Plain Copy for Safari vs Quad Notes
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.
Quad Notes
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Displays four notes in a grid.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Quad Notes at Free against Plain Copy for Safari's $1.99. Quad Notes also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Plain Copy for Safari's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Quad Notes is free to download; Plain Copy for Safari costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Plain Copy for Safari ships an update monthly, Quad Notes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plain Copy for Safari | Quad Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.8.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Denk Alexandru | Hideaki Uchikoshi |
In-app purchases
Plain Copy for Safari
No in-app purchases
Quad Notes
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Plain Copy for Safari free?
Is Quad Notes free?
Do Plain Copy for Safari or Quad Notes have ads?
Which is updated more often, Plain Copy for Safari or Quad Notes?
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