CopyClip vs Paste

Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.

CopyClip

Text-only clipboard manager for the Mac menu bar

Free plan · from $7.99 one-time

Paste

Clipboard manager for Mac, iPhone and iPad with pinboards

Free trial · from $2.49/mo

Where they differ

CopyClip starts at $7.99 one-time purchase (CopyClip 2, US Mac App Store). Paste starts at $2.49 / month, billed annually ($29.99).
CopyClip has a free plan. Paste does not, though it has a free trial.
Only Paste lists an iOS app.
CopyClip also covers menu bar app.

In commonmacOSLocal-firstOne-time purchaseClipboard manager

	CopyClip	Paste
Pricing	Free plan	Free trial
Starts at	$7.99 one-time purchase (CopyClip 2, US Mac App Store)	$2.49 / month, billed annually ($29.99)
Free plan	The original CopyClip is free on the Mac App Store: a text-only clipboard history in the menu bar. Search, pinned clips, direct pasting and themes are only in the paid CopyClip 2, a separate app.	None
Free trial	Free trial download of CopyClip 2 from the vendor's site; the length of the trial is not stated	7-day free trial with every feature; the direct Mac download needs no account or card
macOS
iOS
Made by	FIPLAB Limited	Paste Team ApS
Price read from	apps.apple.com	pasteapp.io
Checked	Oct 9, 2026	Oct 4, 2026

CopyClip

Paste

CopyClip

Mac only. CopyClip 2 requires macOS 11.5 or later; the free original requires macOS 10.13 or later.
Both apps are text-only: images and files copied to the clipboard are not recorded.
The help center says CopyClip has no syncing and stores history on the Mac; the CopyClip 2 pages read describe no syncing either.
Mac App Store buyers of CopyClip 2 must install a separate helper app before direct pasting works.

Paste

There is no free version; after the 7-day trial a plan is needed, though your saved history is kept.
Apple platforms only. The App Store listing requires macOS 14 or later and iOS or iPadOS 26 or later.
The Family plan is sold only on the App Store, and the Teams plan only on the website at a per-seat price that is not published.
The pricing page showed only the annual price as text; the monthly, Family and Lifetime prices come from the US App Store listing.

CopyClip

Clipboard history: CopyClip 2 records plain text, rich text, URLs and code that you copy or cut and keeps up to 9,999 clips, removing the oldest once the limit is reached.
Search: A search bar at the top of the CopyClip 2 panel filters the whole clip history as you type.
Pinned clips: Frequently used clips can be pinned to the top of the list with Shift-Command-P, and pinned clips keep their order as new ones are added.
Hotkeys and direct pasting: A global hotkey, Control-Space by default, opens the panel and Command plus a number pastes one of the first ten clips. Direct pasting needs the macOS Accessibility permission.
Plain-text paste and clip editing: Clips can be pasted with their original formatting or as plain text, and a clip's content can be edited or given a custom name.
Privacy controls: Specific apps can be excluded from recording, concealed fields such as passwords are skipped automatically, and a private mode pauses recording.

Paste

Unlimited clipboard history: Everything you copy is saved with no limit on age or count, and the whole history can be searched.
Pinboards: Pin the snippets, links, colors and templates you use regularly to pinboards. Pinboards can be shared to keep a team in sync.
Sync through iCloud: Clipboard history follows you across Mac, iPhone and iPad. The vendor says the data stays on your devices and in your private iCloud, not on its servers.
Privacy rules: Set rules so that Paste ignores passwords and anything copied in apps you mark as sensitive.
Paste MCP for AI tools: Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code and Windsurf can search your clipboard history and pinboards after you approve access. The server runs locally on the Mac.
Suggestions with Apple Intelligence: Paste suggests what you are likely to paste next based on what you are working on, processed on the Mac by Apple Intelligence.

CopyClip

CopyClip (original)$0
Free Mac App Store app that lists recently copied text in the menu bar. Requires macOS 10.13 or later; the vendor's help center calls it CopyClip 1.
CopyClip 2 (Mac App Store)$7.99
one-time purchase (US Mac App Store)
Up to 9,999 text clips with search, pins, direct pasting and themes. Installs on any Mac signed in to the buyer's Apple Account.
CopyClip 2 (direct license)$8.99
one-time purchase from fiplab.com via Paddle (US price)
The same features with a license code for up to 3 Macs the buyer owns; updates are delivered through the app.

Paste

Personal (annual)$2.49
per month, billed annually ($29.99)
Unlimited clipboard history, pinboards, search and sync across Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Personal (monthly)$3.99
per month, billed monthly (US App Store price)
The same features paid month to month.
Family$59.99
per year (US App Store price)
Paste for up to six people in an Apple Family Sharing group. Sold only through the App Store and billed annually.
Lifetime$99.99
one-time purchase (US App Store price)
Pay once and use Paste on your personal devices with no recurring charge, including future updates.

CopyClip

No public discounts listed.

Paste

Annual discount
Annual plan saves 37%
The pricing page marks the annual Personal plan, $29.99 a year, as saving 37% compared with paying monthly.
Education
30% off the first year for students and educators
Students and educators get 30% off the first year of an annual plan by contacting Paste before buying through its website.
Lifetime license
Lifetime plan with future updates
A one-time Lifetime purchase unlocks Paste for good, including all future updates. The US App Store lists it at $99.99.
Other savings
Included with a Setapp subscription
Paste for Mac is included in a Setapp subscription at no extra cost. Setapp does not offer the Lifetime or Family plans.