Comparison

Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard vs Bridges

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

Head to head
About

Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard

This app enhances your copy and paste functionality by allowing you to save, manage, and sync various types of content, including text, links, and images. It offers a quick capture feature, a clipboard manager, and advanced paste options for efficient data handling. Organize your saved items into lists and access them across devices with optional iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Quickly save copied items
  • Clipboard manager for easy reuse
  • Paste keyboard for instant data insertion
  • Advanced paste options (formatting removal, case change)
  • Organize content into lists
  • Optional iCloud sync across devices
  • Customizable shortcuts
Features
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Power up your copy and paste experience with Copy 'Em! Save, manage, and sync web links, text, images, PDFs, photos, videos, color codes, and more—all effortlessly in one easy-to-use app. Key Features: • Quick Capture: Found something interesting online or elsewhere? Save it instantly before it's gone. • Clipboard Manager: Save your copied items for easy reuse. No more endless searching for what you copied earlier. • Paste Keyboard: Instantly paste data without retyping. Need to paste that email address you use all the time? It's just a tap away. • Advanced Paste Options: Automatically remove formatting, change case, strip whitespaces, and more. • Multi-functional: Scan documents, take quick notes, draw pictures, mark up PDFs, and more—all in one app. • Efficient Organization: Create lists and rearrange items with ease. Find what you need quickly and effortlessly. • Privacy: Your data stays on your device and doesn't go anywhere without your permission. • Optional Sync: Easily access your data across devices with iCloud. Your data remains private. (Also syncs with Copy 'Em for Mac.) • Powerful Shortcuts: Save time with customizable shortcuts. Make Copy 'Em work the way you work, with shortcuts that fit your style. Copy 'Em makes it much easier to save, copy and paste, organize, use, and sync your data. Experience efficiency like never before! Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://apprywhere.com/ce-privacy-policy.html

About

Bridges

Easily collect and format links for your projects. Save links with custom titles and export them in various formats like Markdown or HTML. Organize them into folders for quick access and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Custom link formatting
  • Multiple export formats (Markdown, HTML, JSON, URL)
  • Folder organization
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Rich link previews
  • Share sheet integration
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Bridges is the best way to collect custom formatted links. Saving a link for your podcast, newsletter, or blog post has never been easier. If you’ve ever had the task to collect links for a project you’ll love Bridges. Bridges eliminates any tedious URL editing for making a raw URL more human readable. When saving a link to Bridges you give it a title and it can be used when you copy the link later on. Need a link with a custom title in markdown? One tap away. Need a URL as a hyperlink? One tap away. Even better if you set all the links into a folder you can copy all of these links in the format you need in a few taps. The supported formats include: Hyperlink, Markdown, JSON, HTML, URL. Organize the links into different folders and keep each folder in a section. All your data is stored locally and synced with iCloud so all your devices are up to date. If you download the separate macOS app for Bridges all your links and data will be there. Use the share sheet to save links to Bridges quickly and easily. When saving a link it will show a rich preview of the links info: Link Title, Hero Image, Favicon, and URL. From the share sheet it’s easy to save to any folder you’ve made in the app. The custom title for the link is automatically filled in with the URL’s link title. With Bridges saving links is easy and fun. Bridges is built by one person and aims to give you more time back by reducing tedious tasks. For more information about the app visit https://www.bridgesapp.app/. To see our privacy policy: https://www.bridgesapp.app/privacy-policy. Terms of service: https://www.bridgesapp.app/terms-of-service.

Screenshots

Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard4 screens
Bridges4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard at 4.7 against Bridges's 4.4. Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard also leads on ratings volume (143 vs 17) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Bridges's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year and Bridges sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard has 143 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 75% of Bridges's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard ships an update every 3 months, Bridges every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard versus Bridges: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCopy 'Em + Paste KeyboardBridges
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (143 ratings) — better4.4 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews77.5% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings143 — better17
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHoi ChangJonathan Ruiz

Customer experience

Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard

All ratings136 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive77.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative10.0%

Bridges

All ratings17 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$19.991 Year
3 purchases

Bridges

One-time3
  • Nice Tip$0.99
  • Very Nice Tip$2.99
  • Generous Tip$4.99

Questions

Is Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard free?
Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bridges free?
Bridges is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard or Bridges?
Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard is rated higher. Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard averages 4.7 out of 5 from 143 ratings, while Bridges averages 4.4 from 17 ratings.
Do Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard or Bridges have ads?
Neither Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard nor Bridges shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard or Bridges?
Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard ships an update every 3 months, and Bridges every 3 weeks. Most recently, Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard was updated on September 23, 2026 and Bridges on August 5, 2026.

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