Comparison

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.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Freehand drawing
  • Custom brushes
  • Layer support
  • Image import/export
  • Drawing process recording
  • Copy/paste layers with transparency
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Brushes XP4 screens
Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Brushes XP versus Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrushes XPCopy 'Em + Paste Keyboard
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (4 ratings)4.7 (143 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews77.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4143 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikolay DenislamovHoi Chang

Customer experience

Brushes XP

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative32.0%

Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard

All ratings136 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive77.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative10.0%

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

None

Brushes XP

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Brushes XP free?
Brushes XP costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard free?
Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Brushes XP or Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard?
Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard is rated higher. Brushes XP averages 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard averages 4.7 from 143 ratings.
Do Brushes XP or Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard have ads?
Neither Brushes XP nor Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brushes XP or Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard?
Brushes XP ships an update every 13 months, and Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard every 3 months. Most recently, Brushes XP was updated on October 8, 2026 and Copy 'Em + Paste Keyboard on October 11, 2026.

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