Comparison

Copy Paste Keyboard vs Sift

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

Head to head
About

Copy Paste Keyboard

This app provides a custom keyboard for quickly copying and pasting frequently used text snippets. Store notes, addresses, greetings, or any text to easily insert them into any application with a single tap. It's designed to save time and effort for various writing tasks.

Highlights
  • Create and store notes
  • Easy copy and paste
  • Store addresses and phone numbers
  • Save greeting messages
  • Paste into any app
  • Quick access via keyboard
Features
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Paste Keyboard is a nice and free copy & paste keyboard which helps users to easy copy and paste their stored notes. Now you can create and store any notes in Paste Keyboard, and then copy & paste them in any app just with an easy tap in the keyboard. No longer need to remember addresses, phone numbers, card ids, greeting messages or any other large portions of text. Just store them in Paste Keyboard, and paste in emails, chats or comments. Copy any interesting sentences, poems, emojis and emoticons you come across with, and paste them in Paste Keyboard. You can use them anytime, anywhere just with Paste Keyboard installed. It's totally up to you how to use this copy & paste keyboard. Some people use paste keyboard to speed up their writing work. Some people use it to paste interesting texts to their friends. Some people even use this as a spamming keyboard to spam their friends just for jun. And people can also certainly use paste keyboard to paste their favorite comments in tiktok or any other popular social apps. The possibilities are limitless! Please share this free app with others if you find this copy & paste keyboard helpful and fun! Enjoy! Upgrade to Paste Keyboard Pro to remove all ads and unlock all contents! Paste Keyboard Pro subscription: - 1 year Paste Keyboard Pro for $19.99, auto-renews after 1 year at $19.99. - Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Your iTunes account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. - You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings in the iTunes store after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of Use: https://tapgems.com/paste/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://tapgems.com/paste/privacy.html

About

Sift

Features
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Sift is a privacy-first SMS filtering app for iPhone, built to make your inbox quieter and easier to control. Sift uses the iOS message filtering extension to classify junk, promotions, and important notifications directly on your device. By default, filtering does not send message contents to a server. Your custom rules, local statistics, and on-device personalization stay on the device. Key features - On-device SMS classification for spam, promotions, verification codes, delivery updates, banking notices, travel alerts, and more - Custom sender or message-body rules - Category mapping that redirects selected categories to Promotions or Junk - Private statistics that count categories without storing message text - Optional sample contribution with an on-device redaction preview, export, and deletion controls - Sift Premium: a one-time purchase that unlocks an on-demand multilingual Transformer model Sift is not a fraud-prevention guarantee. SMS classification is probabilistic and can make mistakes. For payments, accounts, verification codes, or other important messages, always verify the original message and official channels.

Screenshots

Copy Paste Keyboard4 screens
Sift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sift at none against Copy Paste Keyboard's shown. Sift also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Copy Paste Keyboard's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price 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 Paste Keyboard sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Sift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Copy Paste Keyboard ships an update every 2 months, Sift every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Copy Paste Keyboard versus Sift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCopy Paste KeyboardSift
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (293 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings293 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer佳成 姚源鹏 廖

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Copy Paste Keyboard

Subscriptions8
  • Paste Keyboard Pro$0.997 Days
  • Paste Keyboard Pro$1.991 Month
  • Paste Keyboard Premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
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  • Paste Keyboard Premium$4.997 Days
  • Paste Keyboard Pro3 Days trial$6.991 Year
  • Paste Keyboard Premium$14.991 Month
  • Paste Keyboard Pro3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Paste Keyboard Premium3 Days trial2 variants$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Paste Keyboard Premium$69.99
1 purchases

Sift

One-time1
  • Sift Premium$0.99

Questions

Is Copy Paste Keyboard free?
Copy Paste Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sift free?
Sift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Copy Paste Keyboard or Sift have ads?
Copy Paste Keyboard shows ads; Sift does not.
Which is updated more often, Copy Paste Keyboard or Sift?
Copy Paste Keyboard ships an update every 2 months, and Sift every 9 days. Most recently, Copy Paste Keyboard was updated on October 12, 2026 and Sift on October 14, 2026.

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