swipe gestures allow you to quickly apply desired actions to your emails. Quick-reply templates save repeated keystrokes and make your reply even more efficient. With MailPlus, managing emails is only a few taps or swipes away. With MailPlus for iPhone/iPad, you can: -Compose an email and enrich the content with built-in emoticons -Attach files on your mobile device to the message -Create mailboxes and labels -Customize swipe gestures -Use quick-reply templates to reply to emails efficiently -Share browser content with your friends via MailPlus -Customize the unread email badge to only show notifications for certain labels and mailboxes -Find emails efficiently with advanced search -Offline cache stores previously viewed attachments and images for you to browse later even without Internet connection -Supports HTTPS for secure connection -All features are available with DSM 6.0 and MailPlus 1.2.0 running on Synology DiskStation
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 review sentiment: Swift Paperless at 97% against Synology MailPlus's 43%. Swift Paperless also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.8) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Synology MailPlus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Swift Paperless sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Synology MailPlus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Swift Paperless holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 72 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Synology MailPlus's written reviews are positive against 97% of Swift Paperless's.
Synology MailPlus ships an update every 4 months, Swift Paperless monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Synology MailPlus | Swift Paperless |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (19 ratings) | 4.9 (72 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.5% of reviews | 97.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 72 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Synology Inc. | Paul Gessinger |
Customer experience
Synology MailPlus
Swift Paperless
In-app purchases
Synology MailPlus
No in-app purchases
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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