Cliptop is a clipboard history app for Mac, iPhone, and iPad with search, pinboards, OCR, and iCloud Sync. 7-day trial, Pro from $9.99/year.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
Cliptop is a clipboard history app for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. It records what a user copies, including text, links, code snippets, screenshots, images, files, and colors, and makes each item searchable and ready to paste again. The Mac app is the starting point, and the iPhone and iPad apps extend the same history to other devices.
The product is built around a keyboard-first workflow on macOS. A compact panel opens near the notch or with Shift + Cmd + V, so users can find an earlier copy and paste it without leaving the app they are working in. Cliptop states that history stays local by default and that it runs on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
On a Mac, Cliptop opens from the notch area or from the Shift + Cmd + V shortcut. Screens without a notch work too, because users can hover over the middle of the menu bar instead. From the panel, a user searches history, previews an item, and pastes it back into the current app.
Direct Paste relies on macOS Accessibility permission so Cliptop can place the selected item into the app in use. If the permission stays off, Cliptop still restores the item to the clipboard, and a manual paste works. Optional iCloud Sync moves clips and pinboards through a private iCloud database, not Cliptop servers.
Search covers text, links, files, screenshots, code snippets, colors, and pinned clips. Pinboards group reusable links, snippets, screenshots, and brand assets. On-device OCR pulls text out of screenshots and images when the original text cannot be selected, which helps with design references and captured messages.
Text and link tools include pasting as plain text, cleaning tracking parameters from URLs, and copying Markdown links. Image tools preview copied images and crop screenshots. For code, Cliptop recognizes structured text and offers trim, format, and escape actions. Sensitive items such as passwords and API keys can stay blurred until revealed.
Cliptop is a clipboard history app for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. On Mac it opens near the notch or with Shift + Cmd + V so users can search, paste, or clean up recent copies. Optional private iCloud Sync keeps clips and pinboards available across devices.
Cliptop Pro Yearly is $9.99 per year, shown with $14.99 crossed out. Cliptop Pro Lifetime is a $19.99 one-time purchase, shown with $29.99 crossed out. Both plans cover use on 3 devices.
Yes. Cliptop includes a 7-day trial with full Pro feature access and no payment required. After the trial, users choose yearly or lifetime Pro.
Clipboard history is stored locally on the Mac by default. If a user turns on optional iCloud Sync, clips and pinboards sync through the user's private iCloud database. Cliptop states it does not send clipboard contents to its own servers.
Yes. Cliptop works on any Mac screen. Without a notch, users hover over the middle of the menu bar or press Shift + Cmd + V to open it.
Cliptop keeps text, links, code snippets, screenshots, images, files, and colors. Actions change by clipboard type, such as OCR and cropping for images and format actions for code.
Yes. Cliptop offers a 30-day money-back guarantee. Users who find it is not a fit can email support@cliptop.app within 30 days for a refund.
The source pages name only iCloud, which powers optional sync across Mac, iPhone, and iPad. No other third-party integrations are listed.