Ctrl+C vs Copy Better
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.
Copy Better
This app provides an extended clipboard to store and manage all your copied content. Easily add, edit, and organize text, formatted text, and images into folders. Access your clips quickly through widgets, a custom keyboard, or Siri shortcuts.
- Store text, formatted text, and images
- Organize clips into folders
- Mark clips as favorites
- Home screen widgets for quick access
- Custom keyboard for fast pasting
- Siri shortcuts integration
- Share extension for saving clips
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Copy Better keeps all the things you need to copy and paste in one place, available at a simple tap. • Add clips from the system clipboard, edit them, and create new ones directly in the app. Your clips can be plain text, formatted text, and/or images. • Create folders to organize your clips, and mark important ones as favorites. • Add the Favorites and Folders widgets to your home screen for easy access. • Use the Copy Better keyboard to paste your clips quickly in other apps. • Configure Siri shortcuts to create and paste clips anywhere. • Use the Share extension to save new clips from websites, Photos, or anywhere else with shareable content.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Copy Better at none against Ctrl+C's 2. Copy Better also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (14.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Copy Better asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ctrl+C holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 39 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Ctrl+C's written reviews are positive against 78% of Copy Better's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ctrl+C ships an update every 7 months, Copy Better every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and August 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ctrl+C | Copy Better |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (31 ratings) — better | 4.3 (39 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 39 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chang Chin-Ming | William Wu |
Customer experience
Ctrl+C
Copy Better
In-app purchases
Ctrl+C
- Auto preview website$0.99
- Clipboard expansion$0.99
Copy Better
No in-app purchases
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