Comparison

Pastey vs ListBox

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

Head to head
About

Pastey

This app acts as an intelligent clipboard manager, allowing you to store, organize, and quickly access text and image snippets. It offers features like tagging, customizable hotkeys, and cross-device synchronization to streamline your workflow and boost productivity.

Highlights
  • Tagging for easy clip organization
  • Customizable hotkeys for quick access
  • Smart Island and status bar integration
  • Auto-cleaning of clipboard records
  • Image and data import/export
  • Cross-platform iCloud synchronization
  • Editable clipboard content
Features
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Take control of your clipboard and get more done! Pastey is your exclusive clipboard assistant that supports fast storage, management, and access of text and image snippets to make your work more efficient! Try it out and see the difference it makes in your workflow! Pastey is an efficient clipboard management tool designed to increase your productivity. It'll store, manage, edit, and give you quick access to text and image clips. With its simple interface and a bunch of useful features, Pastey is like your right-hand man! Key Features: • Tagging: Just tag important clips with one click to find them easily. • Customizable Hotkeys: Set up shortcuts to quickly launch Pastey and save time. • Smart Island Support: Pastey can be pasted into the clipboard by clicking on Smart Island, which makes things easier for you. • Auto-cleaning function: It regularly cleans out useless clipboard records to keep your data neat and tidy. • Image export function: Quickly export images from the clipboard for easy use in other places. • Data Import and Export: You can easily import and export clipboard data, and it works across different platforms. • Desktop Hover Mode: You can quickly copy clipboard contents, avoid switching applications often, and improve operational efficiency. • Quick access to the status bar: You can quickly view and use the clipboard content through the status bar, so you don't have to open other apps. • Customized Mobile Keyboard: It'll help you manage your clipboard better on your phone and make it easier to access your content. • Editable clipboard content: You can easily modify text and images stored on the clipboard to keep information up-to-date. Additional features: • Intelligent search: It's a simple and easy way to find what's on your clipboard. • iCloud Synchronization: Synchronization across all devices keeps your clipboard content consistent. • Dynamic interface design: the interface updates in real time based on what the user is doing. • Multi-functional clipboard support: You can manage text and image clips, and find the info you need quickly. • Simple Configuration Options: Minimal setup, fastest startup, easy customization of features. Usage Scenarios: • Office environment: in a busy workplace, you often need to copy text and images from multiple sources.Pastey helps you manage all clipboard content, avoid duplicate copying, and quickly access clipboard data in desktop hover mode. • Multitasking: When you're juggling a bunch of tasks, Pastey helps you switch between them quickly and easily find important clipboard content. You can set custom shortcuts and tabs to boost your productivity. • Content Creation: Whether you're writing, designing, or working on other creative projects, Pastey makes it easy to save and quickly access inspiration, footage, and other content you need, ready to export and apply to your creations. • Cross-platform use: With Pastey's iCloud sync feature, you can easily sync your clipboard content across devices, like your phone, tablet, or computer, and keep your clipboard consistent. • Everyday life: For everyday use, you might need to store multiple snippets of text, like shopping lists, frequently used addresses, passwords, etc. Pastey lets you quickly save and manage these snippets without having to worry about losing them or not being able to find them. • Development and Programming: Programmers can use Pastey to store code snippets and frequently used programming commands for quick copy-and-paste to improve coding efficiency. • Academic Research: Pastey can help you manage and organize key content copied from different sources, ready to view whenever you need it. • Personal Projects and Entrepreneurship: If you're a small business owner, freelancer, or working on a personal project, Pastey can help you store and recall relevant information at any time to make sure your project goes smoothly. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ListBox

This app makes your Apple Reminders impossible to ignore with persistent home screen widgets and lock screen notifications. Choose from four modes of insistence, from a quiet glance to a full nag, to ensure your tasks stay top of mind. It syncs directly with Apple Reminders via iCloud, offering a privacy-first experience with no tracking or ads.

Highlights
  • Persistent home screen widget
  • Lock screen notifications
  • Four insistence modes
  • Syncs with Apple Reminders
  • Adjustable display density
  • Privacy-first design
Features
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Don't ignore your to-do list anymore. ListBox makes your Apple Reminders list impossible to ignore. A persistent home screen widget keeps your list always visible. Lock screen notifications stay present, keeping your list top of mind. Choose how insistent you want it to be — from a quiet glance to a full nag. No new account. Apple Reminders stays your source of truth — your lists live in iCloud, where they always have. ListBox only stores what's needed to deliver notifications: your selected list contents and your preferences. — PERSISTENT VISIBILITY — The widget on your home screen shows your top items at every glance. The lock screen notification stays in Notification Center even after newer alerts arrive. Your list comes to you, not the other way around. — FOUR MODES, FOUR LEVELS OF INSISTENCE — Quiet — Ambient awareness. The widget updates; no notifications. Nudge — A gentle ping every few hours during your active window. Persistent — Steady reminders, every hour, keeping your list in front of you. Nag — Frequent reminders for the things you absolutely cannot let slip. Switch modes anytime. Set your active window so notifications respect your evenings. — BUILT ON APPLE REMINDERS — Pick any list from your Reminders. Add, edit, check off, and delete items in either app — they stay in sync via iCloud. Your data is yours, where it has always been. — DESIGNED FOR FOCUS — Adjustable display density (Comfort, Standard, Compact, Dense) lets you decide how much fits on your screen. Adaptive list colors match your selected Reminders list. Quiet, intentional design that disappears into the background until you need it. — PRIVACY-FIRST — No tracking, no analytics, no advertising. Ever. See our privacy policy for full details on what we store and why. — REQUIREMENTS — - iOS 18 or later - Apple Reminders permission - Notifications permission (optional, for non-Quiet modes) ListBox is made by Cassileth Studio LLC in Los Angeles, California. Questions or feedback? Visit cassilethstudio.com/listbox/listbox-support.html

Screenshots

Pastey4 screens
ListBox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pastey at 5.0 against ListBox's 4.0. Pastey also leads on device support (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.6). ListBox's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pastey sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.39 per month. ListBox asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pastey holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pastey versus ListBox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPasteyListBox
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer辉章 何Gregory Cassileth

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Pastey

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly VIP$0.391 Month
  • Quarterly VIP$0.993 Months
  • Annual VIP$3.991 Year
One-time2
  • Daily Use$0.29
  • Lifetime VIP$19.99
None

ListBox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pastey free?
Pastey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ListBox free?
ListBox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pastey or ListBox?
Pastey is rated higher. Pastey averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while ListBox averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pastey or ListBox have ads?
Neither Pastey nor ListBox shows ads.

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