CopyPasta vs Paste
Paste is a polished clipboard manager that works across Mac, iPhone and iPad. It is sold mainly as a subscription. CopyPasta is for people who work on a Mac, want to pay once, and want their history one hover away in the notch.
Feature
CopyPasta
Paste
CopyPasta
Paste
- Price
- One-time purchase, from $19.99
- $2.49/month or $29.99/year, or a lifetime purchase
- Free trial
- 7 days, no payment details
- 7 days
- Opens from the notch
- Yes
- No
- Search the text inside screenshots
- Yes
- Not listed
- Built-in screenshot beautifier
- Yes
- No
- Keep the items you reuse
- Pinned clips and categories
- Pinboards
- Passwords and secrets
- Hidden automatically, Touch ID for older items
- Not listed
- Sync between Macs
- Optional, through your own iCloud
- Yes, across Mac, iPhone and iPad
- iPhone and iPad app
- No
- Yes
- Runs on
- macOS 27 or later
- Not listed
Details about Paste come from pasteapp.io, checked in October 2026. Prices are in US dollars. “Not listed” means their website doesn’t mention it. Spotted something out of date? Let us know.
Which one fits you?
Pick Paste if…
- You want your clipboard on your iPhone and iPad too.
- You already pay for Setapp, which includes Paste.
- You need a family or team plan.
Pick CopyPasta if…
- You’d rather pay once than every month.
- You want your history in the notch instead of a panel at the bottom of the screen.
- You copy from screenshots and want their text to be searchable and copyable.
- You want screenshots ready to share without opening another app.
See if it fits how you work.
Use every feature free for 7 days. No payment details, and your history stays if you decide to buy.
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