Switching from Paste
A Paste alternative you pay for once
Paste more or less invented the clipboard shelf, and it remains a genuinely polished app. If you're here, it's probably not because Paste stopped working — it's because you'd rather not pay for a clipboard manager every year. PasteMyClip keeps the parts of Paste you actually use, costs $15 once, and imports your entire Paste library in one click.
Why people look for an alternative
Paste's Personal plan is $29.99/year (or $2.49/month), with a one-time lifetime purchase at $89.99 and a 7-day free trial. That model funds real things: iPhone and iPad apps, sync across all your devices, and a decade of steady development. If you live on those features, it's a fair deal.
But many people use Paste on one or two Macs, hit ⇧⌘V a few dozen times a day, and never touch the iOS apps. For that everyday use, a renewing subscription on a small utility starts to feel out of proportion — five years of the annual plan is about $150. That's the gap PasteMyClip is built for.
What PasteMyClip keeps from the Paste experience
- The bottom shelf. Hit ⇧⌘V and your history slides up as visual cards — text, links, images, files — with the source app and time on each card, plus instant search.
- Direct paste. Arrow to a card, press Enter, and it pastes straight into the app you were using. The shelf never steals focus.
- Pins and pinboards. Paste's pinboards map to PasteMyClip's colored labels; anything you reuse can be pinned so it's never pruned.
- iCloud sync. Your history follows you across your Macs — through your own private iCloud account, not a vendor cloud.
Bring your Paste history with you
Switching doesn't mean starting from an empty shelf. PasteMyClip reads Paste's library directly from your Mac:
- Open PasteMyClip and go to Settings → General.
- Click Import from Paste.
- Approve access to Paste's data folder when macOS asks (a one-time permission).
- Your clipboard history imports, your pinboards become labels, and pinned items stay pinned.
The import works from a temporary copy of Paste's database, so your Paste library is never modified — you can run both apps side by side while you decide.
Paste vs PasteMyClip
| Paste | PasteMyClip | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.99/year, or $89.99 lifetime | $15, once |
| Try before you commit | 7-day free trial | 14-day full refund, no questions |
| Platforms | Mac, iPhone, iPad | Mac only (macOS 14+) |
| Sync | Across all devices via your Apple Account | Across your Macs via your own iCloud |
| Organization | Pinboards | Colored labels + pins + type filters |
| Import the other app's history | — | Yes — one-click Paste import |
Paste's prices verified on pasteapp.io and its App Store listing, August 21, 2026.
You might genuinely prefer Paste if…
- You want your clipboard on your iPhone and iPad. PasteMyClip is Mac-only, on purpose — Paste's iOS apps are good, and that's a real reason to pay yearly.
- You want a Family Plan through the App Store, covering everyone in your Family Sharing group.
- You'd rather pay monthly and cancel anytime than buy outright.
No hard feelings either way — and if you're weighing more options, see our honest roundup of Mac clipboard managers or the PasteMyClip vs Maccy comparison.
Questions people ask before switching
Is my clipboard data uploaded to you?
No. PasteMyClip runs zero servers and requires no account. Your history lives on your Mac and, if you turn on sync, mirrors through your own private iCloud. We never see it — details in the privacy policy.
Is there a free trial?
No trial build — instead, every purchase has a 14-day, no-questions-asked full refund. Buy it, import your Paste library, use it for two weeks; if it's not for you, email us and get your money back. See the refund policy.
Will importing break my Paste library?
No. The importer reads a temporary copy of Paste's database and never writes to it. Duplicates are merged by content, so re-running the import won't clutter your shelf.
Keep the shelf. Drop the subscription.
$15 once, all your Macs, free updates. Your Paste history comes with you.
macOS 14+ · one license, all your Macs · 14-day refund