Flycut vs Clipboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flycut
This utility app saves your clipboard history, allowing you to easily access and re-copy previous text snippets. It's designed for efficiency, especially for developers, and is open-source.
- Clipboard history saving
- One-tap re-copy
- Open-source code
- Cross-platform backend (iOS/macOS)
- Simple interface
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Flycut is a clean and simple clipboard manager for developers and anyone else. The iOS version uses the same back end as the macOS version, which are both open source and were grown from the Jumpcut open source clipboard manager. Flycut source is available on GitHub. https://github.com/TermiT/Flycut (primary) and https://github.com/MarkJerde/Flycut (initial iOS development) Every time you open Flycut, it checks for a new clipping and adds it to the history. Later you can add any remembered clipping back onto the clipboard just by tapping it. Developed by developers for developers.
Clipboard
This app provides a convenient way to save and access text, links, and images. It offers iCloud synchronization across devices and allows quick access to saved clips via a keyboard extension. Organize your saved content with tags and search your clipboard history.
- Save text, links, and images
- iCloud sync across devices
- Keyboard extension for quick access
- Save from share sheet
- Organize with tags
- Search clipboard history
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The feature-rich Save for later / Clipboard app that offers convenient and immediate access to your saved clips. Some Features include: - Save text, links & images - iCloud sync between iPhone, iPad & Mac - Access saved clips with Keyboard Extension - Save to Clipbox from the share sheet - Group with tags - Search clipboard History Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/thirtynineapps-privacy/home
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Clipboard at 4.3 against Flycut's 3.7. Clipboard also leads on ratings volume (54 vs 15). Flycut's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Clipboard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Flycut asks for nothing beyond the download.
Clipboard holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 54 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Flycut's written reviews are positive against 49% of Clipboard's.
Flycut ships an update every 5 weeks, Clipboard every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flycut | Clipboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (15 ratings) | 4.3 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | 48.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jerde Apps LLC | LEAP STUDIO |
Customer experience
Flycut
Clipboard
In-app purchases
Flycut
No in-app purchases
Clipboard
- Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$14.99
