Comparison

Copy Better vs XClip

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

Head to head
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.

About

XClip

Manage clipboard history and pre-written text snippets directly from your keyboard. Includes an integrated calculator for quick calculations within text fields. Optimized for a small size and offline use.

Highlights
  • Clipboard history management
  • Snippet text management
  • Integrated calculator
  • Offline operation
  • Small app size (<1MB)
  • Picture-in-picture clipboard monitoring
  • Dark mode support
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XClip is a clipboard history and snippet text management tool. Through XClip, you can quickly input predetermined text and clipboard history content on the keyboard, and you can also use a calculator in the input textfield to calculate. For an excellent user experience, XClip App has made the following optimizations: 1. Developed natively with SwiftUI, it does not contain third-party components and libraries, so it is very small, less than 1M. 2. The whole process runs offline, and there will be no pop-up window requesting to connect to the Internet on the mobile phone. 3. Does not read any data of the user except the clipboard, and does not require any permissions. 4. Use picture-in-picture to monitor the clipboard in the background, and record the history of the clipboard without returning to the app in frequently copied scenes. 5. Fully adapt to the night mode, and the black and white theme will automatically switch with the system. The developer will continue to optimize this app, please feel free to use an app that does not require networking. Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Copy Better4 screens
XClip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: XClip at 4.9 against Copy Better's 4.3. XClip also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). Copy Better's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment 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

Both are free to download. XClip sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Copy Better asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

XClip holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Copy Better's written reviews are positive against 83% of XClip's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Copy Better ships an update every 6 months, XClip every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Copy Better versus XClip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCopy BetterXClip
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (38 ratings)4.9 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings38 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB3 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperWilliam Wu祥 王

Customer experience

Copy Better

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

XClip

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Copy Better

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

XClip

Subscriptions1
  • XClip Premium$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • XClip Premium$5.99

Questions

Is Copy Better free?
Copy Better is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is XClip free?
XClip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Copy Better or XClip?
XClip is rated higher. Copy Better averages 4.3 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while XClip averages 4.9 from 12 ratings.
Do Copy Better or XClip have ads?
Neither Copy Better nor XClip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Copy Better or XClip?
Copy Better ships an update every 6 months, and XClip every 2 weeks. Most recently, Copy Better was updated on October 21, 2026 and XClip on October 24, 2026.

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