Paperparrot
A native Paperless-ngx client
Free · In-App Purchases
Paperparrot is an app designed to make organizing your documents easy and it's completely compatible with Paperless-ngx.
Features:
- Connect to multiple Paperless-ngx-Instances
- Add documents in various formats like PDF, JPEG, PNG, TXT or office documents
- Scan documents from right within Paperparrot using your phones camera or an Airscan-capable network scanner
- Secure your documents using Face-/Touch-ID
- Extensive search capabilities
- Support for Spotlight search to find documents from your home screen
- Create custom views to easily access sets of documents
- Share documents to Paperparrot from other apps
- Synchronize documents from your Paperless-ng(x) server to your device for offline access
- Built in support for push notifications from your server (additional setup required)*
- Dark mode!
* The free version of Paperparrot is limited to six documents and some features like custom queries and push notifications are unavailable.
These limitation can be removed through an in-app purchase. There is both a one-time purchase or an optional auto-renewing subscription (1 month free trial included).
The one-time purchase unlocks all current and future updates. With the subscription, all features are available for the duration of your subscription.
Both the subscription and one-time purchase can be shared with your family.
Paperparrot is licensed under the Apple standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
more New features:
- Added support for SSO
Changes:
- Fixed an issue causing setup to fail in some specific cases
- Fixed an issue causing startup views to be reset after server sync
- Fixed an issue causing the app to crash when switching saved views
- The app now also automatically syncs with the server when moving to the foreground
- Fixed the inbox using previously applied filters
- Document metadata is now automatically refreshed when opening a document
- Updated tasks menu to only include consume tasks again
3.2.0 1 Sept
Changes:
- Fixed an issue causing the share extension not to work with files shared from "Notes"
- Paperparrot will now automatically try to negiotiate the API version if the server rejects a request
- Fixed an issue causing connections to new servers to fail when custom headers are used
- Fixed an issue causing custom fields not to work with recent server versions
- Improved reliability of monetary field sync
- Fixed an issue causing documents to appear duplicated when using Paperparrot without a server
3.1.1 23 Jul
New Features:
- Initial support for the upcoming Paperless-ngx 3.0.0 release
- Initial support for the native AI integration in Paperless-ngx 3.0.0
- Added option to automatically create a workflow for push notificiations in Paperless-ngx 3.0.0
Changes:
- Removed duplicate buttons in share sheet
- Fixed an issue causing preview to crash with certain file types
3.1.0 12 May
New Features:
- Added option to always consider content when searching (in "Behavior" settings)
- Added initial support for parent tags
Changes:
- Fixed notes in offline/serverless mode
- Values for "select" custom fields are now properly displayed in the document overview
- Opening documents through Spotlight now works on macOS
- Updated "select" custom field menu to be more visually consistent with other menus and improved its responsiveness
- Fixed an issue causing "created" dates to be shown for "added"
- Fixed an issue causing permissions to be shown incorrectly when removing the owner of attributes
- Fixed matching algorithm "All" with empty matching pattern causing attributes to always be added
3.0.8 6 Apr
New Features:
- Implemented support for "Long Text" custom fields
Changes:
- Fixed an issue causing custom field values not to be display in table layout
- Fixed an issue causing errors when using 12 hour time format
- Enabled manual multi-page scans for preset scan buttons and when using single-page ADF
- Fixed a crash when opening the In-App Purchase sheet through the notification settings
3.0.7 21 Feb
New Features:
- You can now toggle whether or not the tag menu should close after adding or removing a tag
Changes:
- Paperparrot now correctly handles attributes that are not shared with the current user
- Fixed an issue causing the filter bar not to work on older versions of iOS
- Fixed an issue causing menus to "jump around" in some cases
3.0.6 9 Jan
Changes:
- Fixed an issue causing uploads through Shortcuts to fail due to a permission error in some cases
- Fixed some other smaller issues
3.0.5 29/11/2025
New Features:
- If the upload for an added document fails, it will be stored locally and uploaded with the next synchronisation
- Added an intent to upload enqueued documents to an instance via shortcuts or automations
Changes:
- You can now use Paperparrot offline without being bombarded with error messages
- Added option to re-import missing files for local/iCloud installs
- Errors for missing local database entries now include more detailed information
- Fixed an issue causing setup to fail when UI settings contain an empty color
- Fixed an issue causing the server version to be misrepresented in some cases
3.0.4 05/11/2025
New Features:
- You can now drag documents from the list to other apps (iOS 17+ only)
- Added two new app icons (Paperless green)
- Added (optional) search tab on iOS 26 for more visual consistency with other apps
- Added (optional) collection of anonymized usage statistics to improve the direction of future development
Changes:
- Improved migration logic for offline/iCloud usage
- Missing previews will now automatically be regenerated
- Brought back option to manually add network scanners
- Fixed a crash in the share extension when a preview could not be generated
- Fixed a crash when resetting Paperparrot
- Fixed a crash when the preview in the context menu failed to load
- Fixed a few smaller issues with the Paperless API
- Fixed an issue causing selected custom fields to appear as unselected when editing custom views
- Fixed an issue causing entered text not to be cleared when selecting an attribute using the keyboard menu
- Fixed a bug causing saved views not to be updated
- Fixed a bug causing saved view sort field to be ignored
- Errors for malformed local items now include the name of the item, if available
3.0.3 28/10/2025
Changes:
- Allowed TailScale IP range (100.64.0.0/10) to be accessed via plain http
- Added an FAQ link to the error report screen
- Missing permissions no longer cause the sync to fail completely
- Implemented a workaround for malformed responses on the ui_settings endpoint
- Fixed an issue causing errors to be redacted in some cases
- Fixed an issue causing the opening of notifications to fail in some cases
3.0.2 05/10/2025
Say hello to Paperparrot 3.0, a full rewrite of the entire app with lots of improvements and changes.
Important notice:
This update is not compatible with older versions of Paperparrot. If you use the iCloud sync for documents, make sure to update Paperparrot to the latest version on all of your devices!
New Features:
- You can now customize which attributes are shown in the document list
- Implemented support for MTLS
- Implemented support for the native 2FA in Paperless-ngx
- Added an inbox widget for your home screen
- You can now connect to the same server with multiple users
- Added a number of different shortcuts
Changes:
- Removed the "Add" tab in favor of a smaller floating button
- Removed the inbox tab in favor of a toolbar button that shows the number of documents in the inbox
- Cleaned up the settings tab and added descriptions to settings
- Errors now generate proper feedback, you can also tap an error message to report an error
- Lots of smaller changes and fixes
3.0.0 01/10/2025
Changes:
- Another fix for documents not loading on Paperless 2.15.0 and higher
2.4.7 28/04/2025
Changes:
- Fixed another issue with document synchronization
2.4.6 25/04/2025
Changes:
- Fixed an issue causing Paperparrot to crash on launch when more than one Paperless instance is connected
2.4.5 22/04/2025
Changes:
- Fixed an issue causing documents not to load on servers running Paperless-ngx 2.15.0 and newer
- Added option to import backups
2.4.4 20/04/2025
Changes:
- Number/monetary fields now show a keyboard that allows for entry of negative and decimal numbers
- Improved handling of negative values for monetary and float custom fields
- Fixed an issue causing uploads through the share sheet to fail in some cases
2.4.3 18/12/2024
New Features:
- Added option to share multiple files at once
- Added support for "select" custom fields
Changes:
- Smaller bug fixes and localization improvements
2.4.2 03/09/2024
New Features:
- Added option to remove inbox tags when saving
- Added option to log in via token
- Added option to set default sorting
- Added support for shortcuts
2.4.1 08/08/2024
New Features:
- Added suggestions for attributes
- Added support for shortcuts
- Added option to define default sorting
Changes:
- Improved visual differentiation between active and inactive filters
2.4.0 21/07/2024
New Features:
- Added clear button to textfields
- Added a bunch of new filters to document list
- Added support for currencies in custom fields
- Added option to sort by custom field value
- Replaced “Search” tab with new “Inbox” tab (iOS 16+)
Changes:
- Fixed an issue causing the startup tab setting not to work
- Performance improvements
2.3.0 30/05/2024
Changes:
- Added reset button in settings
- Fixed a bug causing document previews not to reload when the first load fails
- Fixed a bug causing new menus not to work as expected in some cases
- Fixed a bug causing an error message to appear when adding multiple documents
- Fixed a bug causing storage paths and custom fields not to load on first startup
2.2.2 04/04/2024
New Features:
- Added new menus for attributes
- Added overview of existing share links
- Added settings to disable sync on startup and to select a default add method
Changes:
- Added safeguards for document and preview downloads
- Fixed a bug causing custom field creation to fail in offline mode
- Added an edit button for custom queries on Mac
- Fixed a bug causing custom headers not to be sent on first request
- Re-added missing icons in settings
- Paperparrot will now download archived PDFs instead of the original file. This can be changed in download settings
2.2.1 18/03/2024
New Features:
- Added appearance toggle in settings
Changes:
- Much improved compatibility for barcode scanning
- Custom fields can now be nullified
- A bunch of smaller fixes to prevent crashes when opening the settings tab
2.2.0 08/02/2024
New Features:
- Added button to scan ASN QR-Codes and Data Matrices
Changes:
- Fixed an issue causing documents not to load when empty custom field are present
- Improved error handling for document sync
2.1.3 18/01/2024
New Features:
- Added option for custom headers (only for new connections) when connecting to a server
- Added button to get the paperparrot:// link to a document from the sharing menu
Changes:
- Improved handling of custom views
- Improved compatibility of share extension
- Some improvements for network scanners
2.1.2 07/01/2024
New features:
- Added support for SSO
Changes:
- Fixed an issue causing setup to fail in some specific cases
- Fixed an issue causing startup views to be reset after server sync
- Fixed an issue causing the app to crash when switching saved views
- The app now also automatically syncs with the server when moving to the foreground
- Fixed the inbox using previously applied filters
- Document metadata is now automatically refreshed when opening a document
- Updated tasks menu to only include consume tasks again
more Version 3.2.0 1 Sept
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