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PaperPeace enters public beta

Übach-Palenberg, Germany, July 4, 2026 — PaperPeace, a document app for iPhone, iPad and Mac, enters public beta to bring professional document management into families’ hands for the first time — with no server, no account and no third-party cloud. Scanned or imported documents are read on the device via OCR (Apple’s Vision framework) and filed automatically by type, date, sender/recipient and tags using machine learning (naive Bayes) that learns from your corrections. All data stays in open formats (PDF plus readable Markdown) wherever you choose — locally, in iCloud Drive or your own cloud. PaperPeace is GDPR-compliant, developed in Germany and available now, free of charge, via Apple’s TestFlight. Sign-up: https://paperpeace.app/#beta.

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A DMS for people, not IT departments: PaperPeace enters public beta

The app puts document management into families’ hands for the first time — sorted automatically, private on your own device, with no server and no forced subscription.

Übach-Palenberg, Germany, July 4, 2026 — Every household drowns in paper: medical bills, warranty receipts, contracts with cancellation deadlines, the kids’ school forms. Today’s tools fail at both ends — photo and scanner apps create no order, while professional document management systems (DMS) demand servers, maintenance and IT know-how. PaperPeace now enters public beta to close exactly that gap: a full document archive as simple as a consumer app and as private as your own filing cabinet.

You scan or import a document, and PaperPeace reads the text on the device via OCR (Apple’s Vision framework) and files it automatically using machine learning (naive Bayes) — type, date, sender, recipient and tags. Recognition learns from your corrections, full-text search reaches into the scanned word, and reminders alert you before deadlines such as an expiring warranty or a cancellation window. PaperPeace is a single universal app for iPhone, iPad and Mac.

What matters just as much is what PaperPeace does not do: there is no server, no account and no third-party cloud. OCR and recognition run entirely on the device; documents are never sent to the vendor. Users choose where their data lives — locally, in iCloud Drive or in their own cloud (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive). Everything stays in open formats: documents as ordinary PDFs, metadata as readable Markdown files. No vendor lock-in.

Three key messages

• An open niche: DMS were built for companies. PaperPeace makes them usable for families for the first time — simple, with no administration and no server.
• Privacy by default: Sensitive health, child and financial documents stay on the device. On-device recognition instead of a vendor cloud, GDPR-compliant, developed in Germany.
• No lock-in, no forced subscription: Data as ordinary PDFs plus readable Markdown, stored locally or in your own cloud — the sovereignty of your own server, without the server.

Availability & pricing

PaperPeace is available now as a public beta via Apple’s TestFlight; sign-up runs through https://paperpeace.app/#beta. PaperPeace is free to use; those who want more can later choose an optional Pro subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase. There is no forced subscription, no advertising and no hidden costs.

“Every family has the same problem a company does — they lose track of their documents. But nobody wants to run a server for it or upload their health records to someone else’s cloud. PaperPeace is built for exactly those people.”

— Timo Beyel, founder & developer of PaperPeace

About PaperPeace

PaperPeace is a document app for iPhone, iPad and Mac that helps individuals and families tame their paperwork — with no server, no forced subscription and no third-party cloud. Documents are recognised, sorted and made searchable directly on the device; the on-device recognition learns from corrections, and all data stays in user-controlled storage. PaperPeace is GDPR-compliant and developed in Germany.

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A DMS for people, not IT departments: PaperPeace enters public beta

The app puts document management into families’ hands for the first time — sorted automatically, private on your own device, with no server and no forced subscription. Recognition and text recognition run entirely on-device.

Übach-Palenberg, Germany, July 4, 2026 — Every household drowns in paper: medical bills, warranty receipts, contracts with cancellation deadlines, the kids’ school forms. Today’s tools fail at both ends — photo and scanner apps create no order, while professional document management systems (DMS) demand servers, maintenance and IT know-how. PaperPeace now enters public beta to close exactly that gap: a full document archive as simple as a consumer app and as private as your own filing cabinet.

You scan or import a document, and PaperPeace reads the text on the device via OCR and files everything automatically — type, date, sender, recipient and tags. Recognition learns from your corrections, full-text search reaches into the scanned word, and reminders alert you before deadlines such as an expiring warranty or a cancellation window. PaperPeace is a single universal app for iPhone, iPad and Mac.

The need is real: in many households, insurance papers, medical letters, school certificates and receipts pile up over years — scattered across drawers, photo albums and assorted cloud folders. PaperPeace is aimed first at families who want to organise their paperwork together, but works just as well for freelancers and small offices. A library can be shared across all devices via iCloud Drive or your own cloud, with no central server required.

What matters just as much is what PaperPeace does not do: there is no server, no account and no third-party cloud. OCR and recognition run entirely on the device; documents are never sent to the vendor. Users choose where their data lives — locally, in iCloud Drive or in their own cloud (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive). Everything stays in open formats: documents as ordinary PDFs, metadata as readable Markdown files. No vendor lock-in.

Under the hood

PaperPeace works without any cloud AI. Text recognition uses Apple’s Vision framework (VNRecognizeTextRequest in “accurate” mode), which runs entirely on the device and handles multiple languages. Classification is handled by a lean, on-device machine-learning model (naive Bayes): weighted keywords (bag-of-words) add up to a score per document type and tag — no neural network, no cloud AI, no model that ships your documents to a server. Every correction teaches the model and adjusts its weights.

Scanned PDFs receive an invisible text layer, so full-text search and Spotlight reach down to the individual word. Metadata lives as readable Markdown files alongside the PDFs — both in open formats, with no database lock-in. At rest, data is encrypted on the device via Apple’s File Protection. PaperPeace is a single universal app built in Swift and SwiftUI for iOS, iPadOS and macOS.

Three key messages

• An open niche: DMS were built for companies. PaperPeace makes them usable for families for the first time — simple, with no administration and no server.
• Privacy by default: Sensitive health, child and financial documents stay on the device. On-device recognition instead of a vendor cloud, GDPR-compliant, developed in Germany.
• No lock-in, no forced subscription: Data as ordinary PDFs plus readable Markdown, stored locally or in your own cloud — the sovereignty of your own server, without the server.

Availability & pricing

PaperPeace is available now as a public beta via Apple’s TestFlight; sign-up runs through https://paperpeace.app/#beta. PaperPeace is free to use; those who want more can later choose an optional Pro subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase. There is no forced subscription, no advertising and no hidden costs.

“Every family has the same problem a company does — they lose track of their documents. But nobody wants to run a server for it or upload their health records to someone else’s cloud. PaperPeace is built for exactly those people.”

— Timo Beyel, founder & developer of PaperPeace

About PaperPeace

PaperPeace is a document app for iPhone, iPad and Mac that helps individuals and families tame their paperwork — with no server, no forced subscription and no third-party cloud. Documents are recognised, sorted and made searchable directly on the device; the on-device recognition learns from corrections, and all data stays in user-controlled storage. PaperPeace is GDPR-compliant and developed in Germany.

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