Comparison · Mac clipboard
Copybook vs Paste, plainly.
One syncs everything across every Apple device for a recurring fee. The other keeps a page for each day on this Mac, paid once.
If you went looking for a Paste alternative on your Mac, it is usually for one of two reasons: you don’t want another yearly subscription for a utility that sits in the menu bar, or you don’t want everything you copy synced to the cloud.
Side by side: Copybook vs Paste
- Price: Copybook is £4.99 / $4.99 once (lifetime). Paste is a recurring subscription.
- Organization: Copybook gives each day its own page in the menu bar, plus boards. Paste uses a horizontal stream and pinboards.
- Privacy & storage: Copybook stores pages only in a local file on your Mac (no account, no cloud). Paste syncs via iCloud.
- Colors: Copybook names copied hex colors automatically (like coral or deep forest) alongside the swatch and hex.
- Secrets: Copybook covers things that look like API keys, tokens, and card numbers until you press reveal.
When Paste is the better choice
Buy Paste if you copy on your Mac and expect to paste on your iPhone ten minutes later, or if you share clipboard pinboards with teammates.
When Copybook is the better choice
Choose Copybook if you want to pay once and own it, think in daily pages instead of an endless ribbon, and keep your clipboard history strictly on your Mac.