Everything you copy, in one treasure chest.
Copytrove keeps text, links, images, files, colors and code in one searchable shelf panel. Open it with a shortcut, find it, paste it — without leaving what you're doing.
No account needed to try it. Your clipboard history never leaves your Mac.
Features
Everything you copy, organized without thinking about it
Built around one idea: your clipboard history should be as searchable as your files.
Search that keeps up
Filter by type, source app, date or pinboard while you type. Results narrow live — no separate search screen to switch to.
Paste Stack
Queue up several items and paste them one after another, in order, with a single shortcut — built for filling out forms or assembling a document from parts.
Pinboards
Drag a card into a pinboard to keep it around on purpose — a running list for a project, a snippet set for a workflow, a moodboard for colors and links.
OCR & QR, on-device
Copytrove reads text and QR codes out of screenshots and images locally, using Apple's Vision framework — nothing is uploaded anywhere.
Per-app paste rules
Decide what happens when you paste into a specific app — paste plain text only, or drop the trailing line break — instead of one global behavior for everything.
How it works
Copy. Find. Paste.
- 01
Copy
Copy as you always do. Copytrove collects text, links, images, files, colors and code on its own.
- 02
Find
Open the shelf with a shortcut and search or filter while you type.
- 03
Paste
Pick a card and it lands right where you are working.
- 04
Paste in order
Queue several items with Paste Stack and paste them one after another.
Queue it up, paste in order.
Add items to the stack as you copy; the indicator shows the order and how many are left. Reverse, merge or drop them with one shortcut.
Fix it before you paste it.
Edit text, rich text, images and colors right on the card; the edited version is what gets pasted.
Nothing you copy ever leaves your Mac.
All of these protections are on in the free version too. No required account, no cloud for your clipboard, no trackers. There is only an optional, passwordless account panel for managing your licence. Copytrove detects card numbers, API keys, private keys and other sensitive patterns as you copy — plus copies from password managers and labelled passwords such as “Password: …” —, and keeps them out of your searchable history by default.
Skips password managers
Copies marked private and from password managers are never recorded.
Hides sensitive data
Card numbers, IBANs, API keys and similar values are shown masked.
Excluded apps
Copies from apps you choose never get recorded.
Pause capture
Nothing gets recorded for an hour, or until you resume.
Your clipboard content never leaves your Mac — the one exception is the optional link preview, which is off by default: if you turn it on, your Mac fetches the linked page from that site.
Compare
How Copytrove compares
Price model, devices and history limits of the clipboard managers people usually weigh it against.
| Product | Pricing model | Devices | Clipboard history | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paste | Subscription: $29.99/year or $3.99/month (App Store); lifetime $99.99 | Mac + iPhone + iPad (iCloud sync) | Unlimited | |
| Maccy | Free (open source, MIT) or $9.99 on the App Store | Not stated | Local; limit not stated | |
| Raycast | Clipboard history is on the free plan; unlimited history needs Pro at $10/month or $96/year, per user | Per user | 3 months on Free, unlimited on Pro | |
| Alfred | Clipboard history needs the Powerpack: £34 (v5 + free upgrade to Alfred 6) or £59 (lifetime upgrades) | 1 user, 2 Macs | Up to 3 months | |
| PastePal | Pro, one-time $14.99 | Mac + iPhone + iPad | — | |
| Copytrove | Free + one-time Pro: $19.99 for 1 Mac, $29.99 for 5 Macs; 12 months of updates included, renewal optional ($9.99 / $14.99) | 1 or 5 Macs | 7 days on Free, unlimited on Pro | — |
Prices were read from each maker's page on 4 October 2026 and may have changed. Product names belong to their owners; Copytrove is not affiliated with them.
Pricing
Free to start. Pro when you outgrow it.
Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. 12 months of updates included; renewal after that is optional.
Free
Everything you need to replace your system clipboard
- 7 days of history
- Live search & filters
- 3 pinboards
- Every privacy protection
Pro · 1 Mac
For the Mac you use every day
- 12 months of updates included
- Unlimited history & pinboards
- Paste Stack
- OCR & QR reading
- Per-app paste rules
Renewal $9.99 / 12 months, optional. After that, renewal is optional at half price. Pro never stops working.
Pro · 5 Macs
Work Mac, home Mac, laptop — one license
- 12 months of updates included
- Activate on up to 5 Macs
- Unlimited history & pinboards
- Paste Stack
- OCR & QR reading
- Per-app paste rules
Renewal $14.99 / 12 months, optional. After that, renewal is optional at half price. Pro never stops working.
You enter your email at checkout. It becomes your account — no password.
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What's new
Recent updates
0.2.6
Latest- Support for the 5-Mac Pro pack.
0.2.5
- Fixed Copytrove quitting unexpectedly on macOS 26 and later.
- Updates are now delivered from our own server.
0.2.4
- Activate in your browser: connect a Mac to your licence from the website, and Copytrove comes to the front when you return.
- Pro features now unlock with your licence; a welcome window helps you connect one on first launch.
- Fewer missed copies when you copy in quick succession.
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