Comparison

Simple Pasteboard widget vs Clipboard Manager

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

Head to head
About

Simple Pasteboard widget

This utility app helps you avoid repetitive copying by saving content you frequently use. Access saved items anytime, streamlining your workflow. It's designed to reduce manual effort for common copy-paste tasks.

Highlights
  • Save frequently copied content
  • Access saved items anytime
  • Reduce repetitive copying
  • Streamline workflow
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Do not copy the same content over and over again ? The work is reduced by this application. This app saves the contents you want to copy, it is possible to call at any time. ・Terms of Use https://eeggs.jp/terms-of-use-en

About

Clipboard Manager

This app enhances productivity by managing your clipboard history across iOS and macOS. It offers features like iCloud sync, biometric protection, and organization into categories. Easily access and recover clips, with support for images, files, and text transformations.

Highlights
  • Background clipboard monitoring
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Organize clips into categories
  • Biometric protection for sensitive clips
  • Trash folder for deleted clips
  • Quick access via widgets and shortcuts
  • Supports images and files
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Introducing Pycopaste, the ultimate clipboard manager for iOS and macOS, designed to enhance your productivity by streamlining your copying and pasting experience. Pycopaste offers a wide range of features that make managing your clips effortless and efficient. Key Features: - Background Clipboard Monitoring: Pycopaste intelligently tracks your clipboard activity via PiP, ensuring that all copied content is securely saved and available for future use. - iCloud Sync: Keep your clips in sync across all your iOS and macOS devices using iCloud, so you can access your clipboard history anytime, anywhere. - Categories Management: Organize your clips into customizable categories for seamless retrieval and a clutter-free workspace. - Biometric Protection: Secure your sensitive clips with biometric authentication, including Face ID and Touch ID, for top-notch privacy. - Thrash Support: Accidentally deleted a clip? No worries! Pycopaste features a trash folder where you can easily recover your deleted clips. - Quick Access from Widgets: Access your most used clips and categories directly from your home screen, thanks to Pycopaste's handy widgets. - Link Previews: Get a quick glimpse of your copied URLs with link previews, making it easier to identify and manage your saved links. - Searchable Clips in Spotlight: Find your clips instantly by searching them directly within Spotlight. - Access Clips from Shortcuts: Integrate Pycopaste with iOS shortcuts for even faster access to your clips. - Add Clips from Share Sheet: Easily add clips to Pycopaste from any app using the Share Sheet, streamlining your content-saving process. - Blacklisted Words: Ignore specific clips containing blacklisted words, ensuring irrelevant or sensitive content stays out of your clipboard history. - Images and Files Uploads: Pycopaste supports more than just text! Save images and files directly to your clipboard history for easy access. - Text Transformations: Quickly apply manipulations like lowercase, uppercase, remove line breaks to textual data inside Pycopaste - Customizable Clip History Duration: Tailor your clipboard history retention settings to suit your preferences, from purging clips after a few days to keeping them indefinitely. - Dedicated Native Mac Clipper: Pycopaste also comes with a macOS companion app, offering a seamless clipboard management experience across your Apple devices. Upgrade your copy-pasting game with Pycopaste, the comprehensive clipboard manager for iOS and macOS that makes your daily tasks simpler and more efficient. Download Pycopaste now and unlock your productivity potential! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pycopaste.foxfortmobile.com/privacy_policy

Screenshots

Simple Pasteboard widget2 screens
Clipboard Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Simple Pasteboard widget at 4.9 against Clipboard Manager's 4.4. Clipboard Manager's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (78% vs 54%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Simple Pasteboard widget sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Clipboard Manager sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple Pasteboard widget holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 70 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Simple Pasteboard widget's written reviews are positive against 78% of Clipboard Manager's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Simple Pasteboard widget versus Clipboard Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Pasteboard widgetClipboard Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (16 ratings) — better4.4 (70 ratings)
Positive reviews53.7% of reviews77.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1670 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB32 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperEasterEggsFoxfortMobile

Customer experience

Simple Pasteboard widget

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive53.7%
Neutral14.8%
Negative31.5%

Clipboard Manager

All ratings70 ratings
Positive81.4%
Neutral11.4%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple Pasteboard widget

Subscriptions1
  • No Ads Plan$1.991 Month
11 purchases

Clipboard Manager

Subscriptions6
  • Pycopaste Monthly$2.001 Month
  • Pycopaste Monthly 3$3.991 Month
  • Pycopaste Pro Monthly$4.001 Month
Show 3 more
  • Pycopaste Yearly$8.991 Year
  • Pycopaste Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
  • Pycopaste Yearly 3$24.001 Year
One-time5
  • Pycopaste Lifetime$12.00
  • Pycopaste Lifetime 2$15.00
  • Pycopaste Lifetime$25.00
Show 2 more
  • Pycopaste Pro Lifetime$30.00
  • Pycopaste Lifetime 5$35.00

Questions

Is Simple Pasteboard widget free?
Simple Pasteboard widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clipboard Manager free?
Clipboard Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Simple Pasteboard widget or Clipboard Manager?
Simple Pasteboard widget is rated higher. Simple Pasteboard widget averages 4.9 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Clipboard Manager averages 4.4 from 70 ratings.
Do Simple Pasteboard widget or Clipboard Manager have ads?
Simple Pasteboard widget shows ads; Clipboard Manager does not.
Which is updated more often, Simple Pasteboard widget or Clipboard Manager?
Simple Pasteboard widget ships an update monthly, and Clipboard Manager monthly. Most recently, Simple Pasteboard widget was updated on October 16, 2026 and Clipboard Manager on September 22, 2026.

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