NotchPad| NotchPad | Paste | Maccy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main fit | Notes, clipboard history, snippets, and sticky notes together | Clipboard history across Apple devices | Lightweight clipboard history on Mac |
| Interface | Notch or top-center panel; movable panel and stickies | Visual clipboard history and pinboards | Keyboard-first clipboard menu |
| Platforms | Current download: Apple silicon Mac | Mac, iPhone, and iPad | Mac |
| AI connection | MCP access to shared notes and optional snippets; clipboard excluded | MCP clipboard integration advertised by Paste | MCP not listed on the official site or README |
| Price model | 14-day trial; $9.99 one-time Pro | Subscription and other plans; check the vendor’s current pricing | Open-source and free; supported paid download options |
Choose NotchPad when the copy becomes part of your work
Find an earlier link, save a useful reply as a snippet, and keep a project checklist in a note. Those jobs share one panel. You can attach the note to a window or supported page and ask Claude or Codex to save new work into NotchPad.
The current app is Mac-only and does not sync its own note store or clipboard history to an iPhone. Finder entries reference the original files. Try every feature for 14 days. No card needed and no automatic charge. After the trial, your saved content remains readable, copyable and exportable; the Welcome Note stays editable. Pro is $9.99 once for up to 3 Macs. Keep creating and editing notes, capturing clipboard history, saving snippets and using every feature. No subscription.
Apple silicon Mac · macOS 15+ · No notch required. 14-day free trial. Pro is $9.99 once for up to 3 Macs.
Choose Paste when your clipboard needs to follow your devices
Paste supports Mac, iPhone, and iPad with synced clipboard history, search, and pinned reusable items. Its current site also advertises Apple Intelligence suggestions and MCP access for AI tools. If cross-device clipboard access is your main requirement, compare its official feature page and current plans.
Choose Maccy when you want a small keyboard-first tool
Maccy keeps clipboard history on your Mac, lets you search with the keyboard, and is open-source. Its official site says the source is free and links to supported download options. It also describes handling clipboard items cleared by password managers. See Maccy’s website and source and documentation.
What about Spotlight?
Current macOS has clipboard search in Spotlight. Press Command–Space, then Command–4, and allow clipboard search if prompted. If recent copies are all you need, try that before adding another app. Apple’s guide explains the controls.
Compare privacy settings, not slogans
Check what each app stores, whether it syncs across devices, how it treats passwords, and what its AI connection can read. In NotchPad, ordinary clipboard items stay locally stored, recognized sensitive text is separately protected, and MCP cannot read clipboard history. That does not make every saved item encrypted or every AI app local.
Try your three most common tasks
- Copy two links and a screenshot, then find the first link again.
- Save a reply you use often and retrieve it by name.
- Check the behavior you actually need: another device, a persistent note, or keyboard-only history.