Comparison

Yoink vs Copy Better

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Yoink

This app acts as a central shelf for items you drag, copy, or download, allowing you to store them for later use without switching between applications. It supports various file types and integrates deeply with iOS features for seamless access and management.

Highlights
  • Centralized item storage
  • Supports various file types
  • Slide-Over/Side-by-Side iPad app
  • Share extension for iPhone
  • Clipboard monitor
  • iCloud sync
  • Handoff support
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Yoink for iPad and iPhone lets you easily and quickly store items you drag, copy, share or download for later use. This way, you can collect items in a central place without having to constantly move back and forth between your source- and destination applications. The app accepts virtually any file type, for example app-content like images from websites, text snippets, web urls, eMails and documents - no matter if you drag, copy, share or download them. Here's what users say about Yoink: "The best shelf app on iOS" - Igloouk, UK App Store "Most useful app in the iOS store. What a gem." - noway170, Austrian App Store "A godsend. Get this. Now." - mr chairboy, US App Store As a Slide-Over or Side-by-Side app on iPad, Yoink is always ready for you to drag something to it, no matter what app you're in. Just slide Yoink into view and conclude your drag operation. On iPhone, use Yoink's Share extension, or copy-paste items into Yoink. Items are stored in Yoink for later use, featuring rich previews for easy identification and full previews for most file types. Drags containing multiple items are combined into a Stack. Yoink comes with deep system integration: - Clipboard Monitor: Yoink's clipboard monitor saves everything you copy or cut, even when Yoink itself is in the background. Use the Picture-in-Picture overlay to select what type of data Yoink should save, as well as to pause or stop it at any time. - Picture-in-Picture for more than just videos: Among others, Yoink can show pictures, PDFs, eMails and even websites in the Picture-in-Picture overlay, and lets you scroll through pages of documents right there. - iCloud Sync Synchronize Yoink's items across your devices using iCloud - Handoff Transfer files between iPhones, iPads and Macs (separate Mac Yoink app required) using Handoff - Action/Share Extension Almost any item you can share via the system-wide Share sheet, you can send directly to Yoink from there - Keyboard Yoink has its own keyboard so that inserting items you've stored in Yoink is easy and quick, without having to launch Yoink. - Spotlight Integration Any item in Yoink can be found via Spotlight - and the search-results are draggable. - Today Widget Access Yoink's items and save the contents from your clipboard in Yoink from Notification Center - Shortcuts / Siri Suggestions Yoink offers you Siri Shortcuts and Suggestions so you can automate processes, like adding items from the clipboard to Yoink, or copying items from Yoink, as well as starting downloads in Yoink. - Files Integration Access Yoink's files from any app that supports iOS 11's document browser Here's what the press says about Yoink: "Yoink is the shelf app Apple should have made." - Federico Viticci, MacStories.net "Yoink is a must-have app" - Jeff Benjamin; 9to5mac.com "Indispensable for power users." - Craig Grannell; techradar.com

About

Copy Better

This app provides an extended clipboard to store and manage all your copied content. Easily add, edit, and organize text, formatted text, and images into folders. Access your clips quickly through widgets, a custom keyboard, or Siri shortcuts.

Highlights
  • Store text, formatted text, and images
  • Organize clips into folders
  • Mark clips as favorites
  • Home screen widgets for quick access
  • Custom keyboard for fast pasting
  • Siri shortcuts integration
  • Share extension for saving clips
Features
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Copy Better keeps all the things you need to copy and paste in one place, available at a simple tap. • Add clips from the system clipboard, edit them, and create new ones directly in the app. Your clips can be plain text, formatted text, and/or images. • Create folders to organize your clips, and mark important ones as favorites. • Add the Favorites and Folders widgets to your home screen for easy access. • Use the Copy Better keyboard to paste your clips quickly in other apps. • Configure Siri shortcuts to create and paste clips anywhere. • Use the Share extension to save new clips from websites, Photos, or anywhere else with shareable content.

Screenshots

Yoink4 screens
Copy Better4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Copy Better at Free against Yoink's $5.99. Yoink's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Copy Better is free to download; Yoink costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Yoink holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yoink has 1K ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Yoink's written reviews are positive against 78% of Copy Better's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yoink ships an update every 6 weeks, Copy Better every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Yoink versus Copy Better: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYoinkCopy Better
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (1K ratings) — better4.3 (38 ratings)
Positive reviews73.9% of reviews77.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better38
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMatthias Gansrigler-HradWilliam Wu

Customer experience

Yoink

All ratings1,039 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews234 reviews
Positive73.9%
Neutral9.0%
Negative17.1%

Copy Better

All ratings39 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral5.1%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral6.7%
Negative15.6%

Bugs and requests

Yoink

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes or data loss issues
  • Inconsistent syncing behavior across devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • iCloud sync between iOS and Mac devices
  • Ability to edit text directly in the app
  • Folder/tag organization for saved items
  • Improved custom keyboard functionality

Copy Better

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Yoink

No in-app purchases

None

Copy Better

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Yoink free?
Yoink costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Copy Better free?
Copy Better is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Yoink or Copy Better?
Yoink is rated higher. Yoink averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Copy Better averages 4.3 from 38 ratings.
Do Yoink or Copy Better have ads?
Neither Yoink nor Copy Better shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yoink or Copy Better?
Yoink ships an update every 6 weeks, and Copy Better every 6 months. Most recently, Yoink was updated on November 6, 2026 and Copy Better on November 2, 2026.

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