Comparison

Focus Lantern vs Clipy

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

Head to head
About

Focus Lantern

Features
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Focus Lantern is a calm, lightweight focus timer. Choose a 25/5 Pomodoro session, a 45-minute deep work session, or a quick 15-minute focus block. Pair your timer with procedural ambient soundscapes such as white noise, pink noise, brown noise, soft rain, ocean drift, and forest air. Features: - Pomodoro, deep work, and quick focus modes - Built-in procedural ambient sounds - Daily and 7-day focus statistics - Recent focus session history - English and Simplified Chinese interface - No account, no ads, and focus records stay on your device Focus Lantern is made for studying, writing, reading, office work, and any quiet moment that deserves your full attention.

About

Clipy

This app provides a searchable history of your copied text on Mac and iPhone. It allows for direct, encrypted sharing of clips between trusted Apple devices on your local network without requiring an account or cloud storage.

Highlights
  • Searchable clipboard history
  • Nearby sharing between Apple devices
  • Local storage, no cloud
  • Encrypted sessions
  • Menu bar access on Mac
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Your clipboard should remember more than one thing. Clipy gives your iPhone and Mac a searchable history of recent copied text, plus a simple way to send clips directly to trusted Apple devices nearby. No account. No cloud. Just the text you need, ready to use again. CLIPBOARD HISTORY Keep up to 100 recent text clips, newest first. See where a clip came from, then copy it back whenever you need it. NEARBY SHARING Connect trusted Apple devices on your local network and send your latest clip directly between them. Sessions are verified and encrypted, with no cloud account required. FAST SEARCH Search your history by copied text or source device so old addresses, links, notes, code snippets, and messages are easy to find. BUILT FOR MAC Clipy can automatically capture copied text on Mac and keeps recent clips close at hand from the menu bar, so you can search, copy, and send without breaking your flow. BUILT FOR iPHONE Keep Clipy open while you copy to build your clipboard history. iPhone does not allow apps to continuously read the clipboard in the background, so Clipy works within Apple’s privacy model instead of trying to work around it. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Clipy is designed around local storage and direct nearby sharing rather than a cloud clipboard account. Copy something useful. Find it later. Send it where you need it.

Screenshots

Focus Lantern4 screens
Clipy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Clipy at Free against Focus Lantern's $0.99. Clipy also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

Clipy is free to download; Focus Lantern costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Focus Lantern ships an update weekly, Clipy every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Focus Lantern versus Clipy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus LanternClipy
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer小倩 徐Matthew Swartz

In-app purchases

None

Focus Lantern

No in-app purchases

None

Clipy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Lantern free?
Focus Lantern costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clipy free?
Clipy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus Lantern or Clipy have ads?
Neither Focus Lantern nor Clipy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Lantern or Clipy?
Focus Lantern ships an update weekly, and Clipy every 2 weeks. Most recently, Focus Lantern was updated on October 3, 2026 and Clipy on October 8, 2026.

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