Logbook vs Plain Paste
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Logbook
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Logbook is a timestamped notes app for people who want to stay focused, aware, and honest about how they spend their time. Built around the practice of interstitial journaling — jotting a quick note between tasks — Logbook helps you stay anchored to what you're working on, notice when you've drifted, and build a clear record of your day without ceremony. Why use it? - Stay focused. A quick "starting on the Q3 report" note keeps you accountable to the task in front of you. - Recover from interruptions. When you come back from a Slack rabbit hole, your last entry tells you exactly where you left off. - Remember what you did. Standups, weekly reviews, performance reviews, invoicing — all easier when the day is already written down. - Notice patterns. Looking back at a week of timestamps shows you where your time actually went, not where you thought it went. Perfect for: • Meeting notes with automatic timestamps • On-call incident logging • Project status updates • Daily standup records • Client call documentation Key Features: • Automatic timestamping - just type and press Enter • Separate logbooks for different projects or events • iCloud sync across all your devices • Clean, distraction-free interface • Searchable history Terms of Use: https://www.ussherpress.com/logbook/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.ussherpress.com/logbook/privacy/
Plain Paste
This utility app removes formatting from copied text, providing a clean plain-text version for easier use. It offers 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
- Private by design, local 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 Logbook's 1. Plain Paste also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Logbook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Plain Paste asks for nothing beyond the download.
Logbook ships an update every 5 months, Plain Paste every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Logbook | Plain Paste |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Allen Ussher | Andreas Ekegren |
In-app purchases
Logbook
- Premium License$9.99
Plain Paste
No in-app purchases









