Ctrl+C vs QuickPaste
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.
QuickPaste
This app enhances your device's clipboard functionality by allowing you to easily copy and paste text snippets. Organize your notes with folders, combine multiple notes into one paste, and sync them across your devices. It also offers security features and convenient extensions for widgets and keyboards.
- Copy and paste text snippets
- Organize notes with folders
- Concatenate multiple notes for pasting
- Sync notes across devices via iCloud
- Widget and keyboard extensions
- Passcode and biometric security
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** Easy to copy Tapping a note, it copy to pasteboard. You can use the text for other apps. ** Organize notes with folders You can classify notes by folder for each purpose. ** Concatenation copy Selecting some notes, it concat them and copy. ** Sync notes across devices All folders and notes are syncing across your devices automatically using iCloud. ** Protect your data Passcode setting and authentication by Touch ID / Face ID are also possible. Security measures are also thorough.(Requires an additional add-on purchase) ** Widget extension Copy quickly from Widgets ** Keyboard extension Installing keyboard extension, you can use Snippets directly on other apps. ** Share extension You can save a note to QuickPaste from share panel everywhere. ** Add-on Folders: 2 -> Unlimited Ad banner: Show -> Hide Passcode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Ctrl+C at none against QuickPaste's shown. QuickPaste's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (77% vs 67%). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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 QuickPaste 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 QuickPaste. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 92 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Ctrl+C's written reviews are positive against 77% of QuickPaste's.
Ctrl+C ships an update every 7 months, QuickPaste fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ctrl+C | QuickPaste |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (31 ratings) | 4.5 (92 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 77.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 92 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chang Chin-Ming | Toshitaka Agata |
Customer experience
Ctrl+C
QuickPaste
In-app purchases
Ctrl+C
- Auto preview website$0.99
- Clipboard expansion$0.99
QuickPaste
- Hide ads, Unlimited folders$4.99
