CopyPasta vs Pastebot
Pastebot is a long-standing clipboard manager from Tapbots, known for its filters and for pasting several items in a row. Its direct license includes one year of updates. CopyPasta is a one-time purchase with lifetime updates, and adds the notch, text recognition and a screenshot beautifier.
Feature
CopyPasta
Pastebot
CopyPasta
Pastebot
- Price
- One-time purchase, from $19.99
- $39 with one year of updates (then $19/year), or $24.99/year on the App Store
- Free trial
- 7 days, no payment details
- 14 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
- Custom and smart pastebins
- Passwords and secrets
- Hidden automatically, Touch ID for older items
- Ignores apps you choose
- Sync between Macs
- Optional, through your own iCloud
- Yes, through iCloud
- iPhone and iPad app
- No
- Not listed
- Runs on
- macOS 27 or later
- macOS 26 or later
Details about Pastebot come from tapbots.com, 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 Spotted something out of date?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 Pastebot if…
- You rely on text filters to clean up what you paste.
- You paste a stack of items one after another.
- You’re on macOS 26.
Pick CopyPasta if…
- You want lifetime updates without paying again each year.
- You want your history in the notch, a hover away.
- You want the text in screenshots to be searchable and copyable.
- You want passwords and secrets hidden automatically.
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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