Clip Keyboard vs OpenNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clip Keyboard
Save frequently used text messages and phrases to your keyboard for quick access. Avoid repetitive typing by creating custom buttons that send your saved content with a single tap. This app eliminates the need for abbreviations and streamlines communication.
- Save frequent texts as keyboard buttons
- One-tap sending of saved phrases
- No abbreviations required
- Streamlined communication
- Customizable text snippets
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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 This is a keyboard for putting saved text in. It does not replace the keyboard you type on. Switch to it when you need to drop something in, then switch back. 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), 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
OpenNotes
Create handwritten notes, import and annotate PDFs, and organize your thoughts with folders. This free, open-source app prioritizes privacy by keeping all your data local and on your device.
- Handwritten notes with Apple Pencil
- PDF import and annotation
- Folder-based organization
- Add images and text
- Local-first data storage
- Export and share notes
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenNotes at none against Clip Keyboard's 1. OpenNotes also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Clip Keyboard's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (86% vs 60%). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Clip Keyboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OpenNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Clip Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Clip Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 60% of OpenNotes's.
Clip Keyboard ships an update every 2 days, OpenNotes every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clip Keyboard | OpenNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (11 ratings) — better | 4.4 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | hyunho lee | Mark Miller |
Customer experience
Clip Keyboard
OpenNotes
In-app purchases
Clip Keyboard
- 클립키보드 Pro$9.99
OpenNotes
No in-app purchases









