Comparison

Paste vs BlockBear!

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

Head to head
About

Paste

This app acts as a universal clipboard manager, saving everything you copy across your devices. It allows you to instantly search, reuse, and share text, links, images, and files, ensuring you never lose important information again. Collaborate with others using shared pinboards and speed up your workflow with intelligent features.

Highlights
  • Syncs clipboard across Mac, iPhone, and iPad
  • Intelligent search for copied items
  • Access via keyboard and extensions
  • Edit and reuse copied content
  • Pin frequently used items
  • Collaborate with shared pinboards
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
Features
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Paste remembers everything you copy — text, links, images, files — on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. So the thing you copied yesterday, last week, or last month is always one shortcut away. Trusted for 10 years by designers, developers, writers, lawyers, and support teams. Recognized by Apple as an "invaluable utility." NEVER LOSE A COPY AGAIN Your clipboard normally holds one item. Paste holds them all. – Unlimited clipboard history across all your devices – Clear visual previews — see exactly what you copied, and where it came from – Rules that automatically skip passwords and other sensitive content FIND ANYTHING IN SECONDS – Search everything you've ever copied — even text inside screenshots and photos – Filter by app, date, device, or content type – Jump straight from a search result to its place in your history PASTE AT THE SPEED OF THOUGHT – Open Paste in any app with a single shortcut – Paste recent items instantly with ⌘1–9 – Queue items in Paste Stack and paste them in order — perfect for forms and repetitive work – Paste as plain text whenever you want formatting gone EVERYWHERE YOU WORK – iCloud sync keeps Mac, iPhone, and iPad perfectly in step – Hand off items between devices mid-task – On iOS: the Paste Keyboard brings your whole history into any app – Works seamlessly alongside Universal Clipboard ORGANIZE AND COLLABORATE – Keep the important stuff on Pinboards — snippets, templates, and assets that never expire – Share Pinboards with your team, family, or clients – You decide who can view and who can edit WORKS WITH YOUR AI TOOLS – Connect your clipboard history to Claude, Cursor, and other AI assistants with built-in MCP support (Mac) – Polish copied text with Apple Intelligence Writing Tools PRIVATE BY DESIGN – Your data lives on your devices and in your private iCloud — never on our servers – Hide Paste from screen sharing and recordings – Pause capture any time Try Paste free for one week. Subscriptions (monthly or annual), a Family plan, and a one-time Lifetime purchase unlock everything on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. "I don't know how I lived without it" — the thing users tell us most. Copy something. You'll see. Learn more: pasteapp.io Say hello: pasteapp.io/contact or @paste_app on X Terms: pasteapp.io/terms

About

BlockBear!

Browse the web without annoying ads and reclaim valuable screen space. This app significantly speeds up website loading times, conserves bandwidth, and protects your privacy from online trackers. Easily manage ad blocking preferences and whitelist favorite sites.

Highlights
  • Blocks all ad types
  • Removes website clutter
  • Speeds up website loading
  • Saves bandwidth
  • Protects privacy from tracking
  • Customizable blocking options
  • Safari extension for whitelisting
Features
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Rawr! BlockBear is a really simple and ferocious adblocking app that allows you to browse the web ad-free and reclaim valuable screen space. BlockBear: • Blocks ads (popups, text ads, banners) and removes website clutter • Loads many websites 3-5x faster saving time and bandwidth • Protects your privacy from widespread online tracking (cookies, beacons, scripts, etc) • Lets you choose to block any combination of ads, online tracking and social buttons with a simple switch • Helps you to conveniently whitelist your favourite websites from within Safari using the BlockBear Safari extension • Includes 100% more bears than competing ad blockers Yeah, you could download another adblocker… but then you wouldn’t have a bear.

Screenshots

Paste4 screens
BlockBear!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BlockBear! at 4.7 against Paste's 4.2. BlockBear! also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and review sentiment (79% vs 53%). Paste's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Paste sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. BlockBear! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BlockBear! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.3K and 2.8K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Paste's written reviews are positive against 79% of BlockBear!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paste ships an update weekly, BlockBear! every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Paste versus BlockBear!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPasteBlockBear!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.3K ratings)4.7 (2.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.3% of reviews79.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K2.8K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaste TeamTunnelBear, LLC

Customer experience

Paste

All ratings1,327 ratings
Positive79.1%
Neutral3.5%
Negative17.3%
Written reviews797 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral6.5%
Negative40.2%

BlockBear!

All ratings2,782 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews439 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral4.8%
Negative15.9%

User reviews

Paste

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent clipboard management
  • 🚀 Seamless cross-device sync
  • 💡 Customizable pinboards for frequently used items
  • 🎨 Visually appealing interface
  • ⏱️ Significant time-saving in workflow

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🐛 Reliability issues with crashes and syncing
  • 🔍 Limited search and organization capabilities
  • 📱 Inferior mobile app experience compared to desktop
  • 🔄 Frustration with forced updates and loss of functionality

BlockBear!

From 2.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Effective ad blocker
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🐻 Cute bear theme
  • 🔒 No data collection
  • 💰 Free app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Blocks legitimate links/content
  • 🔍 Ineffective at blocking some ads
  • 🗓️ App not updated in years
  • ⚠️ Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Bugs and requests

Paste

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Clipboard history not syncing reliably across devices
  • App crashes on launch or during use
  • Paste keyboard extension not working as expected
  • Compatibility issues with newer macOS and iOS versions
  • Copied content not always preserving formatting

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to edit and rename copied items
  • Improved search and filtering options
  • Keyboard shortcuts for quick access
  • Better integration with other productivity apps
  • Secure deletion of sensitive clipboard data

BlockBear!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Whitelist functionality not working as expected
  • Causes Safari pages to load blank
  • Blocks YouTube ads inconsistently

Requested features

3 requests
  • Dark mode app icon
  • Ability to easily enable/disable on specific sites
  • Integration with other browsers (e.g. Chrome)

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Paste

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly Plan (Mac + iOS)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Legacy Plan1 Year trial$9.991 Year
  • Annual Plan (Mac + iOS)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Annual Plan (Mac + iOS)1 Year trial$29.991 Year
  • Family Plan7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Plan (Mac+iOS)$99.99
None

BlockBear!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paste free?
Paste is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BlockBear! free?
BlockBear! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Paste or BlockBear!?
BlockBear! is rated higher. Paste averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while BlockBear! averages 4.7 from 2.8K ratings.
Do Paste or BlockBear! have ads?
Neither Paste nor BlockBear! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paste or BlockBear!?
Paste ships an update weekly, and BlockBear! every 3 months. Most recently, Paste was updated on October 14, 2026 and BlockBear! on October 13, 2026.

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