vs A Maclip vs Alfred
Alfred is a legendary Mac launcher. Clipboard history and snippets are part of the paid Powerpack (one-time purchase from £34). History is kept from 24 hours up to 3 months.
Where Alfred shines
- One-time purchase, no subscription
- Powerful Workflows and automation
- Snippets with auto-expansion
Why people pick Maclip
- Free, no Powerpack needed
- Unlimited history and pins
- Notch shelf, OCR, paste stack
- Encryption, secret detection, E2E sync
Feature by feature
| Feature | Maclip | Alfred |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | History requires Powerpack, from £34 |
| Text, images, files | Yes + RTF, colors, code | Yes |
| History search | Yes Including OCR and app names | Yes |
| Text-in-image search (OCR) | Yes On-device (Vision) | Not stated |
| Pinned items | Yes | Not stated |
| Paste stack / sequential paste | Yes + collect copies into a stack | Partly Merge clips |
| Snippets with templates | Yes {date}, {clipboard}, {cursor}… | Yes |
| Text transformations | Yes 24 transforms | Not stated |
| Notch shelf with drag & drop | Yes Shelf + “Copied” animation | Not stated |
| Auto-capture of selected text | Yes 3 modes | Not stated |
| Secret detection & auto-delete | Yes API keys, tokens, cards, OTPs | Not stated |
| Ignores password managers | Yes nspasteboard.org | Yes |
| Per-app exclusions | Yes 4 rules per app | Yes |
| Encrypted history at rest | Yes AES-256-GCM | Not stated |
| Sync between Macs | Yes iCloud Drive | Not stated |
| End-to-end encrypted sync | Yes PBKDF2 + AES-256-GCM | Not stated |
| Hidden from screen sharing | Yes | Not stated |
| Tracking-parameter removal | Yes ~70 parameters | Not stated |
| Open source | No Not yet | No |
| macOS version | 14 Sonoma+ | Not stated |
Alfred data checked on November 13, 2026 using official sources: alfredapp.com, alfredapp.com. “Not stated” means the vendor doesn’t publicly mention the feature.
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