Elemental vs Paste Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elemental
This free utility allows users to easily draw chemical structures and reactions on their mobile devices. It offers features like property calculation, file sharing via email and Dropbox, and a built-in periodic table. Users can also export structures as image files or MOL/RXN formats.
- Draw chemical structures and reactions
- Calculate cheminformatics properties
- Tweet chemical structures
- Dropbox integration
- Open MOL/RXN files
- Email structures as files/images
- Built-in Periodic Table
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Elemental from Dotmatics the FREE Chemistry Sketch Utility Elemental is now a Universal App that support iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Elemental is the Dotmatics chemistry sketch utility provided at no charge within many Dotmatics products. We are happy to provide this as a FREE app on the iTunes store. - Tap to draw chemical structures - Calculate cheminformatics properties - Tweet a Molecule! - Dropbox upload support & file association back from the Dropbox App - Open MOL/RXN files from E-mails (tap and hold an attachment) - Copy images to camera roll/clipboard - Double tap to undo - Sketch chemical reactions - Built-in Periodic Table - Email your structure as a MOL/RXN file and PNG image - Emails also contain MW, MolFormula and predicted LogP Draw molecules with ease! Suggestions are really welcome at this time. We intend to add a heap of features over the coming months and to keep this app FREE.
Paste Manager
Organize frequently used text and assign it to your device's clipboard for quick pasting across apps. Easily import current clipboard content into categories. Your data remains private and offline.
- Organize and categorize text
- Quickly paste content
- Auto import clipboard
- Offline data storage
- Works across apps
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Wouldn't it be great if you could organize your content and assign it to your device's "copy and paste" with a tap? Paste Manager allows you to store and categorize text that you use frequently to paste easily on other apps. -- Easy to use Just add your content to a category and whenever you tap it, it will be assigned to your clipboard, ready to be pasted! -- Auto Import Import your current clipboard to any category with a single tap! -- Data Privacy Paste Manager works offline without syncing your data to any server or third party service over the internet. Your data is yours to keep! Paste Manager is now available on all iOS devices! ---- Terms of Use: https://clipboardmanager-40ef8.web.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://clipboardmanager-40ef8.web.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Paste Manager at 4.3 against Elemental's 2.2. Paste Manager also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Elemental's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (73% vs 50%). 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. Paste Manager sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Elemental asks for nothing beyond the download.
Paste Manager holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 24 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Elemental's written reviews are positive against 50% of Paste Manager's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Elemental ships an update every 3 weeks, Paste Manager weekly. The most recent releases landed on July 6, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elemental | Paste Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (18 ratings) | 4.3 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dotmatics Limited | Arthur Eduardo Skaetta Alvarez Desenvolvimento de Software LTDA. |
Customer experience
Elemental
Paste Manager
In-app purchases
Elemental
No in-app purchases
Paste Manager
- Paste Manager Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month
- Paste Manager Premium$2.99
