vs P Maclip vs Pastebot
Pastebot 3 by Tapbots is a paid clipboard manager with smart pastebins, chainable filters and automation. It keeps up to 1,500 clippings, syncs via iCloud and requires macOS 26.
Where Pastebot shines
- Chainable filters and smart Pastebins
- Automation via Shortcuts and CLI
- Polished design by Tapbots
Why people pick Maclip
- Free — no purchase or update fees
- Runs on macOS 14 and 15
- Notch shelf, OCR, selection capture
- Encryption at rest and E2E encrypted sync
Feature by feature
| Feature | Maclip | Pastebot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $39 + $19/yr for updates |
| Text, images, files | Yes + RTF, colors, code | Partly Text and images |
| History search | Yes Including OCR and app names | Not stated |
| Text-in-image search (OCR) | Yes On-device (Vision) | Not stated |
| Pinned items | Yes | Partly Pastebins |
| Paste stack / sequential paste | Yes + collect copies into a stack | Yes |
| Snippets with templates | Yes {date}, {clipboard}, {cursor}… | Partly Pastebins |
| Text transformations | Yes 24 transforms | Yes Chainable filters |
| 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 | Not stated |
| 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 | Yes iCloud |
| 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+ | 26 Tahoe+ only |
Pastebot data checked on November 13, 2026 using official sources: tapbots.com, macrumors.com. “Not stated” means the vendor doesn’t publicly mention the feature.
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