PaperHeroFrom the letterbox into the archive - in seconds.
PaperHero photographs, reads and organises your paperwork. Afterwards you find any document by a word from its content - on your phone, in the browser, the same archive everywhere.
Scan a whole binder in one evening.
The camera detects the page, straightens it and captures automatically as soon as the image is sharp. Multi-page documents stay one document.
Multi-page, in one pass
Your lease has twelve pages? Just keep turning. The app counts along, keeps the pages in order and files a single document.
- Automatic cropping and straightening
- Shadows and page curl are evened out
- Import email attachments directly
Email attachments included
Invoices and notices often arrive as attachments by email. Forward them to your personal PaperHero address - only senders you have approved can file there. The attachment is read, named and filed like a scan.
I use PaperHero together with my scanner, which sends the documents out by email. Thanks to the AI recognition I only have to confirm the suggestions or make small adjustments once a week, and I don't waste time chasing paper slips.
Managing director
Hello,
please find your invoice for March 2025 attached as a PDF.
Kind regards, Stadtwerke Hamburg
Industry-leading text recognition: every word becomes searchable.
PaperHero reads printed and handwritten text in German and English. Afterwards you find a document by an amount, a name or a word from the small print.
Handwriting included
Receipts, handwritten notes, margin scribbles: what you can read, PaperHero can usually read too.
Ask instead of search
"When does the car insurance expire?" - the answer comes with its source. Every answer points to the document and the passage it came from. No source, no answer.
- Finds by meaning, not just by word
- Filter by folder, tag, date and amount
- Your documents are never used to train AI models
Insurance · Aurelia Versicherung AG€610.01
Insurance · Aurelia Versicherung AG€658.00
Car › Garage · May 14, 2025€412.90
Car › Papers
Folders like a filing cabinet - except they fill themselves.
New documents get a suggested folder, name and tags. Folders can be shared with partners, parents or colleagues - with exactly the permissions you want.
Share without showing everything
An email invitation is enough. The invited person sees only the shared folder, not your whole archive. Shares can be revoked at any time.
- Share folders with family or team - read or write access
- Share a single document by link without opening the folder
- Revoke shares at any time
PaperHero's approach to data sovereignty won me over compared with competing products. That the text recognition and the AI suggestions are better justifies the price in my eyes. I don't want to waste time reworking my document filing.
Software development team lead
Scan on your phone, read on your computer.
PaperHero is available for iPhone, Android and as a web app in the browser. What you file on one device is everywhere seconds later.
Three apps, one archive
All three do everything: the same features, the same archive, the same view. What you scan on your phone is on your computer shortly after. And you can download everything at any time.
- Stored encrypted, only your password opens your documents
- Two-factor sign-in
- GDPR compliant, data processing agreement on request
Insurance policy KF-2021-863188
Guides for your paperwork
Straight answers to the questions that actually come up when you sort out your documents.
How long to keep documents in Germany
What to keep and for how long, which two-year rule is legally binding in Germany, and what you can throw away today.
How to digitise your documents at home
How to turn a pile of paper into a searchable archive without buying a single device first.
Going paperless at home in five steps
The route from a full binder to a clear desk, in steps you can finish in an afternoon.
Four plans, one promise: everything encrypted in Germany.
In every plan PaperHero reads your documents, answers your questions and stores everything encrypted in Germany. No minimum term, no setup fee.
Then automatically continues as the Small plan at €5.99/month. Cancel anytime before it ends.
- 200 pages per month (approx. 65 documents)
- 2,000 bonus onboarding pages in your first 2 months
- 25 AI chats per month
- Single-user access
For one person's paperwork
- 200 pages per month (approx. 65 documents)
- 2,000 bonus onboarding pages in your first 2 months
- 25 AI chats per month
- AI processing in the EU
- Email support
For heavy users, families and small teams
- 500 pages per month (approx. 160 documents)
- 5,000 bonus onboarding pages in your first 2 months
- 75 AI chats per month
- AI processing in Germany
- Multiple users, folder sharing
- Priority support
Maximum privacy: AI runs at PaperHero only
- 1,200 pages per month (approx. 390 documents)
- 12,000 bonus onboarding pages in your first 2 months
- 200 AI chats per month
- AI on PaperHero's own systems in Germany only
- Priority processing
Start today - your first binder is done in one evening.
Try 30 days for €1. After that it continues on the Small plan at €5.99 per month - cancel anytime.
Get started yourself
Create an account, get the app, photograph your first document. No setup needed.
Try it for €1