Comparison

Synology MailPlus vs Less Paper

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Less Paper

This app provides a native mobile interface for paperless-ngx, allowing users to manage their documents on the go. It offers full search and filtering capabilities, document editing, and management of various metadata like tags and correspondents.

Highlights
  • Connect to multiple servers
  • Full search and filter
  • Edit documents
  • Manage correspondents, types, views, and tags
  • Import documents
  • Supports password-protected documents
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Less Paper is a native iOS client for paperless-ngx, the self-hosted document archive. It talks directly to your own server, and to nothing else. FIND ANYTHING The complete filter set from the web interface, custom fields included: title and content, correspondent, document type, storage path, tags, dates and ASN. Save any filter as a view, then create, edit and reorder your saved views without leaving the app. EDIT WHERE YOU ARE READING Fix a title, reassign a correspondent, add tags, notes or custom field values from the document itself. Select several documents and change them together, merge them, or delete them in one go. READ IT WITH NO SERVER IN REACH Favorite a document and it is kept on the device in full — the PDF, its notes, metadata and custom fields. The Favorites tab reads those stored copies, so it works on a plane, in a basement, or anywhere your server is not. Pull to refresh and only the documents that actually changed are fetched again. GET DOCUMENTS IN Send anything on your device to paperless-ngx from the share sheet. Password-protected PDFs are unlocked on import, and the password is kept in the keychain so the next document from the same source opens without asking. BUILT FOR REAL SETUPS Connect as many servers as you like and switch between them. Sign in with a password, or with the single sign-on provider your server is configured with. Client certificates, custom HTTP headers and reverse proxies such as Authelia are all supported. A restricted account works too: the app follows your user's permissions and simply does not show what you may not do. When something does go wrong, a local error log — with anything credential-shaped redacted out of it — is there to read and share, and nothing leaves the device unless you send it. KEEP THE ARCHIVE TIDY Create, rename and delete tags, correspondents, document types and storage paths, and set ownership and permissions on any document. Restore anything you deleted from the trash, or empty it for good. Needs paperless-ngx 2.15.3 or newer. Universal: iPhone and iPad — on iPad the document opens in a column beside the list rather than covering it. Less Paper is open source. Issues and feature requests are welcome at https://github.com/plu/less-paper

Screenshots

Synology MailPlus4 screens
Less Paper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Less Paper at 88% against Synology MailPlus's 43%. Less Paper also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.8) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). Synology MailPlus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Less Paper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Synology MailPlus asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Less Paper holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Synology MailPlus's written reviews are positive against 88% of Less Paper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Synology MailPlus ships an update every 4 months, Less Paper weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 13, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Synology MailPlus versus Less Paper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSynology MailPlusLess Paper
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (19 ratings)4.9 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.5% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSynology Inc.Johannes Plunien

Customer experience

Synology MailPlus

All ratings19 ratings
Positive63.2%
Neutral21.1%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive42.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative32.5%

Less Paper

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral5.6%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Synology MailPlus

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Less Paper

One-time1
  • PRO User$3.99

Questions

Is Synology MailPlus free?
Synology MailPlus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Less Paper free?
Less Paper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Synology MailPlus or Less Paper?
Less Paper is rated higher. Synology MailPlus averages 3.8 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Less Paper averages 4.9 from 18 ratings.
Do Synology MailPlus or Less Paper have ads?
Neither Synology MailPlus nor Less Paper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Synology MailPlus or Less Paper?
Synology MailPlus ships an update every 4 months, and Less Paper weekly. Most recently, Synology MailPlus was updated on August 13, 2026 and Less Paper on September 10, 2026.

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