Maccy vs Paste

Maccy

• Mac users who want clipboard history and nothing else
• Keyboard-driven work: search and paste without reaching for the mouse
• People who prefer open-source apps that keep data on the device

Paste

• People who copy and reuse text, links and images all day on a Mac
• Moving copied items between a Mac, an iPhone and an iPad
• Setapp subscribers, since the Mac app is included at no extra cost
• Giving AI coding tools access to things you copied earlier

Maccy

• macOS only; it requires macOS Sonoma 14 or higher.
• The free download is on GitHub or Homebrew. The website's buttons lead to paid copies: $4.99 or more on Gumroad, $9.99 on the Mac App Store.
• History stays on the Mac, so the pages read describe no syncing of clips to other devices.
• It is built to do one job; the vendor says it leaves out the extra features other clipboard managers add.

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.

Maccy

Clipboard history popup

Shift-Command-C, or a click on the menu bar icon, opens the history. An item is selected with Enter, a click, or Command and its number.

Type-to-search

Start typing to filter the whole clipboard history and press Enter to select a result, without using the mouse.

Paste options

Option-Enter selects and pastes an item in one step, and Option-Shift-Enter pastes it without formatting. Automatic pasting needs the macOS Accessibility permission.

Pinned items

Option-P pins or unpins an item, and unpinned items can be cleared separately from pinned ones.

Privacy handling

If a password manager removes a copied password from the clipboard, Maccy removes it too. All history is stored on the Mac and does not leave it.

Shortcuts actions and preferences

The App Store listing says complex cases can be automated with Shortcuts actions and that every aspect of the app is configurable in preferences.

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.

Maccy

• GitHub or Homebrew$0

  The complete app, downloaded from the GitHub releases page or installed with Homebrew. Open source under the MIT license.

• Website download$4.99+

  one-time, pay what you want (Gumroad)

  The Download button on maccy.app leads to Gumroad, where buyers name a price from a $4.99 minimum.

• Mac App Store$9.99

  one-time purchase (US Mac App Store price)

  The same app sold on the App Store to support development. Family Sharing covers up to six family members.

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.

Maccy

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.