# ClipShelf: Private Clipboard — Private, local clipboard shelf

> Private, local clipboard shelf (iPhone/iPad app by The Pro Society.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/clipshelf-private-clipboard/id6825032113 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [The Pro Society](https://appshunter.io/developer/1885301786)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 11 MB
- Released: 2026-10-26
- Data updated: 2026-11-01

## What is ClipShelf?

ClipShelf gives you a simple, private place to keep clipboard items you want to use again.

Save text, links, and images with ClipShelf’s user-initiated Capture control, organize recent items, and turn frequently reused text into permanent named snippets. Collections keep addresses, replies, meeting links, and other reusable information easy to find. The optional ClipShelf keyboard makes saved text and links available while you type.

ClipShelf also includes smart local filters, custom categories, pinned clips, custom snippet ordering, multi-select actions, 24-hour recovery for deleted clips, optional history expiry, an interactive pinned-items widget, Text Tools, Shortcuts actions, portable JSON backup and restore, and optional private iCloud sync.

Privacy is built in:

• Capture uses Apple’s system paste control. If you explicitly enable Auto-Save and Full Access, ClipShelf also checks the clipboard once when its keyboard opens; iOS controls any paste-permission prompt.
• Clipboard history stays in protected local storage by default.
• Optional iCloud sync stores your shelf in the private CloudKit database of your Apple Account so it can be restored or used on your other devices. The developer cannot view that private database.
• No ClipShelf accounts, advertisements, analytics, or tracking.
• Images are resized and re-encoded to remove embedded metadata.
• Face ID, Touch ID, or the device passcode can protect the main app and sensitive clips. Sensitive clips remain identifiable in ClipShelf lists and require successful device authentication before their protected content can be used.
• Manual backups are standard JSON files saved only to the location you choose. They can contain readable clip content, including sensitive clips, so store them somewhere private. ClipShelf never receives these files.
• Full Access is optional. With it off, the keyboard can display saved clips read-only, insert saved text and links, and provide private typing. Enable Full Access only for keyboard-side Capture, Auto-Save, image copying, pinning, and deletion. Even with Full Access, ClipShelf never runs a background listener or continuously polls the clipboard.
• “Save to ClipShelf” is a user-initiated action extension for text, links, and images supplied by a host app through the iOS share sheet. It never reads the clipboard.

iOS does not permit third-party keyboards in secure fields or apps that disable custom keyboards. Image insertion support depends on the destination app; ClipShelf can copy a saved image for you to paste using the destination app’s normal Paste command.

## Is ClipShelf safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess ClipShelf.

## Is ClipShelf legit?

ClipShelf: Private Clipboard appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for ClipShelf is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.1.1 — 2026-10-31

ClipShelf’s biggest update yet makes saved content faster to organize, protect, restore, and reuse:

• A redesigned keyboard with clear views, scrollable categories, and quick Space, Return, and Delete controls.
• Permanent snippets, custom categories, pinned clips, automatic on-device classification, and flexible ordering.
• Sensitive clips protected by Face ID or device authentication, with a configurable unlock duration.
• Text Tools for changing case, cleaning spacing, extracting links, and creating a SHA-256 hash.
• Interactive widgets and Shortcuts for faster access to reusable clips.
• Optional private iCloud backup and sync across your iPhone and iPad.
• Standard JSON backup files for portable local backup and restore.
• More reliable clipboard capture and iCloud recovery, including restoration after reinstalling ClipShelf.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-10-29

• Create permanent named snippets and organize them into collections.
• Protect the app with Face ID, hide sensitive clips from the keyboard, and automatically expire temporary history.
• Recover deleted clips for 24 hours and manage multiple items together.
• Filter text, links, numbers, images, snippets, and pinned clips in the app and keyboard.
• Safer long-text insertion with preview, press-and-hold, and Undo.
• Mark favourites, arrange snippets, copy from an interactive widget, and use new Shortcuts actions.
• Create password-encrypted local backups and restore them on your device.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-28

• Clearer private-keyboard experience when Full Access is off.
• Improved guidance for enabling clips and Capture in the keyboard.
• Accessibility and interface refinements across light and dark modes.
• Cleaner keyboard menus that show only the actions available in the current access mode.

### 1.0.0 — 2026-10-27

No release notes.

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