Comparison

Next Balloon vs Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI

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

Head to head
About

Next Balloon

Easily track important annual events like birthdays and anniversaries. This app organizes upcoming dates, showing you what's happening in the next 90 days. Receive notifications and mark events as completed for the following year.

Highlights
  • Track birthdays and anniversaries
  • View upcoming events (next 90 days)
  • Receive event notifications
  • Badge app icon for pending events
  • Mark events as completed
  • Automatic yearly updates
Features
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Easily keep track of birthdays, anniversaries or other annual events that are important to you. Next Balloon shows you which events are coming soon. Enter the details of the annual event, and Next Balloon will organize them so you know which ones are coming up next. It shows you items which are coming up in the next 90 days, or you can view all the events in your list. If you enable notifications, you'll receive a notification when the event is coming soon as well as badge the app icon until the item is marked off. As you mark off the items you have completed, Next Balloon will automatically update the item so you are ready for it next year. You can even enter a note when you mark the item as completed.

About

Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI

This app acts as a smart keyboard that stores and quickly pastes frequently used text, links, and snippets. It helps save time by providing one-tap access to your saved content, with features like AI-powered text generation and translation.

Highlights
  • Snippet manager
  • Auto paste with one tap
  • AI text generation
  • Instant translation
  • Clipboard manager
  • YouTube integration
  • App Store integration
Features
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MagicBoard is a snippet manager & auto paste keyboard app. We all copy and paste the same things again and again. Email replies, links, forms, video titles, app links, you name it. MagicBoard saves you time by keeping your most used text, links, and snippets inside your keyboard so you can paste them anywhere with just one tap.  ### Who it is for  - Anyone who types a lot: From filling forms to replying to DMs and emails, your saved snippets are always ready.  - Creators: Quickly share YouTube videos or channel links, even as stickers for Instagram.  - Developers: Connect your apps and instantly share links, ask for reviews, or send promo text.  ### Why choose MagicBoard  - User experience first. Simple, fast and reliable.  - A design crafted with love, improved year after year. - Privacy first. Your snippets stay private on your device.  - Time saved adds up. A few seconds saved each day becomes hours every year.  ### Features  - Organize snippets into folders and access them from the keyboard.  - Auto paste or copy snippets with one tap.  - Translate snippets instantly with Apple Intelligence running on your device.  - Generate fresh variations of your snippets with AI so you never sound repetitive.  - Clipboard manager to import and reuse text faster.  - YouTube integration for creators. Share video links, thumbnails or stickers in seconds.  - App Store integration for developers. Share app links or request reviews right from the keyboard.  MagicBoard was first built for personal use. I relied on it every day long before it became public on the App Store.  Over the years it has saved me hundreds of hours. Now it can do the same for you.  T&Cs and privacy policy available here: https://www.edouardbarbier.com/apps/fast-paste/privacy/  TLDR: No data collected, besides a few Analytics events to understand how the features are being used so I can improve the app in the future.

Screenshots

Next Balloon4 screens
Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI at Free against Next Balloon's $5.99. Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 39 months) and ratings volume (252 vs 1). Next Balloon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On review sentiment, ads and device support 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

Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI is free to download; Next Balloon costs $5.99 up front. Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Next Balloon asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Next Balloon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI has 252 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Next Balloon's written reviews are positive against 92% of Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Next Balloon ships an update every 39 months, Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Next Balloon versus Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNext BalloonPaste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (252 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better92.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1252 — better
Update frequencyEvery 39 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSurprise SoftwareEdouard Barbier

Customer experience

Next Balloon

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI

All ratings252 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews192 reviews
Positive92.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative5.2%

Bugs and requests

Next Balloon

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Deleting all messages
  • Losing access to free version after device change
  • Keyboard getting stuck

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to edit, copy, paste, undo, delete, close, return, and add functions
  • Support for Siri Shortcuts
  • Option to change color
  • Ability to sort and reorder items
  • Sync across devices

In-app purchases

None

Next Balloon

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI

Subscriptions9
  • MagicBoard Pro$0.997 Days
  • MagicBoard Premium$1.997 Days
  • MagicBoard Pro$4.991 Month
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  • MagicBoard Pro$5.997 Days
  • MagicBoard Pro$8.991 Month
  • MagicBoard Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • MagicBoard Pro3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • MagicBoard Pro$39.991 Year
  • MoagicBoard Pro3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • MagicBoard Pro$30.99

Questions

Is Next Balloon free?
Next Balloon costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI free?
Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Next Balloon or Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI?
Next Balloon is rated higher. Next Balloon averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI averages 4.6 from 252 ratings.
Do Next Balloon or Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI have ads?
Neither Next Balloon nor Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Next Balloon or Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI?
Next Balloon ships an update every 39 months, and Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI every 6 weeks. Most recently, Next Balloon was updated on October 23, 2026 and Paste Keyboard | MagicBoard AI on October 30, 2026.

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