Comparison

Plain Paste vs Listie | Simple List Maker

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

Head to head
About

Plain Paste

This app cleans copied text, removing formatting and offering options like Markdown conversion. It also extracts text from images and saves recent clips for easy reuse. Built for privacy, it processes data locally and integrates with system features.

Highlights
  • Remove formatting from copied text
  • Convert text to Markdown
  • Extract text from images (OCR)
  • Save and search recent text clips
  • Integrates with share sheet and Shortcuts
  • Local data processing for privacy
Features
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Plain Paste makes copied text easier to use. Paste formatted text from websites, documents, emails, chats or notes, and Plain Paste automatically copies a clean plain-text version back to your clipboard. Choose Markdown or cleanup options when you need a different result, without pasting again. More ways to capture text: • Clean selected text from another app with Clean with Plain in the share sheet • Extract editable text from photos, screenshots and shared images • Convert supported rich text formatting to Markdown Make the output yours: • Copy as Plain Text or Markdown • Remove Markdown formatting, remove line breaks within paragraphs, or make text one line • Review and edit the result before copying again Keep useful text close: • Search, pin, preview, share and reuse up to 100 recent items in History • Automatically remove unpinned items after 1, 7 or 30 days, or keep them until you delete them • Copy saved text from the Recents widget; Plain opens automatically to finish copying • Show or hide the History sidebar on iPad Built for your workflow: • Use Clean Text in Shortcuts without opening the app • Follow built-in guides for widgets, the share sheet, Shortcuts, the Action button and Control Center • Work with keyboard shortcuts, larger text, VoiceOver and Reduce Motion Private by design. Text processing happens entirely on your device, and History is stored locally. Plain Paste works with text and images you choose to provide.

About

Listie | Simple List Maker

Features
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Listie is a calm place to jot things down, let it go, and come back whenever you’re ready. Get it out of your head in seconds so you can be a little more present in your day. Key Features: • Create unlimited lists and items • Organise items into simple categories • Quick swipe to check off items as you go • Easily delete all checked items in one tap • Duplicate lists for recurring needs • Available in English, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, French, and Japanese • No account needed - data stays private on your device Oh and tap the bunny for a little dose of motivation when you need it! Free to download. Nothing to sign up for. Ready when you are.

Screenshots

Plain Paste4 screens
Listie | Simple List Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Plain Paste and Listie | Simple List Maker are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plain Paste ships an update every 8 days, Listie | Simple List Maker weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Plain Paste versus Listie | Simple List Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlain PasteListie | Simple List Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndreas EkegrenRossie Lee

In-app purchases

None

Plain Paste

No in-app purchases

None

Listie | Simple List Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plain Paste free?
Plain Paste is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Listie | Simple List Maker free?
Listie | Simple List Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Plain Paste or Listie | Simple List Maker have ads?
Neither Plain Paste nor Listie | Simple List Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plain Paste or Listie | Simple List Maker?
Plain Paste ships an update every 8 days, and Listie | Simple List Maker weekly. Most recently, Plain Paste was updated on November 9, 2026 and Listie | Simple List Maker on October 31, 2026.

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