Comparison

copycopy vs Afterthought

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

Head to head
About

copycopy

This app is a private clipboard manager that saves text and images you copy locally. It offers smart detection for various data types, text transformations, and organization features. Access your history directly from the keyboard or by opening the app.

Highlights
  • Local clipboard history saving
  • Smart data detection (phone, email, URL, etc.)
  • Text transformations (case, encoding, formatting)
  • Rich text formatting preservation
  • Universal Clipboard support
  • Bulk editing of clipboard items
  • Scan and capture text/images
Features
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copycopy is a completely local, subscription-free clipboard manager that saves the text, images, and files you copy so you never lose what matters. How It Works Copy something, and copycopy saves it. Use the copycopy keyboard, open the app, or set up Quick Capture to save your clipboard with Back Taps, the Action Button, or Control Center. No need to open the app or switch keyboards. Your Clipboard Companion Keep copycopy open on your iPhone while you work on your Mac or iPad. Browse, search, and filter your full clipboard history, then tap any item to copy it. With Universal Clipboard, it's instantly ready to paste on your other Apple device. Smart Detection copycopy automatically recognizes phone numbers, emails, URLs, addresses, tracking numbers, dates, passwords, credit cards, and code snippets. Tap for instant actions: call, message, open a link, track a package, or navigate to an address using your preferred apps. Rich Text & Formatting copycopy preserves rich text formatting: bold, italic, colors, and more. Paste back into Notes, Mail, or any app with formatting intact. Prefer plain text? Make it your default and reach rich text from the item menu, or strip formatting from any single item with one tap. Files & Documents Save PDFs, documents, and other files alongside your text and images. Files arrive with thumbnails, and the text inside PDFs becomes searchable. Text Transforms Transform copied text instantly: uppercase, lowercase, title case, URL encode/decode, Base64 encode/decode, strip HTML, remove line breaks, trim whitespace, and JSON format or minify. Copy the result or save it as a new item. Stay Organized Pin important items to the top. Mark items as Keepers so they're never auto-deleted. Add custom color-coded tags to organize your way. Combine filters to narrow by type, status, and tag at once. Sort by date, how often you copy something, name, size, or character count, and tap the same option again to reverse it. Or arrange your list by hand and keep it that way. Search your entire history with in-app and Spotlight search. Bulk Editing Select multiple items to tag, pin, rename, combine, transform, compress images, or delete in bulk. Scan & Capture Use the built-in camera to scan text from documents, signs, or anything in the real world. Drag and drop text or images directly into copycopy. Import photos from your library. Your Keyboard, Your Clipboard The copycopy keyboard gives you direct access to your clipboard history inside any app. Tap to paste, filter by type, and take actions, all without leaving what you're doing. 100% Private Your data never leaves your device. That includes the AI: copycopy can name your snippets and describe your images, and every bit of it runs on this device. Each AI feature starts switched off, and you can tell copycopy to leave any item alone. No accounts, no cloud sync, no analytics, no tracking, not even crash reporting. Lock the app behind Face ID or Touch ID. Passwords and credit cards are automatically hidden from Spotlight and the keyboard. Choose how quickly sensitive copies clear from the system clipboard, and how long saved cards are kept. Choose Your Default Apps Set your preferred apps for messaging, maps, email, browsers, and calendars, plus your preferred search engine. copycopy opens detected content in the apps you actually use. Backup & Restore Schedule automatic backups so your library is saved without you thinking about it, or export any time. Backups include your images, files, and formatting, and you can also export as JSON or CSV. Import or restore on another device to pick up right where you left off. Free to Start Your first 8 items are free with full functionality. Upgrade once to unlock up to 1,000 items. No subscription.

About

Afterthought

This app transforms your spoken thoughts into actionable items like notes, reminders, and calendar events, integrating seamlessly with your existing productivity tools. It offers both quick capture and in-depth recording sessions, with advanced AI processing for transcription and summarization.

Highlights
  • Voice-to-text transcription
  • Create notes, reminders, tasks, and events
  • Integrates with popular productivity apps
  • Long-form recording sessions
  • On-device AI processing
  • Organize thoughts into collections
  • Search by voice or text
Features
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Afterthought turns spoken thoughts into prepared actions for the apps you already use, and longer recordings into Sessions you can review. Capture from iPhone, Apple Watch or Action Button. Afterthought transcribes your voice, understands what you meant and prepares notes, reminders, tasks, calendar events, messages and other actions while keeping you in control of what happens next. NEW IN 2.7 — SEARCH, COLLECTIONS & RECORDING Find saved thoughts by voice or text straight from Home. Bring related notes and actions together in collections, with optional summaries to help make sense of them. • Search by voice or text straight from Home • Organise related notes and actions into collections • Pause and resume Quick Capture and Session recordings • Smoother recording visuals on iPhone and Apple Watch, clearer controls and accessibility improvements SESSIONS Sessions are a deliberate workflow for longer recordings. Choose Meeting, Interview, Lecture or Thinking and keep the original audio, final transcript and useful overview together. • Record meetings, interviews, lectures and longer thinking • Follow a provisional on-device transcript while recording • Keep the original audio and final transcript • Review an Apple Intelligence summary on supported devices • Recover interrupted recordings • Share Overview + transcript, Overview only, or Transcript only QUICK CAPTURE • Capture from iPhone, Apple Watch or Action Button • Capture on Apple Watch even when your iPhone is away, then transfer later • Choose Transcribe Only, Classify & Review or Classify & Send • Turn speech into notes, reminders, tasks, calendar events, messages and more • With Pro, split one natural recording into several ordered, reviewable actions • Review and edit content, dates, fields and destinations before sending • Correct prepared actions by typing or speaking YOUR APPS, YOUR WORKFLOW Prepare content for Apple Notes, Reminders, Apple Calendar, Apple Journal, Todoist, Notion, Slack, Things 3, Bear, Obsidian, TickTick, Day One, Evernote, Messages, Email, Shortcuts and other supported workflows. Afterthought does not replace your notes app, task manager, calendar or journal. It makes voice an easier way into them. PRIVATE, CONTROLLED INTELLIGENCE Capture and transcription are local-first. Apple Intelligence, Classic and downloaded Local AI Models process on device. Optional Cloud AI sends transcript text only to the provider you configure. External destinations receive content only when you use them. Free includes unlimited capture and transcription, review, supported Apple workflows and a monthly classification allowance. Pro adds unlimited classification, multi-action splitting, writing actions, third-party destinations, extra Nature Mode options, Local AI Models and optional Cloud AI. Speak once. Make it happen. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

copycopy4 screens
Afterthought4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: copycopy at 15 against Afterthought's 1. Afterthought's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. copycopy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Afterthought sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for copycopy against 5.0 for Afterthought. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: copycopy has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

copycopy ships an update every 11 days, Afterthought every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
copycopy versus Afterthought: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercopycopyAfterthought
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (15 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian UkestadToco Labs Ltd

Customer experience

copycopy

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Afterthought

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

copycopy

One-time1
  • copycopy Paid$8.00
2 purchases

Afterthought

Subscriptions2
  • Afterthought Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Afterthought Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is copycopy free?
copycopy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Afterthought free?
Afterthought is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, copycopy or Afterthought?
copycopy and Afterthought are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 15 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do copycopy or Afterthought have ads?
Neither copycopy nor Afterthought shows ads.
Which is updated more often, copycopy or Afterthought?
copycopy ships an update every 11 days, and Afterthought every 5 days. Most recently, copycopy was updated on October 31, 2026 and Afterthought on November 5, 2026.

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