Copy Better vs CopyLion
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.
CopyLion
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CopyLion helps you organize AI responses without adding another AI assistant. Collect text from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other app, rearrange fragments with drag & drop, and copy everything as one polished response. Everything stays on your iPhone. No cloud. No account. No tracking. CopyLion does not generate or rewrite text and never sends your text to an AI service. Use CopyLion to: * Collect multiple copied texts * Drag & drop to reorder * Copy everything at once * Organize with Collections * Works with every AI assistant * 100% local storage * No account required * No subscriptions CopyLion Pro unlocks unlimited Fragments and Collections with a simple lifetime purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Copy Better at none against CopyLion's 1. Copy Better also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.1 vs 17.0). CopyLion's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. CopyLion sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Copy Better asks for nothing beyond the download.
Copy Better ships an update every 6 months, CopyLion weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 3, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Copy Better | CopyLion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (39 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | William Wu | Markus Untch |
In-app purchases
Copy Better
No in-app purchases
CopyLion
- CopyLion Pro Lifetime$3.99
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