Paste vs LeafCopy
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
LeafCopy
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Your scans belong to you. LeafCopy saves every document as a real PDF in your Files app — open them in any app, back them up with iCloud, delete LeafCopy and keep everything. No weekly plan. No trial you didn't ask for. OCR is free. SCAN • Point at any page — edges are detected and straightened automatically • Multi-page capture with auto-shutter • Color, grayscale, black & white and photo modes SEARCH • Free on-device OCR makes every scan searchable — in LeafCopy and in Spotlight • Folders, rename, and search inside the text of your documents SIGN & SHARE • Draw your signature once, place it anywhere • Reorder, delete and merge pages • Password-protect a PDF before you send it • Share by Mail, Messages, AirDrop, or any app YOUR DATA, YOUR RULES • Documents live in iCloud Drive › LeafCopy — visible in Files, not trapped in an app • One-tap "Export everything as ZIP," always free • Nothing is uploaded to us. OCR runs on your phone. PRICING YOU CAN SEE Scanning, OCR, folders, search and sharing are free. LeafCopy Pro adds e-sign, password protection, merge and batch/book mode: $24.99/year or $59.99 once. Before any trial starts, you'll see the exact date and amount you'd be charged. Support is a person, not a bot: support@eekotech.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://eekotech.com/leafcopy/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Paste at 3 against LeafCopy's 1. LeafCopy's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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 LeafCopy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Paste | LeafCopy |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paste Team | JASON M CABUNGCAL |
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
LeafCopy
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
LeafCopy
- LeafCopy Pro – Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- LeafCopy Pro – Lifetime$59.99









