Comparison

Clipboard vs Phone Widget

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

Head to head
About

Clipboard

This app synchronizes clipboard and checklist records across Apple devices using iCloud. It supports various data types like text, images, and files, helping users save time and avoid repetitive inputs. Enjoy seamless cross-platform efficiency.

Highlights
  • Cross-platform iCloud sync (iOS/macOS)
  • Store text, images, files
  • Shortcut key operations
  • Customizable layout
  • Search clipboard history
  • Rich text/image preview
Features
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Clipboard is a cross-platform clipboard efficiency tool that supports synchronizing all clipboard and checklist records across iCloud on iPhone, iPad and Mac devices. You can use it to store a variety of data, including text, images, files, and more. Help users improve efficiency, save time, and say goodbye to "duplicate" inputs. Features: - Support macOS and iOS devices to seamlessly sync clipboard data. - Support shortcut key selection operation application, no mouse operation is required during use. - Support custom arrangement page combinations, choose the layout style that suits you. - Support search history clipboard data, quickly locate search content. - Support long press or shortcut key to preview rich text or picture details. Welcome everyone, give us feedback and suggestions during use! 【Auto-renewal Professional Edition Package Instructions】 -- Subscription period: 1 year (continuous monthly subscription) -- Payment: After the user confirms the purchase and pays, it will be credited to the iTunes account. -- Cancel renewal: To cancel the renewal, please manually turn off the automatic renewal function in the iTunes/Apple ID settings management 24 hours before the current subscription period expires. -- Renewal: Apple iTunes account will be deducted within 24 hours before expiration, and the subscription cycle will be extended by one subscription cycle after the deduction is successful. -- Privacy Policy: https://github.com/BestVault/Declares/blob/master/Privacy.md -- Automatic renewal membership service agreement: https://github.com/BestVault/Declares/blob/master/TermService.md

About

Phone Widget

Quickly call and message contacts directly from your home screen with a single tap. Customize your widgets with various themes and sizes to suit your needs. Access your most frequent contacts without searching through your phone's address book.

Highlights
  • One-Tap™ calling and messaging
  • Home screen contact access
  • Multiple widget sizes
  • Customizable themes
  • Support for iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram
Features
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With Phone Widget, calling your loved ones has never been easier and faster! Call and message your friends in only one tap! Thanks to our new One-Tap™ technology, tapping our widget is enough to start a call (Requires the Shortcuts app) or open a conversation in iMessage, WhatsApp, or Telegram. Forget about looking for contacts in the phone or contacts apps, as Phone Widget allows you to have your contacts directly on the home screen. The app comes with three different sizes of widgets that can hold up to 10 contacts each, which means that having quick access to your contacts has never been this easy. On iPad, widgets are available in 4 sizes and hold up to 20 contacts each. With themes, customizing your widgets is as easy as it gets. Change the color and appearance of a widget with just one tap!

Screenshots

Clipboard4 screens
Phone Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Phone Widget at 100% against Clipboard's 86%. On price, update cadence, 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. Clipboard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and Phone Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clipboard ships an update every 3 weeks, Phone Widget monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Clipboard versus Phone Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClipboardPhone Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.9K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer秀平 罗Erick Daniel Padilla

Customer experience

Clipboard

All ratings1,843 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral4.7%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews530 reviews
Positive86.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative9.2%

Phone Widget

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Clipboard

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Keyboard not appearing in certain apps
  • Clipboard items not saving consistently
  • Unexpected crashes or freezes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to share clipboard items between users
  • Customizable keyboard layout and appearance
  • Improved search and filtering options
  • Support for images and other file types in clipboard

Phone Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Clipboard

Subscriptions2
  • Annual Premium for Mac$4.991 Year
  • Annual Premium for iOS$4.991 Year
1 purchases

Phone Widget

One-time1
  • Phone Widget Unlimited$0.99

Questions

Is Clipboard free?
Clipboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Phone Widget free?
Phone Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Clipboard or Phone Widget have ads?
Neither Clipboard nor Phone Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clipboard or Phone Widget?
Clipboard ships an update every 3 weeks, and Phone Widget monthly. Most recently, Clipboard was updated on October 25, 2026 and Phone Widget on October 6, 2026.

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