Comparison

40IP vs Clipfile

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

Head to head
About

40IP

Features
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40 Inventive Principles in one app. Speed up your idea generation process using the 40 Inventive Principles from the TRIZ toolbox. The theory of inventive problem solving, developed by Genrich Altshuller, offers a plethora of tools for generating innovative ideas to solve inventive problems. The 40 Inventive Principles are probably the best-known tool for taking the broader view when working on a task. 40IP contains the 40 Inventive Principles, explained by more than 400 illustrated examples, bundled as a compact reference for every situation. Use it to resolve technical as well as physical contradictions and take advantage of a wide variety of suggestions to increase your idea output. Features: - 40 Inventive Principles - 400+ illustrated examples - Engineering Contradiction (Altshuller Matrix, Matrix 2003) - Physical Contradiction

About

Clipfile

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Clipfile saves what you're reading โ€” the whole article, not just the link. Open the Clipfile extension from Safari's page menu and the article is saved, text and all. It is read out of the page you already have open, in your own logged-in session, so anything you can read in Safari comes through complete โ€” including the articles behind a subscription you pay for. Links alone go stale; a saved article doesn't. Saving from another app works too: share a link to Clipfile from anywhere. If you also use Clipfile for Mac, it fills in the article's text for links saved that way, where the page allows it. A READER THAT WORKS OFFLINE Read in Clipfile's reader: clean text in a typeface chosen for reading, at the size your eyes prefer, on a warm paper or bright white page, in light or dark. The saved copy is there on a plane or the subway, and it is still there after the original page has moved, changed or gone. YOUR LIST, KEPT IN ORDER Unread and Read, a search that covers titles, sites and your own notes, and folders that sort themselves: Clipfile files each article under a topic as it arrives, and you can group your list by folder or leave it as one list. A widget keeps your most recent unread articles on your Home Screen, and if something has sat unread for two weeks, Clipfile gives you a gentle nudge. NOTES ON WHAT YOU SAVE Add a note to any article โ€” why you saved it, the line that mattered, what to do with it. Notes are searchable, so the article you can't find by its headline turns up by what you wrote about it. ON YOUR MAC TOO Clipfile for Mac saves from Safari with one keystroke and brings your list up over whatever you're doing. It's the same list, on every device. NO ACCOUNT There is no sign-up. Your iPhone, iPad and Mac find each other through iCloud Keychain, and Link a Device pairs anything iCloud Keychain can't reach with a one-time code. Your list syncs through Clipfile's own server, filed under a random key rather than under your name, and the text of saved articles is stored there encrypted. To sort articles into folders, their titles and web addresses are sent to Google's Gemini. There are no analytics, no advertising and no third-party SDKs. YOUR DATA, YOURS TO TAKE Export your whole list as JSON or CSV at any time, from Settings. Clipfile is free on iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

40IP4 screens
Clipfile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Clipfile at every 6 days against 40IP's every 18 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

40IP ships an update every 18 months, Clipfile every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
40IP versus Clipfile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter40IPClipfile
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 6 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better16.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size81 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTRIZ Consulting Group GmbHMike Shear

In-app purchases

None

40IP

No in-app purchases

None

Clipfile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 40IP free?
40IP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clipfile free?
Clipfile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 40IP or Clipfile have ads?
Neither 40IP nor Clipfile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 40IP or Clipfile?
40IP ships an update every 18 months, and Clipfile every 6 days. Most recently, 40IP was updated on September 25, 2026 and Clipfile on October 12, 2026.

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