PDFCamera vs Clipy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDFCamera
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PDFCamera is a simple scanner app for taking pictures with camera and exporting to PDF. The export procedure is very easy. 1. Shoot the document with the camera (Automatically recognize the shape of the document). 2. Adjust the area to be cropped from the taken picture. 3. If necessary rotate also. 4. Repeat 1 to 3 for the number of pages, finally specify the image quality and export it as PDF. - Exported PDF can be confirmed from the standard File.app. - It is also possible to open it with another apps after exporting. - There is no limit on the number of pages. - Marks such as watermark are not inserted in the exported PDF.
Clipy
This app provides a searchable history of your copied text on Mac and iPhone. It allows for direct, encrypted sharing of clips between trusted Apple devices on your local network without requiring an account or cloud storage.
- Searchable clipboard history
- Nearby sharing between Apple devices
- Local storage, no cloud
- Encrypted sessions
- Menu bar access on Mac
- Privacy-focused design
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Your clipboard should remember more than one thing. Clipy gives your iPhone and Mac a searchable history of recent copied text, plus a simple way to send clips directly to trusted Apple devices nearby. No account. No cloud. Just the text you need, ready to use again. CLIPBOARD HISTORY Keep up to 100 recent text clips, newest first. See where a clip came from, then copy it back whenever you need it. NEARBY SHARING Connect trusted Apple devices on your local network and send your latest clip directly between them. Sessions are verified and encrypted, with no cloud account required. FAST SEARCH Search your history by copied text or source device so old addresses, links, notes, code snippets, and messages are easy to find. BUILT FOR MAC Clipy can automatically capture copied text on Mac and keeps recent clips close at hand from the menu bar, so you can search, copy, and send without breaking your flow. BUILT FOR iPHONE Keep Clipy open while you copy to build your clipboard history. iPhone does not allow apps to continuously read the clipboard in the background, so Clipy works within Apple’s privacy model instead of trying to work around it. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Clipy is designed around local storage and direct nearby sharing rather than a cloud clipboard account. Copy something useful. Find it later. Send it where you need it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Clipy at none against PDFCamera's shown. Clipy also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months). PDFCamera's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PDFCamera ships an update every 7 months, Clipy every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PDFCamera | Clipy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | sorakaze Inc. | Matthew Swartz |
In-app purchases
PDFCamera
No in-app purchases
Clipy
No in-app purchases









