Comparison

EASY App 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

EASY App

Control your HomeMatic smart home system conveniently from your smartphone or tablet. Create custom views for quick status checks and easy operation, manage multiple systems, and restrict user access from anywhere, anytime.

Highlights
  • Smartphone/tablet control for HomeMatic
  • Customizable views for status and operation
  • User access restriction
  • Manage multiple central units
  • Cloud-based remote access
Features
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Mit der EASY App steht Ihnen eine komfortable Bedienoberfläche für Ihre HomeMatic Haussteuerung zur Verfügung. Hiermit brauchen Sie Ihr SmartHome nicht mehr über die Oberfläche der Zentrale bedienen, sondern nutzen unsere Cloud-basierte Lösung direkt auf Ihrem SmartPhone - von überall und jederzeit! Mit der EASY App können Sie: * Ihre HomeMatic Zentrale bedienen, ganz bequem per SmartPhone oder Tablet. * Eine beliebige Zahl individuelle Ansichten erstellen, die eine schnelle Status-Übersicht und eine einfache Bedienung erlauben. * Den Zugriff für unterschiedliche Benutzer einschränken. * Mehrere Zentralen über eine Oberfläche verwalten. Voraussetzungen: * Um die EASY App zur Steuerung Ihrer Komponenten nutzen zu können benötigen Sie min. CloudMatic SmartHome. Für den gesicherten VPN-Zugang zu Ihrer CCU müssen Sie in dem Fall selber sorgen. Daher empfehlen wir die Buchung von CloudMatic complete. Weitere Infos unter: http://cloudmatic.de.

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

EASY App4 screens
Less Paper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Less Paper at 88% against EASY App's 18%. Less Paper also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). EASY App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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. EASY App asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EASY App ships an update every 5 weeks, Less Paper weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 5, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
EASY App versus Less Paper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEASY AppLess Paper
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.4% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEasy SmartHome GmbHJohannes Plunien

Customer experience

EASY App

Written reviews38 reviews
Positive18.4%
Neutral10.5%
Negative71.1%

Less Paper

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

In-app purchases

None

EASY App

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Less Paper

One-time1
  • PRO User$3.99

Questions

Is EASY App free?
EASY App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Less Paper free?
Less Paper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do EASY App or Less Paper have ads?
Neither EASY App nor Less Paper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EASY App or Less Paper?
EASY App ships an update every 5 weeks, and Less Paper weekly. Most recently, EASY App was updated on August 5, 2026 and Less Paper on September 10, 2026.

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