Paste vs Manipulist Lite
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
Manipulist Lite
This app helps you quickly transform text with various tools. Import text from typing, pasting, or files, apply transformations like case conversion or line manipulation, and then export the result.
- Import text via typing, paste, or file upload
- Apply numerous text transformation tools
- Find and Replace functionality
- Line manipulation (add, remove, sort)
- Case conversion
- Export text to clipboard or share
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Manipulist Lite is a text productivity tool to help you transform text the way you need it, in few clicks. Just few steps needed. Step 1 - Import text To start, type in the textarea, paste text from clipboard or upload a file (plain text file formats). Step 2 - Choose tools Click the Tools icon on the bottom bar. Click on the tool you want to apply. If a tool requires no input, the text will be transformed straight away. If a tool requires input, the sidebar will display all required input fields. Fill the input fields and press the Apply button to update the text. Step 3 - Check and export output After tools have been applied, click on the Import icon in the bottom bar. Check if the text was transformed as you expected. You can export text by copying it to clipboard or sharing it. What can you do with Manipulist? - Add new line - Add text at lines - Add text every nth line - Convert case - Extract every Nth line - Extract line chunk before/after Nth character - Extract line chunk before/after text - Find and Replace - Remove blank lines - Remove every Nth line - Remove new lines - Remove non-alphanumeric characters - Sort lines - Trim lines Limitations Large text files could slow down the application significantly. If possible, split large text files into multiple smaller files. If you spot any bug, please get in touch. For more file upload formats and more tools, get the full-featured Manipulist app. For more info or to use the web application, visit manipulist.com Made by RADOST IT - https://radostit.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Manipulist Lite at 100% against Paste's 53%. Manipulist Lite also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). Paste's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 22 months) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 2). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Paste sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Manipulist Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Manipulist Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paste has 1.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Paste's written reviews are positive against 100% of Manipulist Lite's.
Paste ships an update weekly, Manipulist Lite every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paste | Manipulist Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.3K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paste Team | RADOST IT j.d.o.o. |
Customer experience
Paste
Manipulist Lite
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
Manipulist Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Manipulist Lite
No in-app purchases









