Comparison

Pocket Reader vs Clipboard Manager

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Reader

Save web content for later reading without needing an account. Sync saved articles across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac using iCloud.

Highlights
  • Save web content
  • No account registration
  • iCloud cloud sync
  • Multi-device support
  • Save any URL
Features
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Pocket Reader - This is a reading app that does not require account registration or login, offering an extremely simple and easy-to-use interface. Core Features: Save web content you plan to read later or valuable content you have already read and want to keep. Design Philosophy: Pocket Reader is designed with the best user experience in mind. We understand the burden that new account registrations impose on users, so unlike apps like Instapaper, Feedly, or Readwise, Pocket Reader does not require users to register a separate account. Users can continue using their Apple ID, leveraging the powerful capabilities of iCloud for cloud synchronization. This is what we believe to be the natural usage pattern for such an app. Key Features: - Save any URL: Simply enter the content URL. - iCloud Cloud Sync: Sync your saved articles across multiple devices. - Multi-device Support: Whether you use an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, your data is synchronized across devices. We are continuously developing more features, including support for additional languages, categorization by tags, reading data analytics, and more, aiming to provide an even better product for our users.

About

Clipboard Manager

This app saves everything you copy, making it accessible from a custom keyboard in any application. It allows you to easily paste previous text, links, and images, and syncs your clipboard history across devices. Features include search, pinning, favorites, and a built-in scanner.

Highlights
  • Custom keyboard for instant access
  • Sync clipboard history across devices
  • Searchable clip history
  • Pin frequently used clips
  • Save images and links
  • Built-in QR and barcode scanner
Features
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Everything you copy, kept — and one tap away in any app. Clipboard remembers what you copy so you can paste it back later, from a keyboard that works anywhere on your iPhone. No more copying something twice because you lost the first one. THE KEYBOARD IS THE POINT Switch to the Clipboard keyboard in any app, and your history is right there. Tap a clip to insert it. No app switching, no losing your place in what you were writing. SYNC WITH YOUR MAC Sign in, and what you copy on your Mac appears on your iPhone within seconds, and the other way round. Copy a link at your desk, paste it into a message on the bus. WHAT YOU GET • Your recent clips, searchable • Pin the ones you use constantly so they never age out • Favourites for the text you retype all day • Images and links, not just plain text • A built-in QR and barcode scanner — whatever the code holds is saved as a clip • Light and dark, with a keyboard that matches HONEST ABOUT TWO THINGS The keyboard needs Full Access, because iOS will not let a keyboard read the clipboard or your saved history without it. No keystrokes are recorded and nothing is logged — the keyboard reads the clipboard only while it is on screen. And iOS does not allow any keyboard to insert an image directly. Tapping an image clip copies it, and you paste it with a long press. That is a limit of iOS rather than of this app, and we would rather say so here than have you discover it later. GETTING STARTED Settings › General › Keyboard › Keyboards › Add New Keyboard › Clipboard, then turn on Allow Full Access. The app walks you through it.

Screenshots

Pocket Reader3 screens
Clipboard Manager3 screens

Verdict

The call

Pocket Reader and Clipboard Manager are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pocket Reader versus Clipboard Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket ReaderClipboard Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB23 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDropletAppsProvelopers

Customer experience

Pocket Reader

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Clipboard Manager

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Reader

No in-app purchases

None

Clipboard Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Reader free?
Pocket Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clipboard Manager free?
Clipboard Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pocket Reader or Clipboard Manager have ads?
Neither Pocket Reader nor Clipboard Manager shows ads.

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