Comparison

Paste vs SelfMastery 30

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

SelfMastery 30

Features
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SelfMastery gives you one meaningful goal and thirty days to move toward it. Not another habit tracker asking what you want to track. SelfMastery asks what you want to change - then works out what you should do today. CHOOSE ONE GOAL Study more consistently. Become more active. Find a better job. Take control of your money. Spend real time with your family. Read again. Finish the thing you keep restarting. Or describe something in your own words. GET A PLAN THAT FITS YOUR ACTUAL LIFE Answer a few questions - how much time you genuinely have, what usually gets in your way, when you're most likely to act - and SelfMastery builds thirty days of small, specific actions. Week one is deliberately easy. The plan grows only once showing up has stopped being a decision. KNOW WHAT TO DO TODAY Open the app and see today's actions. Nothing else competes for attention. Tick them off as you go. MINIMUM DAY Some days fall apart. Instead of skipping, switch to a Minimum Day: the same commitment at its smallest size. A thirty-minute walk becomes five minutes. Reduce the requirement, not the commitment. REFLECT IN SECONDS One tap to say how the day felt. A note if you want one. Nothing longer. ADJUST EVERY WEEK Every seven days you look back for two minutes. If the week was hard, next week gets lighter - SelfMastery never responds to a difficult week by asking for more. Days you've already completed are never rewritten, and every change to your plan comes with the reason for it. SEE WHAT YOU ACTUALLY DID Your calendar, your consistency, and observations drawn from your own record - never invented. On Day 30, what changed, in your words and in real numbers. BUILT TO BE CALM No streak warnings. No guilt. No badges or confetti. A missed day isn't a failure, and the app never tells you it is. SelfMastery is for anyone with something they've been meaning to change.

Screenshots

Paste4 screens
SelfMastery 304 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SelfMastery 30 at none against Paste's 6. SelfMastery 30 also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Paste's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence and ads 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. SelfMastery 30 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paste ships an update weekly, SelfMastery 30 every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Paste versus SelfMastery 30: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPasteSelfMastery 30
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaste TeamRayhan Chowdhury

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

SelfMastery 30

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
None

SelfMastery 30

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paste free?
Paste is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SelfMastery 30 free?
SelfMastery 30 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Paste or SelfMastery 30 have ads?
Neither Paste nor SelfMastery 30 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paste or SelfMastery 30?
Paste ships an update weekly, and SelfMastery 30 every 9 days. Most recently, Paste was updated on October 18, 2026 and SelfMastery 30 on September 30, 2026.

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