vs R Maclip vs Raycast
Raycast is a powerful launcher with built-in clipboard history: search, pins, OCR and sequential paste. The free plan keeps 3 months of history; longer retention requires Pro. Clipboard history is not synced between devices.
Where Raycast shines
- A whole launcher with extensions, not just a clipboard
- Encrypted history at rest
- Huge extension community
Why people pick Maclip
- Unlimited history for free
- End-to-end encrypted sync between Macs
- Notch shelf with drag & drop
- Secret detection with auto-delete
- Focused app — no need to switch launchers
Feature by feature
| Feature | Maclip | Raycast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free (3 months of history) · Pro $10/mo |
| 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) | Yes Opt-in |
| Pinned items | Yes | Yes |
| Paste stack / sequential paste | Yes + collect copies into a stack | Yes Paste Sequentially |
| Snippets with templates | Yes {date}, {clipboard}, {cursor}… | Yes Separate Raycast feature |
| 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 | Yes |
| Sync between Macs | Yes iCloud Drive | No History is not synced |
| End-to-end encrypted sync | Yes PBKDF2 + AES-256-GCM | No |
| 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+ | See Raycast website |
Raycast data checked on November 13, 2026 using official sources: raycast.com, manual.raycast.com, manual.raycast.com, raycast.com. “Not stated” means the vendor doesn’t publicly mention the feature.
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