# Clipfile — Capture and remember anything

> Capture and remember anything (iPhone/iPad app by Mike Shear.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/clipfile/id6776302596 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Mike Shear](https://appshunter.io/developer/6776302598)
- Category: Reference, Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-01
- Data updated: 2026-09-09
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/clipfile/id6776302596/reviews.md

## What is Clipfile?

Clipfile is a private, offline-friendly read-later app for people who actually go back and read.

Save any page from Safari, Chrome, or your Mac, then read it later — online or off. Add notes, let it organize itself, and keep everything in sync across your devices without ever creating an account.

SAVE FROM ANYWHERE
• A real Safari extension on iPhone and Mac — one tap from the toolbar, and it captures the true article link even on news sites and other pages that fight back
• A Chrome extension for the desktop
• Or the share sheet, from any app on your phone

READ OFFLINE
• Saves the full article body, not just the URL
• Read on planes, subways, and dead zones
• Article text is end-to-end encrypted — only your devices hold the key

BUILT FOR RESEARCH
• Attach notes to anything you save, so you remember why you saved it
• Folders suggested automatically within moments of saving — the classifier sees only a link's title and URL, never the article body
• Instant local tags — News, Video, Dev, Social, Shopping, Govt — matched from the site itself, without anything leaving your phone
• A Home Screen widget for your unread list
• A gentle nudge about anything still unread after two weeks
• Export everything to JSON or CSV, any time, in one tap

PRIVATE SYNC, NO ACCOUNT
• Your list and notes sync across iPhone, Mac, and Chrome using a private key you control
• No sign-up, no email address, no profile, no ads, no tracking
• Article text is encrypted on your device before it is stored, so the sync service only ever holds ciphertext it cannot read
• Your data is never sold

MADE YOURS
• Seven themes: Sunset, Ocean, Forest, Dusk, Rose, Midnight, and Parchment


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.5 — 2026-08-30

Updated the name throughout the app

### 2.5 — 2026-08-30

Updated the name throughout the app

### 2.4 — 2026-08-30

What's New in 2.4

Research Sync is now Clipfile.

• A new name and a new icon. Same app, same list, same sync key — nothing to migrate and nothing to set up again.
• Parchment, a seventh theme: warm sepia and ink, built to sit with the new icon.
• Saving from the Safari extension is now a single tap. The popup became a status line that tells you what happened, instead of asking you to confirm what you already asked for.
• Fixed: news sites that load their headline a moment after the page no longer get saved under the wrong title.

### 2.3 — 2026-07-25

Added onboarding screens.

### 2.2 — 2026-07-15

We have updated the look of the app across the board -- iOS and iPadOS both look cleaner and easier to read. The iPad app also gets true iPad treatment.

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