Paste vs Cat Keyboard
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
Cat Keyboard
This app allows you to quickly input saved text snippets from your iPhone keyboard or Apple Watch. You can also display or speak text aloud on your Apple Watch, keeping your phrases organized in folders.
- One-tap text input
- Save frequently used phrases
- Organize phrases with folders
- Display text on Apple Watch
- Read text aloud on Apple Watch
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Quickly input frequently used text directly from your keyboard or Apple Watch. You can also display text on your Apple Watch or have it read aloud through the speaker. 【Key Features】 ・Easy Text Input Save frequently used sentences and phrases to input them with just one tap from your keyboard or Apple Watch. ・Organize with Folders Keep your phrases tidy by organizing them into folders, making it easy to find exactly what you need even as your collection grows. ・Apple Watch Integration View text directly on your Apple Watch or play it back as audio through the speaker. Terms of Use: https://wordouen.sakura.ne.jp/KeyHolderKeyboard/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://wordouen.sakura.ne.jp/KeyHolderKeyboard/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Cat Keyboard at freemium against Paste's subscription. Cat Keyboard also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (83% vs 53%). Paste's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 9). On price, update cadence, 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 Cat Keyboard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cat 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 9, 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 83% of Cat Keyboard's.
Paste ships an update weekly, Cat Keyboard fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paste | Cat Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.3K ratings) | 4.7 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.4% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Paste Team | kimihiro kubota |
Customer experience
Paste
Cat Keyboard
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
Cat Keyboard
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)$89.99
Cat Keyboard
- Premium (1 Month)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium (3 Month)7 Days trial$7.993 Months
- Premium (12 Month)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Cat Pro$24.99









