Clipboard Manager vs Clypy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Clipboard Manager
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Never lose what you copy again. ClipSync keeps a searchable clipboard history of everything you copy on your iPhone and iPad. text, links, images and files encrypted on the device, with no account and no server. CLIPBOARD HISTORY THAT STAYS Open ClipSync and whatever you copied is captured into your history. From any other app, tap Share ā ClipSync to save text, a link or an image without switching away. Scroll back through your full copy and paste history whenever you need it. FIND ANYTHING YOU COPIED Full-text search across your entire clipboard history. Filter by type - text, links, images, files or by tag, favorite, pinned and date. That address, license key or reference from last week is one search away. ORGANIZE YOUR CLIPS AND SNIPPETS Pin the clips you use constantly to the top. Tag them - Life, Work, Tech, Ideas, Money, or your own. Mark favorites. Edit a saved clip and revert to the original at any time. ClipSync doubles as a snippet manager for the phrases, templates and code you paste again and again. BUILT-IN TEXT TOOLS Clean up any clip without leaving the app: UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case and Sentence case; trim whitespace, collapse spaces, remove blank lines; sort lines, remove duplicate lines, reverse lines; slugify; JSON prettify and minify; Base64 encode and decode; URL encode and decode. Every clip shows its character, word and line count. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your clipboard history is encrypted on your device, with the key held in the iOS Keychain. There is no account, no server and no cloud - your clips never leave your iPhone or iPad. The free version shows ads, which use an advertising identifier as described in our Privacy Policy. BACKUP, EXPORT AND RESTORE Back up your whole history to JSON and restore it later. Export text clips to CSV for a spreadsheet, or to PDF for printing. Save an image clip straight to Photos, or a file clip to Files. TRASH AND AUTO-CLEANUP Deleted clips go to Trash so you can bring them back. Set a history limit, or have ClipSync automatically delete clips older than 1, 3, 7, 14 or 30 days. KNOW YOUR COPY HABITS See what you clip most, which tags you lean on, how much storage your history uses and which days you are busiest. Keep a daily streak going and share a weekly clip card. WHO IT IS FOR Students saving research links and quoted passages. Developers keeping code snippets, terminal commands and config values. Writers collecting references and draft lines. Anyone who copies a tracking number, an address or a one-time code and needs it again five minutes later. DESIGNED FOR EVERYONE A clean, uncluttered interface with full VoiceOver support and accessible touch targets, on both iPhone and iPad. PREMIUM ClipSync is free to use. Premium is an auto-renewing subscription - weekly, monthly or yearly that removes ads and unlocks unlimited clipboard history, advanced search filters, custom tags, image and file import, bulk copy, share and export, CSV and PDF export, longer auto-delete schedules, and clipboard statistics. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage it in your Apple ID account settings. Download ClipSync and take control of your clipboard. --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://clipsync-website.vercel.app/privacy
Clypy
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Clypy remembers everything you copy and makes it available on every device you own privately. Copy a link on your Mac and paste it on your iPhone. Copy an address on your phone and paste it on your PC. Everything is encrypted on your device before it syncs, and Clypy holds no key that can read it. WHAT YOU GET ⢠Searchable clipboard history ā every clip you save is kept on device, unlimited, with no clip cap and no account. History older than 90 days clears itself by default, and you choose the retention period. ⢠Search by meaning ā find "that wifi password from the rental" without remembering the exact words. Semantic search runs on your device. ⢠Text from screenshots ā Clypy reads text inside images you save, so screenshots become searchable and pasteable. Runs on-device. ⢠Typed clips ā links, text, codes, images, files, and secrets are detected, colour-coded, and previewed, so you scan your history instead of reading it. ⢠Detected secrets stay concealed ā passwords, keys, and tokens are hidden behind Face ID or Touch ID and can be set to expire early. ⢠Collections ā group clips by project, client, or trip. ⢠Templates and snippets ā reusable text with fill-in fields for the replies, addresses, and blocks you type constantly. ⢠Paste stack ā queue several clips and paste them one after another in order. ⢠Transforms ā clean up a clip before you paste it: change case, strip formatting, convert a colour, tidy a URL. ON IPHONE AND IPAD, SPECIFICALLY ⢠Clypy keyboard ā pick a clip and insert it directly into any app, without leaving what you're doing. ⢠Share extension ā send text, links, or images from any app into your history. ⢠Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets ā your latest clips, one tap away. ⢠Shortcuts and App Intents ā save, search, and paste clips from your own automations. ⢠Built for iPad ā split screen, rotation, hardware keyboard, and Dynamic Type at the largest sizes. HOW SAVING WORKS ON A PHONE iOS does not allow apps to watch the clipboard in the background, and Clypy does not try to. Clips are saved while the app is in the foreground, through the Clypy keyboard, or from the share sheet. Nothing is read invisibly. PRIVACY, PLAINLY ⢠No Clypy account, no profile, no password. ⢠Clips, search indexes, and encryption keys stay on your devices. ⢠Sync is end-to-end encrypted. Devices talk directly over your own network when they can reach each other; otherwise an encrypted relay forwards ciphertext between online devices and keeps no backlog. ⢠All intelligence ā semantic search, text recognition, classification, secret detection ā runs on your hardware. Your clips are never used to train AI models. ⢠Optional encrypted iCloud backups, restored only when you ask. ⢠Usage analytics are off unless you turn them on, and never include clip content. FREE AND PRO Free gives you unlimited local history on one device, collections, templates, semantic search, and on-device text recognition ā no card, no account. Pro is a one-time license key that unlocks device pairing, encrypted sync over your local network and over the relay, the Clypy keyboard, and widgets. Enter your key on any device you own; there is no device limit. THE ONE THING TO KNOW Because Clypy cannot read your clips, Clypy cannot recover them for you. If every paired device and every recovery key is lost, that history is gone. Keep one healthy paired device or a backup with its recovery key. Clypy also runs on all major platforms.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Clypy at none against Clipboard Manager's shown. Clypy also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Clipboard Manager sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.29 per 7 days and Clypy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Clipboard Manager ships an update every 4 months, Clypy every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Clipboard Manager | Clypy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 8 days ā better |
| Ads | Yes | No ā better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 ā better | 16.4 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hastik Mangukiya | Fayeed Pawaskar |
In-app purchases
Clipboard Manager
- Weekly Premium$1.297 Days
- Monthly Premium7 Days trial$3.191 Month
- Yearly Premium$14.991 Year
Clypy
- Clypy Pro Lifetime$29.99









