Comparison

Clip Keyboard vs OpenNotes

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

Head to head
About

Clip Keyboard

Save and quickly paste frequently used text like addresses or account numbers. It offers templates, secure snippets, and smart clipboard organization. The app also features text recognition from photos and iCloud backup.

Highlights
  • Save and paste text snippets
  • Create templates with fillable blanks
  • Organize clipboard history
  • Secure sensitive snippets with Face ID
  • Recognize text from photos
  • iCloud backup for snippets
Features
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Stop typing the same thing over and over. Save it once, then it is one tap. Keep the account numbers, addresses, introductions and email openers you reuse as snippets. In Messages, Mail, Safari, anywhere you can type, switch to ClipKeyboard, tap once, and the text lands in the field. What it does Snippets: what you saved goes in exactly as it is. One tap. Templates: leave the parts that change as blanks, then fill them from values you already saved. Stacks: keep several values in one place and send them in order, or switch between them with the arrow. Secure snippets: lock passport and card numbers behind Face ID and open them only when you need them. Smart clipboard: what you copy is sorted for you. It recognizes emails, phone numbers, addresses, card numbers and IBANs, so you find them again in a second. Text recognition: photograph a card or a document, swipe over the part you want, and only that text becomes a value. iCloud backup: it survives a new phone, image snippets included. Please know this first It is now a full keyboard too, with iPhone-style keys in 23 languages and your snippets on the same keyboard. Prefer the keyboard you already use? Keep it: after a snippet goes in, ClipKeyboard switches back to it, and you can turn that off. For Japanese and Chinese, conversion to kanji is not available yet. Privacy What you write stays on your device. If you turn on iCloud backup, it is stored encrypted in your own iCloud. We do not collect the contents of your snippets and we use no third-party analytics. Free and Pro Every feature is free until you have inserted snippets 100 times. After that, everything you made keeps working; the free limits apply only to new items. Pro removes every limit, as a one-time purchase or a yearly subscription. Works on iPhone and iPad. Available in English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Russian, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Dutch, Polish, Czech, Greek, Turkish, Indonesian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Thai and Vietnamese. Contact: leeo@kakao.com User guide: https://m1zz.github.io/ClipKeyboard/tutorial.html?lang=en Terms of Use: https://m1zz.github.io/ClipKeyboard/terms.html?lang=en EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

OpenNotes

A free, open-source note-taking app designed for handwriting and PDF annotation. Organize notes into folders, import documents, and export your work. It prioritizes privacy with local-first storage and optional iCloud backups.

Highlights
  • Handwriting with Apple Pencil
  • PDF import and annotation
  • Add images and text
  • Folder organization
  • Local-first privacy
  • Optional iCloud backup
  • Export notes
Features
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OpenNotes is a simple, free, open-source notes app built for handwriting, PDFs, and focused organization. Create notebooks, import PDFs, write with Apple Pencil, add images or text, organize notes into folders, and export your work when you need it. OpenNotes is local-first and privacy focused. There are no accounts, no analytics, and no tracking. Your notes live on your device, with optional backup to your own iCloud so they survive a lost iPad or a deleted app. Nothing is ever sent to us — your notes stay in your Apple account, readable by no one else.

Screenshots

Clip Keyboard4 screens
OpenNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenNotes at none against Clip Keyboard's 10. OpenNotes also leads on ratings volume (39 vs 13) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Clip Keyboard's advantage is review sentiment (81% vs 67%). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Clip Keyboard sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. OpenNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clip Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 39 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Clip Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 67% of OpenNotes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clip Keyboard ships an update every 3 days, OpenNotes every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Clip Keyboard versus OpenNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClip KeyboardOpenNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (13 ratings) — better4.4 (39 ratings)
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1339 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerhyunho leeMark Miller

Customer experience

Clip Keyboard

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral14.3%
Negative4.8%

OpenNotes

All ratings38 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Clip Keyboard

Subscriptions4
  • Plus Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly1 Year trial$4.991 Year
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  • Forever Pass Yearly$34.991 Year
One-time6
  • Plus Gift$5.99
  • gift$9.99
  • 클립키보드 Pro$9.99
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  • ClipKeyboard Pro Lifetime$18.99
  • Forever Pass for Pro Owners$79.99
  • Forever Pass$99.99
None

OpenNotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clip Keyboard free?
Clip Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OpenNotes free?
OpenNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Clip Keyboard or OpenNotes?
Clip Keyboard is rated higher. Clip Keyboard averages 4.5 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while OpenNotes averages 4.4 from 39 ratings.
Do Clip Keyboard or OpenNotes have ads?
Neither Clip Keyboard nor OpenNotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clip Keyboard or OpenNotes?
Clip Keyboard ships an update every 3 days, and OpenNotes every 5 days. Most recently, Clip Keyboard was updated on November 12, 2026 and OpenNotes on November 10, 2026.

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