Paste vs FastClip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
FastClip
This app helps you collect, synchronize, and quickly retrieve various types of snippets, including text, links, images, and files, across your devices. Organize your snippets with categories and enjoy fast, offline storage.
- Collect snippets from clipboard, photos, files, QR codes
- Categorize snippets with tabs
- Real-time synchronization across devices
- Fast retrieval with indexing engine
- Offline encrypted storage
- Custom keyboard for efficiency
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FasClip 3 is a tool for collecting, synchronizing, and retrieving Snippets,including text, links, images, and files. **Available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.** # Collect Snippets in multiple ways Snippets from the clipboard, photo albums, files, QR code scans and text edited by user are all supported. # Categorization A representative Tab for storage and management of different categories of snippets can be created for different types of Snippets. Management of the Tab via iCloud is also available in Pro version. # Quick synchronization of Snippets between devices Multiple means of synchronization are provided by FasClip 3 for different scenarios. ## Sync network - Larger Snippets (HD photos, files, etc.). - Real-time synchronization of multiple devices. ## Handoff - The app is neither in the background nor open. - Manually select whether to receive Snippets. ## iCloud - Archive - Multiple devices on different networks # Real-time retrieving of Snippets Retrieving in milliseconds without tagging the Snippets, even among thousands of Snippets, can be achieved thanks to the indexing engine of FasClip 3. For users who use Chinese can also input Pinyin to improve retrieval efficiency. # Offline storage Except Tab management via iCloud, all FasClip 3 Snippets are encrypted and stored locally, allowing offline storage or clouding of Snippets by user’s choice, which greatly increases the size of the Snippet file storage. # Unlock the Pro features - Unlimited Snippet storage. - iCloud Sync: Turn your FasClip 3 into a cloud sync tool. - Custom keyboard: Greatly improve your typing efficiency. Privacy policy: https://app.termly.io/document/privacy-policy/464fb3d0-33f5-4b1a-a2b3-6c437dc4312e Terms of Use: https://fastclip.app/policy/terms.htm For questions, please follow our official account on Twitter @fastclip1. Welcome to the Telegram Group t. me/fastclipchat
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: FastClip at free with in-app purchases against Paste's subscription. FastClip also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 53%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). Paste's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 179). On price, rating, ads 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. Paste sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and FastClip sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Paste against 4.3 for FastClip. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paste has 1.3K ratings behind it against 179, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of Paste's written reviews are positive against 70% of FastClip's.
Paste ships an update weekly, FastClip every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paste | FastClip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.3K ratings) | 4.3 (179 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.3% of reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 179 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paste Team | 寅 沈 |
Customer experience
Paste
FastClip
User reviews
Paste
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat 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
FastClip
From 179 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Lightning fast and efficient
- 👍 Easy to use and convenient
- ✨ Smooth transitions
- 💡 Unparalleled bookmark/snippets saver
- 💻 Works across all devices
Room to improve
- 🐛 Not syncing between devices
- 💸 Only useful if you pay subscription
- 📉 Classism is oppressive
- 😭 Lost all saved data
- 💔 Hard to get help
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
FastClip
Reported bugs
13 issues- Not syncing between iPad and iPhone
- Lost all saved data
- Cannot transfer information easily from short-term app to Lifetime app
- Bluetooth/Wi-Fi transfer not working with Windows PC
- App crashes frequently
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- Slow response time
- App is difficult to remove from Mac
- Bug prevented sign-ins
- Chinese sign-in appeared during sign-in attempts
- Sound effects on copy/paste cannot be disabled
- Update ruined the app's functionality
- Cannot find icon on the bar after update
- Cannot make smart folders after update
Requested features
8 requests- Allow shortcut customization
- Add button for Select All for multiple copy or delete
- Add iCloud backup option
- Improve shortcut key settings
- Add duplicate check and template features for TextExpander-like functionality
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- Make font size adjustable
- Allow family sharing for lifetime subscription
- Turn off sound effects on copy/paste
In-app purchases
Paste
- 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
- Lifetime Plan (Mac+iOS)$99.99
FastClip
- Monthly7 Days trial$0.491 Month
- Yearly1 Month trial$2.991 Year
- Lifetime$7.99
- Lifetime for regular users$7.99









