Comparison

Pasteboard Viewer vs SimpleSSM

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

Head to head
About

Pasteboard Viewer

This developer utility allows you to inspect system pasteboards, ensuring your app correctly places data. It provides live previews of text, RTF, images, and other content with Quick Look support. The app also hides outdated pasteboard types for a cleaner experience.

Highlights
  • Inspect system pasteboards
  • Live content refresh
  • Preview text, RTF, and images
  • Quick Look preview support
  • Hides obsolete pasteboard types
Features
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Inspect the system pasteboard while developing your app. This is a developer utility that lets you inspect the system pasteboard. This can be useful to ensure your app is putting the correct data on UIPasteboard. The app refreshes the pasteboard contents live and can preview text, RTF, images, and anything that has a Quick Look preview. Note that this is not a clipboard manager. If you're not an iOS developer, you probably don't want this app. It hides obsolete system pasteboard types that have modern equivalents. This includes `CorePasteboardFlavorType`, `NSStringPboardType`, `NSFilenamesPboardType`, etc. Known issue: When the app runs on visionOS in compatibility mode, the system may show a lot of “pasted” notifications. This is a system bug.

About

SimpleSSM

Features
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The native terminal for AWS Session Manager, built for engineers who manage EC2 fleets. Connect to any SSM-managed instance in one tap, across every AWS account and region. No SSH keys, no bastion hosts, no VPN, and no open inbound ports. Everything rides AWS Systems Manager, so your audit trail stays intact. Now optimized for iPhone Duo: unfold for a sidebar and full-size terminal, fold for the compact view, and stay connected either way. Open multiple terminals on any iPhone. Free to use with one profile and one connection. Want to look around first? Enter "demo" for both credential fields to explore with sample instances, no AWS account needed. A REAL TERMINAL Open a secure shell on any SSM-managed instance, right from your iPhone or iPad. Full terminal emulation with a keyboard toolbar built for shell work. Keep multiple terminals connected at the same time and switch between them from the menu. YOUR WHOLE FLEET AT A GLANCE - Browse instances across AWS accounts and regions with profiles - Filter by running, favorites, or recently connected - Instance details: state, health checks, IPs, tags, security groups - Start, stop, and reboot instances with confirmation guards - CloudWatch metrics — CPU, network, disk and more — in a swipeable carousel you can customize RUN COMMANDS WITHOUT CONNECTING Send shell commands to instances via SSM Run Command and read the output in the app. Save your go-to one-liners as snippets so fixing things twice never means typing them twice. BUILT FOR SECURITY - All traffic rides AWS Systems Manager sessions — your instances need no public IPs and no open ports - Supports IAM access keys and AWS IAM Identity Center (SSO) - Credentials are stored in the device Keychain, never on our servers - Lock the app behind Face ID / Touch ID - Sessions are logged in AWS like any other SSM session, so your audit trail stays intact FREE AND PRO The free version is fully functional with one profile, one connection at a time, and one snippet. SimpleSSM Pro Mobile removes every limit on iPhone and iPad. Or step up to SimpleSSM Pro — one upgrade that unlocks everything on iPhone, iPad, AND the SimpleSSM Mac app, including Mac-only features like SSM port-forwarding tunnels and terminal themes. REQUIREMENTS You'll need an AWS account with instances managed by AWS Systems Manager (the SSM agent is preinstalled on most Amazon-provided AMIs) and IAM permissions for Session Manager. SimpleSSM is an independent application and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pasteboard Viewer4 screens
SimpleSSM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pasteboard Viewer at none against SimpleSSM's 4. SimpleSSM's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. SimpleSSM sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Pasteboard Viewer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pasteboard Viewer ships an update every 5 months, SimpleSSM monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pasteboard Viewer versus SimpleSSM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPasteboard ViewerSimpleSSM
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSindre SorhusColemaco LLC

In-app purchases

None

Pasteboard Viewer

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

SimpleSSM

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Mobile Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Mobile Yearly$24.991 Year
  • Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$149.99

Questions

Is Pasteboard Viewer free?
Pasteboard Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SimpleSSM free?
SimpleSSM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pasteboard Viewer or SimpleSSM have ads?
Neither Pasteboard Viewer nor SimpleSSM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pasteboard Viewer or SimpleSSM?
Pasteboard Viewer ships an update every 5 months, and SimpleSSM monthly. Most recently, Pasteboard Viewer was updated on October 29, 2026 and SimpleSSM on October 28, 2026.

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