Comparison

Pastecard vs PSWD

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

Head to head
About

Pastecard

A minimalist digital notepad for quick notes and reminders. Easily add, edit, or delete entries, and access them via a home screen widget or web browser. Integrates with Siri for hands-free interaction.

Highlights
  • Single-page note-taking
  • Edit and erase notes
  • Home Screen widget
  • Siri integration
  • Web browser access
  • Share sheet integration
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A little app for little things to remember. Pastecard is a small, single page for notes. You can add to, edit, or completely erase it however you like. It’s like the digital version of writing on the back of your hand. - Tap to edit - Swipe up for the menu - Bookmark a URL or add selected text from the share sheet - View your card in a Home Screen widget - Ask Siri “What’s on my Pastecard?” or “Add something to my Pastecard” The Pastecard iPhone app can either save your card text only to your phone or sync it online. With a (free!) Pastecard account, you can access your card from any web browser at pastecard.net

About

PSWD

Generate strong, random passwords with customizable options. This app offers phonetic password generation, interval separators, and real-time strength analysis. It prioritizes user privacy by operating entirely locally on your device.

Highlights
  • Generates passwords up to 128 characters
  • Customizable character combinations
  • Phonetic password generation
  • Password presets and iCloud sync
  • Real-time entropy and strength calculation
  • Share or copy passwords with one tap
  • Shortcuts app integration
Features
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PSWD is a comprehensive strong password generator for Mac, iPhone and iPad. Features of PSWD: • Four generation modes: random characters, pronounceable passwords that follow a consonant–vowel pattern, passphrases built from dictionary words, and dice for games • Word passphrases in nine languages — English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese and a hand-crafted Turkish list — mix several at once, or import your own word list synced through iCloud • Remove diacritics from a passphrase for sites that only accept plain ASCII letters • Passwords up to 128 characters, one or many at a time • Minimum or exact counts per character class — uppercase, lowercase, digits, symbols, and your own custom set • Exclude specific characters, or skip ambiguous look-alikes like 0 O o 1 l I • Group characters with a separator at regular intervals for readability • Entropy and strength calculated live as you configure • Save presets and load them anywhere — they sync between your devices through iCloud • Generate passwords from the Shortcuts app without opening PSWD • On the Mac: a menu bar panel, a system-wide global shortcut that generates and copies in one press, open at login, and an optional hidden Dock icon • On iPhone and iPad: a layout made for each device, with a choice of accent colors • Full VoiceOver support PSWD works completely locally on your device. It does not collect, store or transmit anything — not the settings you enter, not the passwords it generates. It is a sandboxed app that takes your privacy seriously.

Screenshots

Pastecard3 screens
PSWD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PSWD at Free against Pastecard's $0.29. PSWD also leads on ratings volume (154 vs 2). Pastecard's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

PSWD is free to download; Pastecard costs $0.29 up front. PSWD sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Pastecard asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pastecard against 4.9 for PSWD. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PSWD has 154 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Pastecard's written reviews are positive against 97% of PSWD's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pastecard versus PSWD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPastecardPSWD
Price$0.29Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (154 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better97.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2154 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian SutoriusKerem Erkan

Customer experience

Pastecard

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PSWD

All ratings153 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral2.0%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews197 reviews
Positive97.0%
Neutral0.5%
Negative2.5%

Bugs and requests

Pastecard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

PSWD

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Auto-launch option when logging in
  • Auto font matching when copy and pasting
  • Diceware password generation method
  • Display generated passwords when multiple are created
  • Reset button for password settings

In-app purchases

None

Pastecard

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

PSWD

One-time4
  • Small cup of tea$0.99
  • Large cup of tea$1.99
  • Teapot!$3.99
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  • Samovar!!$4.99

Questions

Is Pastecard free?
Pastecard costs $0.29, with no in-app purchases.
Is PSWD free?
PSWD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pastecard or PSWD?
Pastecard is rated higher. Pastecard averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while PSWD averages 4.9 from 154 ratings.
Do Pastecard or PSWD have ads?
Neither Pastecard nor PSWD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pastecard or PSWD?
Pastecard ships an update monthly, and PSWD monthly. Most recently, Pastecard was updated on October 19, 2026 and PSWD on October 24, 2026.

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