Paste vs PortfolioOS
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
PortfolioOS
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Your products do not all need attention at once. PortfolioOS gives technical founders and indie makers one private place to see what matters today, understand why, and start a realistic next move. ONE CLEAR, EXPLAINABLE PRIORITY PortfolioOS uses each product's stage, pulse, direction, next move, recent activity, and commitments to create one clear daily recommendation. See exactly why it comes first, what evidence was used, and which product follows. No black-box AI. FROM NEXT MOVE TO FOCUSED TIME Choose 15, 25, 45, or 60 minutes, enter a distraction-free focus session, then record what happened. PortfolioOS tells you when the time is up even if you left the app to do the work, and when you finish it asks what comes next, so tomorrow's recommendation is already waiting. The decision and its outcome stay attached to the product. START IN SECONDS A short introduction explains how PortfolioOS decides, and you can load a small sample portfolio to see a real recommendation before entering anything of your own. Remove the samples with one tap whenever you are ready. A CALM VIEW OF EVERY PRODUCT Group products by what they need: focused, waiting, blocked, missing a next move, or needing a decision. Open a product workspace for its current direction, tasks, decisions, timeline, costs, sources, links, and attachments. ON YOUR HOME AND LOCK SCREEN Add the PortfolioOS widget to keep today's product and its next move in view. On the Lock Screen the content stays deliberately hidden until you unlock, because your portfolio is not something a passer-by should read. IMPORT WITH CONTROL Start manually, or paste a link from where your product lives: its builder, host, repository, registry, or store. Preview and edit available metadata before anything is saved. Import is always user initiated. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No PortfolioOS account. No analytics, ads, telemetry, or background sync. Your database is encrypted on your device, with its key protected by iOS Keychain. A backup carries your whole portfolio and your attached files, and is deliberately readable rather than locked away — so the app tells you exactly what it contains and that it is unencrypted before it writes one. BUILT FOR ENGLISH AND ARABIC Use the complete interface in English or العربية, including right-to-left layout. PortfolioOS is a paid app with no recurring subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PortfolioOS at none against Paste's 6. PortfolioOS also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. PortfolioOS asks for nothing beyond the download.
Paste ships an update weekly, PortfolioOS every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paste | PortfolioOS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paste Team | Abdullah Aloyaydi |
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
PortfolioOS
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
PortfolioOS
No in-app purchases









