MemoKey vs ClipRing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MemoKey
This app provides quick access to your saved notes and text snippets directly from your keyboard. Easily paste frequently used messages, templates, or even drawings into any application without switching screens. Organize your content with tags, pins, and search, and enjoy offline access with robust privacy features.
- Paste notes directly from keyboard
- Smart placeholders for dates and cursors
- Organize with tags, pins, and search
- Sketch and paste drawings
- Offline and private note storage
- Home screen and lock screen widgets
- Integration with Shortcuts app
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MemoKey puts your notes, text snippets and quick replies right on your keyboard. Save a message once, then paste it into any app with one tap, without switching apps or hunting through your clipboard. PASTE FROM THE KEYBOARD • Your notes in every app: Use your saved notes, quick replies and templates in Messages, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Gmail and any other app, filtered by tag, pinned or recent. • Paste key: Insert the text you copied from the Paste key in the keyboard's bottom row, without switching keyboards. It needs Allow Full Access and reads the clipboard only when you tap it. • Smart placeholders: Write {date} or {time} in a note and the keyboard inserts today's date or the current time. Add {cursor} and the cursor lands right there, ready for the name you type next. Insert Placeholder in the editor's toolbar adds them for you. • Switch back after inserting: Optionally hand over to your other keyboard right after a note goes in, so you keep typing. • Draw in the keyboard: Sketch a quick drawing and copy it straight into your chat. ORGANIZE IN SECONDS • Tags, pins and search: Organize notes in a list or grid, pin the important ones and find them in seconds. • Select several notes: Pin, tag, share or move many notes to Trash at once, or send them as one Markdown file. • Swipe a note in the list: Right to pin it, left to move it to Trash. • Merge and filter tags: See how many notes each tag has, merge a duplicate tag into another, and with more than 10 tags type part of a name to find one. • Open links: Open a link in a note from the editor or the note's menu. • Character and word count: See how long a note is while you write. • Duplicate and copy: Duplicate a note from its menu, or set a tap on a note to copy it right away. • Trash: Deleted notes wait 30 days before they are gone, or Restore All brings them all back at once. WIDGETS AND SHORTCUTS • Home Screen widget: Your pinned notes, or the notes of one tag, a tap away. Locked notes are never shown. • Lock Screen and Control Center: Open New note or Search notes in one tap from a Lock Screen widget, or from Control Center and the Action button on iOS 18 or later. • Shortcuts app: "Get MemoKey Note" puts a note's text into any shortcut, and "Add MemoKey Note" saves text from any shortcut as a new note. • Quick actions: Long-press the MemoKey icon for New note, Note from clipboard, Search or Kaomoji. • Home Screen search: Turn it on to find your notes from iPhone search. Off by default, it asks first while the app lock is on, and locked notes are never in it. • Save from anywhere: Select text in any app and share it to MemoKey to save it instantly. PRIVATE AND OFFLINE • No account, no ads, no tracking and no MemoKey servers. MemoKey collects no data, and your notes stay on your device. • Protect the app with a passcode, Face ID or Touch ID, and change your passcode any time. • Lock single notes behind your passcode (PRO). YOUR DATA, YOUR WAY • Backup to iCloud: Back up and restore your notes with your own iCloud, automatically if you like. Nothing is uploaded unless you turn it on. • Export: JSON and CSV backups, or every note in one readable Markdown file that MemoKey can restore later. • Bring your notes along: Import Google Keep notes from Google Takeout (.json), or plain .txt and .md files. MORE BUILT IN • 60,000+ kaomoji: A huge library of text emoticons (^_^), searchable in English and Vietnamese. • Special fonts: Turn plain text into stylish fonts for bios and posts. • Read aloud: Listen to any note at the speed you like. • QR codes: Share a note as a QR code, or scan a QR code into a new note. • What's new: See what changed in each version right in the app, even offline. MAKE IT YOURS (PRO) Unlimited tags (free: 10), locked notes, custom colors and your own background image. What you set up with Pro stays yours if Pro ends. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ClipRing
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ClipRing is a clipboard history manager for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Every time you copy text, ClipRing quietly saves it — so nothing you copy is ever lost again. Free to download and use. Upgrade to ClipRing Pro with a single one-time purchase — no subscription, ever. ▼ NEW: QUICK-PASTE PALETTE (MAC) Press ⌥⌘V in any app and a Spotlight-style panel appears with your clipboard history. Type to search, press Return, and the clip pastes right into the app you were in. ⌘1–⌘9 paste a row instantly. It's the fastest way to get that thing you copied twenty minutes ago back under your cursor. ▼ NEW: ICLOUD SYNC (PRO) Copy on your Mac, paste on your iPhone. Your clipboard history syncs privately through your own iCloud account — never through our servers. One ring, all your devices. ▼ CLIPRING KEYBOARD (IPHONE & IPAD) Switch to the ClipRing keyboard in any app to paste any item from your history. Tap to paste, swipe to delete. No app switching, no hunting for what you copied earlier. ▼ SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Copy text on your Mac and it's captured automatically. On iPhone, just copy and open ClipRing — auto-save captures your clipboard the moment the app appears. Prefer other routes? The Share sheet, a one-tap import button, and Shortcuts actions (pair "Save Text to ClipRing" with Back Tap) are all there too. ▼ HOME SCREEN WIDGET (IPHONE & IPAD) Put your recent clips on the Home Screen. Tap the copy button on any row and it's back on your clipboard — without even opening the app. ▼ MAC POWER FEATURES • ⇧⌘V cycles through history in place — works even in terminal apps (iTerm2, Terminal, Warp, kitty and more) • Pin favorites: pinned clips never expire and never get pushed out • Launch at login, and an optional menu-bar-only mode (no Dock icon) • Shortcuts support: read your latest clip, pick from recent clips, or save text from any automation — bind "Choose a Clip" to Back Tap or the Action button for instant paste access ▼ FULLY CONFIGURABLE • Ring size up to 100 items (Pro), auto-expiration from 1 hour to 30 days, deduplication, max text length ▼ PRIVATE BY DESIGN ClipRing works entirely on your device. Passwords copied from password managers are automatically excluded and never recorded. No analytics, no ads, no tracking — and sync, if you enable it, goes only through your personal iCloud account. Ever. ■ FREE VS PRO • Free: full capture, quick-paste palette, keyboard, Share sheet, 10 most recent items, 1 pin. • Pro (one-time purchase): ring size up to 100, unlimited pins, iCloud sync. Bought ClipRing 1.x when it was a paid app? You get Pro automatically — thank you for the early support.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MemoKey at every 4 days against ClipRing's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. MemoKey sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and ClipRing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MemoKey ships an update every 4 days, ClipRing monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MemoKey | ClipRing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Tran Cong Minh | Microdog Labs LLC |
In-app purchases
MemoKey
- MemoKey Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- MemoKey Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
- MemoKey Pro$19.99
ClipRing
- ClipRing Pro$7.99









