Comparison

Paste vs Pop

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

Pop

This app revolutionizes your copy and paste experience by efficiently storing and synchronizing clipboard history across multiple Apple devices. Access text snippets, links, and images instantly, with advanced features for professionals and creatives.

Highlights
  • 3-Day Clipboard History
  • Multi-Platform Access (macOS, iOS)
  • Share Extension & Actions
  • Universal Keyboard Extension
  • Contextual Actions (formatting, QR codes)
  • Batch Pasting
  • Advanced Search
Features
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Pop keeps everything you copy (text, links, images, files, colors) one keypress away on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro. Your history syncs through your own iCloud. Nothing is uploaded to us. Apple's privacy label says it plainly: Data Not Collected. FREE • 3-day clipboard history • Copy from any app with the Share and Action extensions • Tap to copy a clip back, preview links, edit rich text • Fast search across everything you've saved PRO • Pop Keyboard: paste into any app without switching apps • Batch paste: drop several clips in order with your own separator • Unlimited history, tags, and type filters • Paste as plain text or Markdown, pull text out of images, generate QR codes, copy color values, resize images • On Mac: Cmd+Shift+V opens your history, Option+number pastes recent clips, custom themes, privacy blur for sensitive content THE PRICE One $12.99 purchase. Every future update included. No subscription, ever. Built by an indie developer who uses Pop all day. Download it and the first thing you copy is already saved.

Screenshots

Paste4 screens
Pop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pop at 100% against Paste's 53%. Pop also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and monetization model (freemium vs subscription). Paste's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Paste sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Pop sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pop 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 6, 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 Pop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paste ships an update weekly, Pop fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Paste versus Pop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPastePop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.3K ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3K — better6
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.017.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaste TeamGuru Sidharth Govindaraju

Customer experience

Paste

All ratings1,335 ratings
Positive79.1%
Neutral3.7%
Negative17.2%
Written reviews797 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral6.5%
Negative40.2%

Pop

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
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

Pop

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)$99.99
2 purchases

Pop

One-time2
  • Trial Version (15-days)Free
  • Pro Version$9.99

Questions

Is Paste free?
Paste is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pop free?
Pop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Paste or Pop?
Pop is rated higher. Paste averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Pop averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Paste or Pop have ads?
Neither Paste nor Pop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paste or Pop?
Paste ships an update weekly, and Pop fortnightly. Most recently, Paste was updated on October 20, 2026 and Pop on October 5, 2026.

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