Copy Better vs MDCollections
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
MDCollections
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MDCollections is a fully customizable inventory and collection manager. Whether you're cataloging books, tools, trading cards, wine, or electronics, MDCollections adapts to how you think about your stuff. Works out of the box: No setup and no accounts. Create a collection and start adding items. The app organizes folders and templates for you, and you can browse everything in the Files app. Know where it is: Organize items by location, down to the specific shelf or container. Generate and print QR code labels so you can scan a box and instantly see what's inside. Know what you have: Create unlimited collections with fully customizable properties: text, numbers, dates, tags, currency, images, and documents. Track exactly what matters for each collection. Add items fast: Scan a barcode to auto-fill product details from online databases. Simplify the capture interface to add items in seconds. Find it instantly: Search, sort, and filter across all your collections. View item details with images, notes, and every property at a glance. Pinch to zoom into any image. Own your data: Everything is stored as plain Markdown files with YAML frontmatter, right on your device. No cloud lock-in and no account required. Compatible with any app that reads Markdown. Point collections at your own folders to use them with an Obsidian vault, including Dataview and Templater. View it your way: Group items into stacks by any property. Choose custom thumbnails. Sort, filter, and search across everything you own. No subscriptions. No ads. No tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Copy Better at Free against MDCollections's $3.99. Copy Better also leads on iOS requirement (14.1 vs 26.0). MDCollections's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 6 months). On ads, 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
Copy Better is free to download; MDCollections costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Copy Better ships an update every 6 months, MDCollections every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Copy Better | MDCollections |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (39 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | William Wu | Live Rays LLC |
In-app purchases
Copy Better
No in-app purchases
MDCollections
No in-app purchases
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