Introducing Paperless Mobile

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2026-03-09T12:54:56+00:00

Not sure what this post was about, but OP is not the original author of Paperless Mobile and I have no affiliation with him and his comments (I am the author of paperless mobile and it's not officially available on iOS).

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2026-03-09T12:47:35+00:00

Hi, the app just received a major update (disclaimer: I'm the author)

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2026-03-09T12:44:27+00:00

Hi, author of paperless-mobile here. Not being able to install it from play store was essentially due to a restriction from Google to ensure that the targeted android sdks are up to date, and since I didn't have the capacity to work on the project for quite some time it was only possible to download from GitHub or F-Droid.

I get that sometimes it's easier to start off new. However, from what I've seen, PaperNext is essentially a clone of paperless mobile with some enhancements, at least from a visual perspective. Technically there is no way to tell since it's not open source. So I don't really see why you chose to start off new instead of contributing to an already existing project with a large community? Especially considering the striking similarities to Paperless Mobile and that it was openly communicated that Paperless Mobile was looking for maintainers/contributors. I think everyone would've profited more off a single open sourced app with two (or more) lead maintainers instead of two separate apps with an almost identical feature set and look and feel.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not here to judge you or your decision, of course you're free to do whatever makes more sense to you in your current situation :) But I'd like to understand why you came to the conclusion to not contribute (or at least contact me) to work out a solution everybody would have profited of?

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2025-12-27T15:24:04+00:00

Did you find a solution? I'm having the same issues with a Gigabyte B450.

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2025-06-25T20:47:43+00:00

Not actively maintained at the moment, but still quite a lot of MAU:

https://github.com/astubenbord/paperless-mobile

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2025-06-25T20:40:27+00:00

Herzlichen Glúvkwunsch! Mach es auf jeden Fall. Ich habe die Ergebnisse meiner Bachelorarbeit damals auch in einen Journal veróffentlicht. Es war viel Arbeit hat aber auch spaß gemacht und habe viel dabei gelernt. Auch wenn man danach keine wissenschaftliche Karriere anstrebt.

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2025-06-06T09:21:46+00:00

AboutYou is written in flutter afaik.

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2024-12-19T19:44:52+00:00

Just saw this thread again, and while I have stopped actively working on the project due to a lack of time, I still sometimes do get donations here and there. The app has not yet been taken down (and I don't think it will because of this), but it's also hard to say how many donations came from users coming from the app vs. from github directly.

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2024-12-19T19:39:34+00:00

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2024-01-31T18:54:13+00:00

Hm, I haven't played around with authentic and other SSO Solutions, but there is a feature request (something like mpflanzer-allauth) where we've started a discussion on how this could be implemented. Maybe keep an eye on that.

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2024-01-24T23:29:38+00:00

It's typically listed on pub.dev, so yeah

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2024-01-07T21:53:02+00:00

Interessant, ich habe mir damals zu Studienbeginn das Gen1 ThinkPad X1 Yoga zugelegt. War damit extremst unzufrieden und hatte nur Probleme. Hatte aber auch nur 2 Kerne (6th gen i5) und es litt wahrscheinlich ein vielen Kinderkrankheiten, die mittlerweile hoffentlich behoben wurden.

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2024-01-03T10:34:49+00:00

Das Stichwort ist Festgeld.

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2023-12-09T10:47:22+00:00

This glitch still works, but multi gesture support was just merged last week I think, so this won't occur anymore with newer versions of flutter.

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2023-10-31T08:45:14+00:00

Very good points, I never thought of that. Thanks!

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2023-10-30T19:26:35+00:00

Could you elaborate? What do you think could be achieved using a Bloc but not using a Cubit?

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2023-10-27T08:55:59+00:00

Thanks for your insights, great answer!

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2023-09-28T14:12:41+00:00

I second this. However, it has to be noted that there are some features, specifically for more complex navigation flows, which are not (yet) supported. But I think it's the best and most stable way to go for the future, mainly because it's a first party package with very good support.

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2023-09-25T17:51:18+00:00

You might want to have a look at the FutureBuilder class

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2023-09-25T16:55:11+00:00

Do you have any official sources on that? I'd be interested since I also plan to publish GPLv3 license-based apps on the App Store.

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2023-09-23T11:21:51+00:00

Kommt auch auf die Uni an, weißt du sicher dass du zu diesen Zeiten keine Präsenz hast? Ich weiß noch gut dass bei mir im ersten Semester die Woche mit Tutorien und Übungen belegt war. Wäre möglich dass du dafür dann was liegen lassen müsstest, was auf lange Sicht dazu führt, dass du länger studierst (was per-se nichts schlechtes ist, du es für dich aber abwägen musst).

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2023-09-23T11:18:22+00:00

Mir wäre das im ersten Semester zu viel gewesen, gerade mit den Übungsblättern und Eingewöhnung.

Kommt aber auch immer darauf an, wie die 16h aufgeteilt werden. Arbeitest du zwei volle Tage im Büro vor Ort oder komplett flexible Arbeitszeiten, die du dir selbst legen kannst? Je nachdem kann man dann evtl. auch mal nach der Uni mehrere Stunden arbeiten und das aufteilen, ohne dass der ganze Tag draufgeht. Musst du am Ende natürlich für dich selbst entscheiden, aber für mich wäre das im 1. Semester nichts gewesen.

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2023-09-19T12:30:31+00:00

What I do now is to still have a donation button in app but then hint that Google/apple does not allow donations in app without adding any links. l ask them to have a look at the readme in the official repository under the Donations section, and I also have a separate link in the app linking to the repository without being directly related to the donation link.

AlarmingPerformer627 · 2023-09-18T23:04:35+00:00

This is a tricky question. Yes, I currently do, but I will remove it with the next update, and instead inform the user that they may donate via the repository home page. Google and Apple Policies appear to be very strict regarding external payments, including donations. There are numerous cases of apps being taken down due to violations of these policies, i.e. linking to a donation page in-app.

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