ClipNote vs KeepText
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
ClipNote
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Stop retyping the same things. Save it once, paste it anywhere. ClipNote keeps the text you use all the time - home address, email templates, WiFi password, canned replies, order details - and lets you drop it into any app with a tap, using its own custom keyboard. No copy-paste juggling. No hunting through old messages. Just pick a note and paste. Everything stays on your device. No account, no ads, no tracking, and it works completely offline. SAVE ANYTHING WORTH REUSING โข Keep addresses, phone numbers, emails, and WiFi codes handy โข Store greeting messages, replies, and templates you send often โข Jot quick notes and ideas before they slip away PASTE ANYWHERE WITH THE CLIPNOTE KEYBOARD โข Switch to the ClipNote keyboard in Messages, Mail, Safari, or any app โข Tap a note to paste it instantly - no leaving the app โข Share text into ClipNote from other apps to save it fast STAY ORGANIZED YOUR WAY โข Sort notes into folders and nested subfolders โข Tag with hashtags and filter in seconds โข Search, pin your favorites, and sort by date or title MAGIC VARIABLES (PREMIUM) โข Insert today's date, the current time, or a custom date format โข Drop your cursor exactly where you want to keep typing PRIVATE BY DESIGN โข All notes live locally on your device - nothing is uploaded โข Lock the app with Face ID or a passcode (Premium) โข Back up to your own iCloud, or export to JSON and CSV SIMPLE, HONEST PRICING โข Free to use with up to 10 notes, folders, and hashtags โข Upgrade once to Premium for unlimited everything, privacy lock, iCloud backup, and magic variables โข One-time purchase. No subscription. Yours forever. Download ClipNote and never type the same thing twice.
KeepText
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Anything you type twice belongs in KeepText. Addresses. Bank details. The reply you send five times a week. Prompts, code, links, your kid's allergy list. Save it once โ then paste it anywhere, without leaving the app you're in. THE KEEPTEXT KEYBOARD This is the one that changes the day-to-day. Switch to the KeepText keyboard inside Mail, Messages, WhatsApp, Safari, Slack โ anywhere you can type. Your snippets are right there, ordered by what you actually use, so the one you want is usually the first one. Tap it and the text lands at your cursor. No app switching. No back-and-forth copy and paste. No losing your place. SAVE IT IN UNDER A SECOND - Share sheet โ select text in any app, tap Share, choose KeepText. Done. - Clipboard โ copy something, open KeepText, and it offers to save it. One tap to keep, one tap to dismiss. It never reads your clipboard until you say yes. - Type it โ one field does both jobs. Search your library, and if nothing matches, that same field creates the snippet on the spot. ONE TAP AWAY, EVERYWHERE ELSE TOO - Widgets โ home screen and lock screen. Tap to copy. - Spotlight โ swipe down anywhere and search your snippets by name. - Shortcuts and Siri โ "Save clipboard to KeepText," or add it to your Action button for one-press capture. SEARCH THAT TELLS YOU THE TRUTH Most apps guess. KeepText matches exactly โ the word you typed, or the start of it, and nothing looser. That sounds like a limitation until you use it: when KeepText says nothing matched, it genuinely isn't saved yet, so you can create it right there instead of wondering whether you're about to make a duplicate. TEMPLATES Put {{name}} or {{date}} anywhere in a snippet. When you use it, KeepText asks you for the values and fills them in. Good for the email you send constantly with one line that changes. SYNCS EVERYWHERE. NO ACCOUNT. EVER. Your snippets sync across your devices through your own iCloud account. There is no KeepText account, no sign-up, no password, no server of ours in the middle. Nothing to breach, because there's nowhere for your text to go. The keyboard asks for Full Access because that is the only way iOS lets a keyboard read the snippets stored on your own device. KeepText uses it for exactly that. Nothing is collected, nothing is transmitted, there's no analytics โ the app has no account system to send anything to in the first place. You can export everything you've saved to a plain JSON file whenever you like. FREE, THEN ONE SMALL PURCHASE Keep up to 20 snippets free for as long as you want. One small purchase unlocks unlimited snippets, forever. No subscription. No trial that quietly starts charging. No ads. NO FOLDERS You'll notice there's no filing system. That's deliberate. Search and frequency do the organizing, so saving something costs you one tap instead of one decision โ which is the whole reason your snippets actually get saved
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: KeepText at fortnightly against ClipNote's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. ClipNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and KeepText sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ClipNote ships an update every 2 months, KeepText fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ClipNote | KeepText |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Huong Le Dieu | Yeong Bing Ong |
In-app purchases
ClipNote
- Premium Lifetime$5.99
KeepText
- Unlimited Snippets$2.99









