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Paperspell overview

Paperspell is a mobile-first document assistant that helps you scan, find, and understand paperwork, track expirations, and safely keep everything in one place.

How it works

  1. Scan or import

    Capture documents with your phone camera or import PDFs and images. Paperspell auto-crops and cleans up scans.

  2. Understand & summarize

    Get AI summaries in plain language, highlighted action items, and expiration dates surfaced automatically.

  3. Find anything fast

    Search across all your documents. Filters by tags, dates, and spaces help you get to the right page in seconds.

  4. Never miss a deadline

    Gentle reminders for renewals, payments, and submissions keep you on track without the stress.

Paperspell app workflow

Core capabilities

Scan & import

  • Mobile scanner with auto-crop and cleanup
  • Import PDFs, images, email attachments
  • Batch capture and merge

Search & find

  • Full-text search across docs and images
  • Filters by tags, dates, spaces
  • Instant previews with keyword hits

AI assistance

  • Summaries and action items
  • Translations and key-fields extraction
  • Forms autocompletion (Planned)

Expirations & reminders

  • Auto-detect expirations and dates
  • Gentle notifications before deadlines
  • E-signature integration (Planned)

Spaces & sharing

  • Personal archive with tags and folders
  • Family/teams with roles (Planned)
  • Activity log for shared spaces (Planned)

Security & privacy

  • Encryption in transit and at rest
  • EU-hosted storage and export options
  • Secret folders & user-key encryption (Planned)

Capabilities by platform

A compact matrix showing what is available now and what is on the way.

Capability Android iOS Desktop Web

Formats & offline sync

Import common files, keep them searchable with OCR, and rely on safe offline work.

Supported formats

  • PDF, JPG, PNG, HEIC
  • DOCX, XLSX (imported as PDF with text retained)
  • ZIP import (Planned)

Offline & sync

  • Local cache for recent documents
  • Background sync with retries
  • Per-file cellular data control

Security & privacy

Clear controls and sensible defaults that keep personal data protected.

Encryption

All connections use TLS; stored data is encrypted. Export is available to keep a personal copy.

Role-based access

Granular sharing for family and small teams with auditable actions in shared spaces.

EU-hosted storage

Data is hosted in the EU with GDPR-ready processes.