Brushes XP vs Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brushes XP
This freehand drawing app offers powerful tools for artists, including custom brushes, layers, and image import/export. It can record your entire drawing process as a movie file, making it ideal for sharing your creative journey. As a successor to a legendary project, it includes enhanced features for a smoother artistic workflow.
- Freehand drawing
- Custom brushes
- Layer support
- Image import/export
- Drawing process recording
- Copy/paste layers with transparency
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"Brushes XP" is a powerful and easy-to-use freehand drawing application which can save the process of your drawing as a movie file. "Brushes XP" features painting with colors and custom brushes, using layers, images import and export, and it can save the replay of your drawing process as a movie file (see the demo movie). "Brushes XP" is a direct successor of the legendary "Brushes 3" project. "Brushes XP" offers features which are missing in original "Brushes 3": it can record the replay of drawing process as a movie, it allows to copy/paste layers with transparency and has other enhancements. Screenshots are demonstrating artwork of artist Maria Grazzia (Kq) Calderón.
Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard
This app enhances your copy and paste functionality by allowing you to save, manage, and sync various types of content, including text, links, and images. It offers a quick capture feature, a clipboard manager, and advanced paste options for efficient data handling. Organize your saved items into lists and access them across devices with optional iCloud sync.
- Quickly save copied items
- Clipboard manager for easy reuse
- Paste keyboard for instant data insertion
- Advanced paste options (formatting removal, case change)
- Organize content into lists
- Optional iCloud sync across devices
- Customizable shortcuts
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Power up your copy and paste experience with Copy 'Em! Save, manage, and sync web links, text, images, PDFs, photos, videos, color codes, and more—all effortlessly in one easy-to-use app. Key Features: • Quick Capture: Found something interesting online or elsewhere? Save it instantly before it's gone. • Clipboard Manager: Save your copied items for easy reuse. No more endless searching for what you copied earlier. • Paste Keyboard: Instantly paste data without retyping. Need to paste that email address you use all the time? It's just a tap away. • Advanced Paste Options: Automatically remove formatting, change case, strip whitespaces, and more. • Multi-functional: Scan documents, take quick notes, draw pictures, mark up PDFs, and more—all in one app. • Efficient Organization: Create lists and rearrange items with ease. Find what you need quickly and effortlessly. • Privacy: Your data stays on your device and doesn't go anywhere without your permission. • Optional Sync: Easily access your data across devices with iCloud. Your data remains private. (Also syncs with Copy 'Em for Mac.) • Powerful Shortcuts: Save time with customizable shortcuts. Make Copy 'Em work the way you work, with shortcuts that fit your style. Copy 'Em makes it much easier to save, copy and paste, organize, use, and sync your data. Experience efficiency like never before! Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://apprywhere.com/ce-privacy-policy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard at Free against Brushes XP's $4.99. Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 13 months). Brushes XP's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 16.0). On 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
Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard is free to download; Brushes XP costs $4.99 up front. Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. Brushes XP asks for nothing beyond the download.
Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard has 143 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Brushes XP's written reviews are positive against 78% of Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard's.
Brushes XP ships an update every 13 months, Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brushes XP | Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.7 (143 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 77.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 143 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nikolay Denislamov | Hoi Chang |
Customer experience
Brushes XP
Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard
Bugs and requests
Brushes XP
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard
Reported bugs
7 issues- Sync issues between devices
- Data disappearing, especially images
- Screen capture not working reliably
- Repeated crashes after latest update
- Keyboard and share sheet not functioning on iOS 14
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- Free-use limit issues where items don't appear but limit is reached
- Website inaccessible or blocked
Requested features
5 requests- Lifetime payment option
- Peer to peer sync (no internet or iCloud)
- Offer a one-time price instead of subscription
- Android support
- Search feature outside the app for the special keyboard function
In-app purchases
Brushes XP
No in-app purchases
Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard
- Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$19.991 Year
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