Archi — Paperless Scanner
Scan, OCR & archive documents
Only for iPhone
₱ 49.00
iPhone
No subscription. No cloud. No data leak. AI detects title, tags and correspondent – right on your iPhone. Your Paperless-NGX archive, always with you.
Archi is the Paperless-NGX client for iPhone that runs AI and OCR entirely on your device — no cloud subscription, no data sharing, zero privacy compromises.
■ WHAT ARCHI DOES
Scan a document, recognise text, extract metadata — all in seconds, all locally. The document then lands neatly categorised in your self-hosted Paperless-NGX server.
■ ON YOUR DEVICE, NOT IN THE CLOUD
• OCR with Apple Vision — fast, offline, free
• AI metadata extraction with Google's Gemma 4 — runs directly on your iPhone, no server needed
• Automatic title, tag and correspondent suggestions based on content
■ PAPERLESS-NGX INTEGRATION
• Browse and manage your entire document archive
• Full-text search across all documents
• Filter by tags, document type and correspondent
• Offline queue — scans saved locally until you're back online
■ REAL-WORLD USE CASES
Tax Returns: Scan every receipt, invoice and bill as it arrives. Archi automatically recognises the date, vendor and amount — and suggests the right tags. Come January, your self-assessment paperwork is already organised.
Home Office & Business: Incoming invoices, delivery notes, contracts — Archi reads the document and proposes correspondent, document type and filing date without you lifting a finger.
Medical & Insurance: Digitise NHS letters, insurance policies, prescription records and medical documents securely. Your health data never leaves your device.
No Wi-Fi? No Problem: Scan documents underground, in thick-walled archives or abroad without mobile data. Archi queues everything locally and syncs automatically when connectivity returns — unlike server-dependent alternatives.
Homelab & Self-Hosting: Running Paperless-NGX on a Synology NAS, Proxmox, Docker or a Raspberry Pi? Archi was built for exactly your setup. No third-party SaaS, no monthly fees, no vendor lock-in.
■ PRIVACY FIRST
One-time purchase of £0.99. Zero subscriptions. Zero cloud. Zero data collection.
Your documents stay on your device and your server — and nowhere else.
All AI processing, all OCR, all metadata extraction runs exclusively on your iPhone. Archi never transmits document content to any external server — not Apple's, not Google's, not ours.
■ TECHNICAL DETAILS
• AI model: Gemma 4 E2B INT4 (Google open weights) — runs fully on-device via LiteRT
• OCR: Apple Vision Framework — free, offline, privacy-preserving
• Backend: Paperless-NGX (self-hosted, URL and token fully configurable)
• Offline queue: SQLite-based, zero data loss when offline
• Recommended hardware: iPhone 15 Pro or newer (6 GB RAM)
Archi requires a self-hosted Paperless-NGX server.
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New in Version 1.3.1
• Private objects toggle: Create tags, correspondents and document types as private – visible only to your API user
• Tailscale / CGNAT support: HTTP connections to 100.x.x.x addresses now work out of the box
• Terms of Service and Privacy Policy are now accessible in Settings → Licences & Privacy
The developer, Arne Stenmanns, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Provider
- Arne Stenmanns
- Size
- 19.6 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.2 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.2 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 3 more
- English, French, German, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Arne Stenmanns
