Ctrl+C vs FastCopy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ctrl+C
This tool allows you to automatically record copied text via a widget. It helps you manage, edit, and combine multiple copied items for easy sharing across platforms. Save and load your archives for future use.
- Widget for automatic text recording
- Manage, edit, and sort multiple copied texts
- Combine all copied text into one for easy sharing
- Save and load text archives
- Gesture-based text editing
- Customizable themes
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Important! Starting with iOS 18, Today Extensions are no longer supported. Please use the Shortcut as an alternative. Shortcut: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/4f78c36a43c042fe926a3ff537c8dc33 Tutorial video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UWFlRxBYnsI Ctrl+C like a clipboard in widget and you can copy words automatically in it. It's a useful, simple and quick tool. Help you to copy and edit words. All you need to do is copy words and pull down Notification Center, then Ctrl+C in widget will record these contents automatically. "Copy all" function can combine all contents to one content and copy it. You can paste it to every platforms you want to share. ◎ Support iOS 8 widget to record the text that you copied from other place When you copied a text from other place and scroll down Notification Center, the text will be appeared in widget and you can press + button to record it. ◎ Keep and list multi texts Can record up to 10 texts, and support text editing, sorting or deleted. ◎ A key to copy all the text merge Just one button, combine all texts listed in app for easy sharing and pasting anywhere. ◎ Save and load archive Support save the texts to archive, you can save 10 texts in one archive, and the number of archive is unlimited. ◎ Edit text through gestures 1. Single press: Copy text 2. Long press: Edit text 3. Left slide: Delete text ◎ New user interface and themes Now,you can change other themes anytime.
FastCopy
Streamline your mobile communication by quickly copying and sharing text and images. Save time by merging common phrases, generating long pictures, and automatically organizing your content. Sync across multiple devices with iCloud.
- One-click text and picture copying
- Merge and copy multiple phrases
- Generate and send long pictures
- Automatic sorting by copy habits
- Classification management
- iCloud multi-device synchronization
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In work and life, we often use mobile phones to answer various questions. The answers to most of the questions are the same, but you must enter them repeatedly and send them. If you need to send a picture for explanation, you have to go through the album to find it, which takes time and effort. FastCopy allows text and pictures to be shared to the people you need as quickly as possible. # Special function : 1. Copy text and pictures with one click 2. Merge and copy multiple common words 3. Generate long pictures and send them 4. Automatically sort according to copy habits 5. Classification management 6. iCloud multi-device synchronization # Why choose FastCopy? [Traditional copy process]: 1. Open a memo or other application that records text 2. Long press 3. Wait for the selection box to pop up 4. Click "Select" 5. Drag the cursor to enclose the text you want to copy 6. Wait for the selection box to pop up 7. Click "Copy" 8. Oops, the click is wrong and it becomes "cut"...please repeat step 2... [FastCopy copy process]: 1. Open 2. Click to copy Obviously, FastCopy is faster and more convenient, which is the huge meaning of its existence: small applications, big effects. ------------- IdeaTiny produced: Even the smallest demand has real value Contact the interesting ones fb@ideatiny.com
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Verdict
Ctrl+C and FastCopy both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 67% of Ctrl+C's written reviews are positive against 40% of FastCopy's. FastCopy's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Ctrl+C sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and FastCopy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Ctrl+C against 4.5 for FastCopy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 22 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Ctrl+C's written reviews are positive against 40% of FastCopy's.
Ctrl+C ships an update every 7 months, FastCopy every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ctrl+C | FastCopy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (31 ratings) | 4.5 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chang Chin-Ming | 建菲 黎 |
Customer experience
Ctrl+C
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In-app purchases
Ctrl+C
- Auto preview website$0.99
- Clipboard expansion$0.99
FastCopy
- 50% discount in limited time$2.99







