Comparison

Flycut vs Clipboard Manager

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Clipboard Manager

This app enhances productivity by managing your clipboard history across iOS and macOS. It offers features like iCloud sync, biometric protection, and organization into categories. Easily access and recover clips, with support for images, files, and text transformations.

Highlights
  • Background clipboard monitoring
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Organize clips into categories
  • Biometric protection for sensitive clips
  • Trash folder for deleted clips
  • Quick access via widgets and shortcuts
  • Supports images and files
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Introducing Pycopaste, the ultimate clipboard manager for iOS and macOS, designed to enhance your productivity by streamlining your copying and pasting experience. Pycopaste offers a wide range of features that make managing your clips effortless and efficient. Key Features: - Background Clipboard Monitoring: Pycopaste intelligently tracks your clipboard activity via PiP, ensuring that all copied content is securely saved and available for future use. - iCloud Sync: Keep your clips in sync across all your iOS and macOS devices using iCloud, so you can access your clipboard history anytime, anywhere. - Categories Management: Organize your clips into customizable categories for seamless retrieval and a clutter-free workspace. - Biometric Protection: Secure your sensitive clips with biometric authentication, including Face ID and Touch ID, for top-notch privacy. - Thrash Support: Accidentally deleted a clip? No worries! Pycopaste features a trash folder where you can easily recover your deleted clips. - Quick Access from Widgets: Access your most used clips and categories directly from your home screen, thanks to Pycopaste's handy widgets. - Link Previews: Get a quick glimpse of your copied URLs with link previews, making it easier to identify and manage your saved links. - Searchable Clips in Spotlight: Find your clips instantly by searching them directly within Spotlight. - Access Clips from Shortcuts: Integrate Pycopaste with iOS shortcuts for even faster access to your clips. - Add Clips from Share Sheet: Easily add clips to Pycopaste from any app using the Share Sheet, streamlining your content-saving process. - Blacklisted Words: Ignore specific clips containing blacklisted words, ensuring irrelevant or sensitive content stays out of your clipboard history. - Images and Files Uploads: Pycopaste supports more than just text! Save images and files directly to your clipboard history for easy access. - Text Transformations: Quickly apply manipulations like lowercase, uppercase, remove line breaks to textual data inside Pycopaste - Customizable Clip History Duration: Tailor your clipboard history retention settings to suit your preferences, from purging clips after a few days to keeping them indefinitely. - Dedicated Native Mac Clipper: Pycopaste also comes with a macOS companion app, offering a seamless clipboard management experience across your Apple devices. Upgrade your copy-pasting game with Pycopaste, the comprehensive clipboard manager for iOS and macOS that makes your daily tasks simpler and more efficient. Download Pycopaste now and unlock your productivity potential! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pycopaste.foxfortmobile.com/privacy_policy

Screenshots

Flycut4 screens
Clipboard Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Clipboard Manager at 4.4 against Flycut's 3.7. Clipboard Manager also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 45%) and ratings volume (70 vs 15). Flycut's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. Clipboard Manager sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. Flycut asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clipboard Manager holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 70 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Flycut's written reviews are positive against 78% of Clipboard Manager's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flycut ships an update every 5 weeks, Clipboard Manager monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Flycut versus Clipboard Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlycutClipboard Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (15 ratings)4.4 (70 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews77.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1570 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJerde Apps LLCFoxfortMobile

Customer experience

Flycut

All ratings15 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative54.5%

Clipboard Manager

All ratings70 ratings
Positive81.4%
Neutral11.4%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

None

Flycut

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

Clipboard Manager

Subscriptions6
  • Pycopaste Monthly$2.001 Month
  • Pycopaste Monthly 3$3.991 Month
  • Pycopaste Pro Monthly$4.001 Month
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  • Pycopaste Yearly$8.991 Year
  • Pycopaste Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
  • Pycopaste Yearly 3$24.001 Year
One-time5
  • Pycopaste Lifetime$12.00
  • Pycopaste Lifetime 2$15.00
  • Pycopaste Lifetime$25.00
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  • Pycopaste Pro Lifetime$30.00
  • Pycopaste Lifetime 5$35.00

Questions

Is Flycut free?
Flycut is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clipboard Manager free?
Clipboard Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flycut or Clipboard Manager?
Clipboard Manager is rated higher. Flycut averages 3.7 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Clipboard Manager averages 4.4 from 70 ratings.
Do Flycut or Clipboard Manager have ads?
Neither Flycut nor Clipboard Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flycut or Clipboard Manager?
Flycut ships an update every 5 weeks, and Clipboard Manager monthly. Most recently, Flycut was updated on October 12, 2026 and Clipboard Manager on September 22, 2026.

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