Comparison

Paste vs Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard

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

Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard

Quickly access and paste frequently used text and media files directly from your keyboard. Organize your content into folders for easy retrieval, ideal for sales scripts, FAQs, and more.

Highlights
  • Text item addition
  • Image and PDF file attachment
  • Folder organization
  • Custom keyboard integration
  • Local device storage
  • iCloud synchronization
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Pasteboard is an app for quick paste. Add all your content using text and media files, and then easily access it through your keyboard. Now it is simple to have your sales scripts, catalogs, prices, FAQ’s, replies and so forth at your hand. 
 Features: ・Add text items ・Attach images and PDF files ・Create folders to organize your content ・Custom keyboard with your content ・Your device storage to keep your content locally ・iCloud storage to synchronize your content across your devices This app best suites for sellers, influencers, freelancers, support managers. Note that this is initial release of this app. More features are coming.

Screenshots

Paste4 screens
Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard at free with in-app purchases against Paste's subscription. Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Paste's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 14) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paste has 1.3K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of Paste's written reviews are positive against 43% of Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paste ships an update weekly, Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Paste versus Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPastePasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.3K ratings)4.7 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.4% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K — better14
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaste TeamOleg Preobrazhensky

Customer experience

Paste

All ratings1,320 ratings
Positive79.1%
Neutral3.6%
Negative17.3%
Written reviews791 reviews
Positive53.4%
Neutral6.4%
Negative40.2%

Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard

All ratings14 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral57.1%
Negative0.0%

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

Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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)$89.99
1 purchases

Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard

One-time1
  • PremiumFree

Questions

Is Paste free?
Paste is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard free?
Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Paste or Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard?
Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard is rated higher. Paste averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard averages 4.7 from 14 ratings.
Do Paste or Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard have ads?
Neither Paste nor Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paste or Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard?
Paste ships an update weekly, and Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard every 3 weeks. Most recently, Paste was updated on September 22, 2026 and Pasteboard Copy Paste Keyboard on June 7, 2026.

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