Plain Text Paste vs Plain Copy for Safari
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plain Text Paste
Effortlessly remove text formatting when copying and pasting. This utility allows you to convert rich text to plain text, ensuring consistent formatting across all your applications. You can also view and edit the clipboard content.
- Copy as plain text
- Remove formatting from clipboard
- View and edit clipboard text
- Automatic formatting removal
- Split view support
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Copy as plain text right within your favourite apps!* Are you tired of pasting text into an app such as Mail, only to find that the text is too large or the wrong color? Using Plain Text Paste, you can now copy as plain text*, or remove formatting from the current clipboard content. All formatting (colors, fonts, and sizes) is automatically removed from the text in the clipboard. You can even view and edit the plain text currently in the clipboard with simple customizations such as removing newlines and uppercasing! How it works (easy way): 1. Highlight text 2. Tap "Share..." if available (if not, use steps below) 3. Tap "Copy Plain Text" 4. Paste the unformatted text into any app you wish Or (classic way): 1. Copy text from any app 2. Open Plain Text app 3. The text in the clipboard is automatically converted to plain text 4. Paste the unformatted text into any app you wish Take control of your clipboard by viewing and editing text, and clearing all formatting using Plain Text Paste. Notes: * The "copy within app" feature is not available in all apps. Please use "classic way" instead (see above). Disclaimer: App does not show original rich text. For illustrative purposes only. Second screenshot is showing the "Smart Copy" app to illustrate the "copy within app" feature.
Plain Copy for Safari
This Safari extension copies text from your browser without any formatting. It automatically removes styling like font, size, color, and links, ensuring clean pastes into other applications. Easily manage formatting preferences on a per-site basis.
- Copy text without formatting
- Automatically reset styling (size, color, font, weight)
- Preserve new lines
- Paste cleanly into other apps
- Site-specific activation/deactivation
- Simple and fast activation
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• Plain Copy is a simple Safari extension that can copy any text from your browser to the clipboard without formatting. It will automatically reset the size, color, font, weight, and links • • Available on all your devices, on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac computer • When you paste something from the web into a word processing app or an email, the content looks out of place because of the inherited formatting. Plain Copy solves this problem, and you do not have to use special commands - just activate the extension and everything is done for you automatically. Simple and fast. FEATURES • Copy text without formatting from your browser to the clipboard. Automatically reset the color, size, weight, or font face while keeping the new lines • Paste content to any other iOS app (like Word, Email, or Keynote) without breaking the existing format • You can optionally deactivate this feature for any site while keeping it active for other sites • Select and copy content the way you are used to, just activate the app, and you are good to go SUPPORT We read your support emails every day, day by day. Write with confidence any question, feedback, or complaint, and you will receive an answer in a very short period of time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Plain Text Paste at 83% against Plain Copy for Safari's 0%. Plain Text Paste also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (26 vs 1). Plain Copy for Safari's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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
Plain Text Paste costs $2.99 and Plain Copy for Safari $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Plain Text Paste holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plain Text Paste has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Plain Text Paste's written reviews are positive against 0% of Plain Copy for Safari's.
Plain Text Paste ships an update every 5 months, Plain Copy for Safari monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plain Text Paste | Plain Copy for Safari |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (26 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lukas Rossi | Denk Alexandru |
Customer experience
Plain Text Paste
Plain Copy for Safari
In-app purchases
Plain Text Paste
No in-app purchases
Plain Copy for Safari
No in-app purchases
Questions
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