Comparison

Cat Keyboard vs Clipbara

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

Head to head
About

Cat Keyboard

This app allows you to quickly input saved text snippets from your iPhone keyboard or Apple Watch. You can also display or speak text aloud on your Apple Watch, keeping your phrases organized in folders.

Highlights
  • One-tap text input
  • Save frequently used phrases
  • Organize phrases with folders
  • Display text on Apple Watch
  • Read text aloud on Apple Watch
Features
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Quickly input frequently used text directly from your keyboard or Apple Watch. You can also display text on your Apple Watch or have it read aloud through the speaker. 【Key Features】 ・Easy Text Input Save frequently used sentences and phrases to input them with just one tap from your keyboard or Apple Watch. ・Organize with Folders Keep your phrases tidy by organizing them into folders, making it easy to find exactly what you need even as your collection grows. ・Apple Watch Integration View text directly on your Apple Watch or play it back as audio through the speaker. Terms of Use: https://wordouen.sakura.ne.jp/KeyHolderKeyboard/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://wordouen.sakura.ne.jp/KeyHolderKeyboard/privacy.html

About

Clipbara

Seamlessly sync your clipboard history across Mac and iPhone. Access text, links, images, and colors instantly with a custom keyboard. Organize and search your clips with ease.

Highlights
  • iCloud clipboard sync
  • Custom keyboard for quick pasting
  • Searchable clip history
  • Pinboards for saved items
  • Save clips from iPhone via Share sheet
  • Private by design with end-to-end encryption
Features
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Clipbara brings your Mac clipboard history to your iPhone. Turn on iCloud sync and the text, links, images and colors you copy on your Mac are ready on your iPhone, along with your pinboards. PASTE IN ANY APP The Clipbara keyboard shows your recent clips and pinboards right where you type. Tap a clip to insert it into Messages, Mail or any other app, then switch back with the globe key. It works without Full Access. iOS shows the same warning for every keyboard that asks for Full Access; Clipbara's keyboard has no letter keys and only uses Full Access to read your own clips from your iCloud. YOUR WHOLE HISTORY Browse everything you copied as cards. Tap a card to copy it. Press and hold to preview, share, rename, pin or copy as plain text. FIND IT FAST Search your history, or filter by text, links, images, colors and files. PINBOARDS Keep signatures, replies, addresses and anything you reuse on named pinboards. They stay in sync with your Mac. SAVE FROM YOUR IPHONE iOS doesn't let apps read the clipboard in the background, so on iPhone you save a clip with the paste button in Clipbara, or from any app with the Share sheet. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - iCloud sync is off until you turn it on - Sync uses your own private iCloud database. There is no Clipbara server - Clip contents are encrypted in iCloud - No account, no analytics, no tracking - Content that apps mark as private, such as passwords, is never saved automatically WORKS WITH CLIPBARA FOR MAC On the Mac, Clipbara keeps everything you copy one shortcut away. Sync works with Clipbara from the Mac App Store. TRY IT FIRST Clipbara is free to download with a 7-day trial of every feature. After that, a one-time purchase unlocks it for good. No subscription. One purchase unlocks Clipbara on both your Mac and your iPhone. If the trial ends, Clipbara keeps saving and syncing, so nothing is lost. OPEN SOURCE Clipbara is open source (GPL-3.0): github.com/mobrava/Clipbara Requires iOS 26 or later.

Screenshots

Cat Keyboard4 screens
Clipbara4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Clipbara at 100% against Cat Keyboard's 83%. Clipbara also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Cat Keyboard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Clipbara sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cat Keyboard ships an update fortnightly, Clipbara every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cat Keyboard versus Clipbara: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCat KeyboardClipbara
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Mac
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developerkimihiro kubotaMinSang Kim

Customer experience

Cat Keyboard

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%

Clipbara

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Cat Keyboard

Subscriptions3
  • Premium (1 Month)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Premium (3 Month)7 Days trial$7.993 Months
  • Premium (12 Month)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Cat Pro$24.99
2 purchases

Clipbara

One-time2
  • 7-day TrialFree
  • Clipbara Lifetime$7.99

Questions

Is Cat Keyboard free?
Cat Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clipbara free?
Clipbara is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cat Keyboard or Clipbara have ads?
Neither Cat Keyboard nor Clipbara shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cat Keyboard or Clipbara?
Cat Keyboard ships an update fortnightly, and Clipbara every 6 days. Most recently, Cat Keyboard was updated on October 24, 2026 and Clipbara on October 18, 2026.

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