Name in Chinese vs Plain Paste
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Name in Chinese
This app generates personalized Chinese names based on ancient Eastern philosophy, the Five Elements, and Chinese zodiac wisdom. It analyzes birth information to create names reflecting destiny, offering cultural charm and artistic elegance. Users also receive zodiac greeting cards, name seals, and calligraphy videos.
- Personalized Chinese name creation
- Analysis of birth information
- Five Elements and Chinese zodiac integration
- Cultural charm and artistic elegance
- Zodiac greeting cards
- Name seals and calligraphy videos
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【Essence of the East – Chinese Cultural Name Creation】 Inspired by the ancient philosophy of the Five Elements and the wisdom of the Chinese zodiac, we create personalized Chinese names infused with Eastern beauty and meaning. By analyzing your birth information, we honor the traditional belief that names reflect one’s destiny. Each name carries cultural charm, noble spirit, and artistic elegance. You can explore the evolution of Chinese characters and experience the harmony of form, sound, and meaning shaped by thousands of years of history. You will also receive personalized zodiac greeting cards, name seals, and stunning calligraphy videos. With one click, your name becomes a unique cultural signature to share with the world, showcasing the timeless beauty of Chinese culture.
Plain Paste
This utility app removes formatting from copied text, providing a clean plain-text version for easier use. It offers a clipboard history to access recent items and is designed with user privacy in mind, storing data locally.
- Remove rich text formatting
- Copy clean plain text
- Clipboard history (up to 100 items)
- Disable clipboard history
- Privacy-focused design
- Local data storage
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Plain Paste makes copied text easier to use. Paste formatted text from websites, documents, emails, chats, or notes, and Plain Paste copies a clean plain-text version back to your clipboard. Made for everyday moments when bold text, links, fonts, colors, and hidden formatting get in the way. Features: • Remove formatting from rich text • Copy cleaned plain text back to your clipboard • Access and reuse up to 100 recent items in clipboard history • Turn clipboard history off whenever you want • Private by design: Plain Paste only reads and cleans text you explicitly paste into the app. Clipboard history is stored locally, can be cleared anytime, and never leaves your device. Plain Paste is a simple utility for everyone who writes, copies, pastes, cleans up notes, reuses text, or just wants text to behave.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plain Paste at none against Name in Chinese's 5. Name in Chinese's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Name in Chinese sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Plain Paste asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Name in Chinese against 5.0 for Plain Paste. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Name in Chinese | Plain Paste |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 299 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenyang Yide Technology Co Ltd | Andreas Ekegren |
Customer experience
Name in Chinese
Plain Paste
In-app purchases
Name in Chinese
- Pay 0 dollars.Free
- Pay 1 dollars.$0.99
- Pay 7 dollars.$6.99
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- Pay 10 dollars.$9.99
- Pay 13 dollars.$12.99
Plain Paste
No in-app purchases









