Comparison

Holdboard vs Easy Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

Holdboard

Save and organize text, links, images, and GIFs from your keyboard. Access your saved clips instantly across devices with optional iCloud sync. Manage your library with visual previews, search, and customizable auto-delete options.

Highlights
  • Visual clip library
  • Access clips from keyboard
  • Cross-device iCloud sync
  • Search and filters
  • Customizable auto-delete
  • Pin frequently used clips
Features
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Copy it. Keep it. Find it when you need it. Holdboard gives the clips you choose to save a place to live. Keep text, links, images, GIFs, and more in a visual library, then reach them from the Holdboard keyboard while you’re using another app. READY WHERE YOU TYPE Open the Holdboard keyboard to find and reuse saved clips without leaving what you’re doing. Browse by type, search for something specific, and keep frequently used content close. You can also save content to Holdboard directly from the Share Sheet. YOUR LIBRARY, ACROSS DEVICES Turn on optional iCloud sync to make eligible clips, folders, and bookmarks available on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac when Holdboard is installed on each device. Device-aware sections show where clips came from, while local-only clips stay on the device you choose. ORGANIZED AT A GLANCE • See text, links, images, and GIFs with clear visual previews • Find clips with search and filters • Organize favorites in bookmark folders • Pin the clips you use most KEEP WHAT MATTERS Set a different auto-delete time for each clip type. Let temporary clips clear on their own, keep important ones permanently, and control duplicates so your history stays useful. Recently deleted clips can be recovered from Trash. PRIVATE BY CHOICE Protect Sensitive clips with device authentication. Choose which clips stay local, and turn on iCloud sync only when you want it. ONE-TIME PURCHASE Buy Holdboard once for iPhone and iPad. No recurring subscription.

About

Easy Keyboard

Features
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The copy paste keyboard that keeps everything you copy, right on your keyboard. Easy Keyboard is a full typing keyboard with a clipboard history built in. Type with a number row, swipe typing, 10 languages, accents, emoji and handwriting, and paste anything you copied with one tap. It saves the text and images you copy and lets you paste them again with one tap, in any app. Set it as your main keyboard and it quietly builds your clipboard history as you go. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Clips: your copy and paste history on the keyboard, with filters for links, numbers, emails, images and your own folders - Pin the clips you use often so they never expire - Write: handwrite a word with your finger on the keyboard and it is typed for you - Quick: symbols, emoji, web shortcuts, date and time in one tap - My Snippets: save your email, address or favorite phrases and insert them from the keyboard instantly - Number row with punctuation always at hand on the keyboard - Customize the keyboard: accent color, keyboard height and the tab it opens on - Saved: keep posts from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and any app with the Share button - Library: search, edit, share, sort into folders and merge clips - Scan text from any photo or screenshot - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets: tap a clip to copy it - Siri and Shortcuts: save your clipboard or copy your latest clip by voice - Face ID lock for the app and automatic cleanup of old clips PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your clips are stored only on your device and are never uploaded. The keyboard never connects to the internet, never shows ads and needs no account. The Easy Keyboard app is free and shows ads from Google AdMob; you choose whether to allow tracking for personalized ads. HOW TO SET UP THE KEYBOARD 1. Open Settings, General, Keyboard, Keyboards, Add New Keyboard, Easy Keyboard 2. Tap Easy Keyboard and turn on Allow Full Access (needed only to read your clipboard) 3. In any app, hold the globe key and choose the Easy Keyboard keyboard The Quick and Write tabs work even without Full Access.

Screenshots

Holdboard4 screens
Easy Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Easy Keyboard at Free against Holdboard's $0.99. Easy Keyboard also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Holdboard's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Easy Keyboard is free to download; Holdboard costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Holdboard ships an update weekly, Easy Keyboard every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Holdboard versus Easy Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoldboardEasy Keyboard
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKaramala SrivatsavMohamed Idris Merbai

In-app purchases

None

Holdboard

No in-app purchases

None

Easy Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Holdboard free?
Holdboard costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Easy Keyboard free?
Easy Keyboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Holdboard or Easy Keyboard have ads?
Easy Keyboard shows ads; Holdboard does not.
Which is updated more often, Holdboard or Easy Keyboard?
Holdboard ships an update weekly, and Easy Keyboard every 5 days. Most recently, Holdboard was updated on November 11, 2026 and Easy Keyboard on November 6, 2026.

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