Plain Copy for Safari vs Direct
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plain Copy for Safari
This Safari extension copies text from your browser without any formatting. It automatically removes styling like font, size, color, and links, ensuring clean pastes into other applications. Easily manage formatting preferences on a per-site basis.
- Copy text without formatting
- Automatically reset styling (size, color, font, weight)
- Preserve new lines
- Paste cleanly into other apps
- Site-specific activation/deactivation
- Simple and fast activation
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• Plain Copy is a simple Safari extension that can copy any text from your browser to the clipboard without formatting. It will automatically reset the size, color, font, weight, and links • • Available on all your devices, on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac computer • When you paste something from the web into a word processing app or an email, the content looks out of place because of the inherited formatting. Plain Copy solves this problem, and you do not have to use special commands - just activate the extension and everything is done for you automatically. Simple and fast. FEATURES • Copy text without formatting from your browser to the clipboard. Automatically reset the color, size, weight, or font face while keeping the new lines • Paste content to any other iOS app (like Word, Email, or Keynote) without breaking the existing format • You can optionally deactivate this feature for any site while keeping it active for other sites • Select and copy content the way you are used to, just activate the app, and you are good to go SUPPORT We read your support emails every day, day by day. Write with confidence any question, feedback, or complaint, and you will receive an answer in a very short period of time.
Direct
This Safari extension for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS helps speed up browsing by removing Google's click tracking redirects. It enhances your online experience by streamlining navigation and reducing delays caused by Google's data collection practices.
- Removes Google click tracking
- Speeds up browsing
- Streamlines online experience
- Safari extension for iOS, iPadOS, macOS
- Requires permission to read/alter webpages
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Frustrated with Google's secretive click tracking slowing down your online experience? Bid farewell to delays and revel in a faster, more streamlined browsing adventure with Remove Google Redirection. Remove Google Redirection is a Safari extension designed for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. To enable its features, it's essential to grant permission in Safari settings, allowing the extension to read and alter webpages for all websites. * Why we should remove google’s redirection: Google's Click Tracking secretly monitors which URLs users click to enhance search technology, customize content, and improve advertising. This data refines search results and pagerank, identifying popular webpages and frequently clicked links. Despite its utility, privacy advocates are concerned. Users remain unaware of the redirection, as Google reformats the destination URL through its servers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Direct at 5.0 against Plain Copy for Safari's 2.0. Plain Copy for Safari's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Plain Copy for Safari costs $1.99 and Direct $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Direct holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
Plain Copy for Safari ships an update monthly, Direct every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plain Copy for Safari | Direct |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Denk Alexandru | 磊 汪 |
Customer experience
Plain Copy for Safari
Direct
In-app purchases
Plain Copy for Safari
No in-app purchases
Direct
No in-app purchases
Questions
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