Comparison

noglow vs Clipwell

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

Head to head
About

noglow

This app offers a minimalist scratchpad experience for quick note-taking on iPhone and Mac. It features eight distinct color-coded slots that clear after use, with finished notes archived and searchable. Optional cloud sync is available for free.

Highlights
  • Titleless scratchpad
  • Eight color slots
  • Searchable archive
  • Cross-device sync
  • Plain text notes
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noglow is a titleless scratchpad for iPhone, iPad and Mac. No titles to invent, no folders, no tags, no markdown. Just a blank line and eight slots that never move. Whatever you left in slot 2 is still in slot 2. When a note is done, peel it away. It goes into a searchable archive that never fills up, and the slot is clear for what you are working on now. - Eight slots, one tap or one keystroke apart - Peel finished notes into a permanent, searchable archive - On iPad: a full-screen layout, the archive side by side, keyboard shortcuts - Works across your devices - Optional cloud sync. Free, no account needed to start. - Plain text only. No formatting to fuss with. Free, and that includes sync.

About

Clipwell

Features
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Clipwell keeps the things you reuse within reach — wherever you are on your iPhone. Addresses. Replies. Email signatures. Links. Templates. Markdown notes. The little pieces of information you keep hunting for, or typing again. Save them once. Bring them back without stopping what you're doing. DOUBLE-TAP TO SAVE Copy anything, then double-tap the back of your iPhone. It's saved. No app to open, no keyboard to switch to, and nothing to set up beyond pointing Back Tap at Clipwell once. GET A CLIP WITHOUT SWITCHING APPS Triple-tap the back of your iPhone and choose from your Clips. Pick one and it's copied, ready to paste right where you already are. You can also put Clipwell on the Action Button, use Siri or Shortcuts, or open it from Control Center. YOUR CLIPS ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Keep recent Clips or your Favorites on your Home Screen. Tap one and it's copied instantly — Clipwell doesn't even open. CREATE CLIPS OF YOUR OWN Clipwell isn't only for things you've copied. Write reusable replies, templates, lists and notes directly in the app, with Markdown formatting when you want it. SAVE FROM ANY APP Share text, links, images or files to Clipwell from any app's Share Sheet. Nothing to set up, and it never touches your clipboard. KEEP WHAT MATTERS Recent Clips clean themselves up automatically — after a day, three, a week or a month, whichever you choose. Keep anything you want indefinitely, and favorite the things you reach for most. AN OPTIONAL KEYBOARD If you want to paste without leaving the app you're in, Clipwell includes a keyboard: press and hold the globe key, pick Clipwell, tap a Clip and it's inserted. It's entirely optional — everything above works without it. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION Clipwell contains no networking code. It cannot send your data anywhere, because there is nothing in it that can. No account, no sign-in, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. Everything stays on your iPhone. Clipwell doesn't monitor your clipboard. It only remembers what you explicitly save. PAY ONCE Clipwell Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks unlimited Clips plus images and files. Not a subscription — buy it once, keep it.

Screenshots

noglow4 screens
Clipwell4 screens

Verdict

The call

noglow and Clipwell 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

noglow ships an update every 5 days, Clipwell every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
noglow versus Clipwell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameternoglowClipwell
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGRABATom Weiss

In-app purchases

None

noglow

No in-app purchases

None

Clipwell

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is noglow free?
noglow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clipwell free?
Clipwell is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do noglow or Clipwell have ads?
Neither noglow nor Clipwell shows ads.
Which is updated more often, noglow or Clipwell?
noglow ships an update every 5 days, and Clipwell every 4 days. Most recently, noglow was updated on October 28, 2026 and Clipwell on October 31, 2026.

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