Comparison
Drobu vs Paste
Paste is a polished, cross-device clipboard manager, billed by subscription or a pricier one-time license. Drobu is a one-time $14.99 purchase that lets you edit clips in place (crop, trim, clean) and capture your screen, all kept local. The trade-off is sync.
Drobu is $14.99 one-time. Paste is $29.99/year, or a $89.99 one-time license. Either way, several times Drobu's price.
Drobu vs Paste, feature by feature
| Feature | Drobu | Paste |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 one-time | $29.99/year (or $89.99 lifetime) |
| Clipboard history | Full history, up to 365 days | Unlimited history, pinboards |
| Search | Full-text search (FTS5) | Full-text, plus OCR in screenshots |
| Screen capture (GIF/video) | Record a region to GIF or video | None |
| Inline editing | Edit and clean text; crop and trim images, GIFs, video | None |
| Cross-device sync | No, Mac only | iCloud across Mac, iPhone, iPad |
| iPhone / iPad app | No | Yes, with a keyboard extension |
| Shared pinboards | No | Yes, shareable collections |
| Local-first storage | Fully local storage | Local-first, optional iCloud sync |
| System slash commands | /sleep, keep-awake, closed-lid | None |
| Platform | macOS 14+ | macOS, iOS, iPadOS, visionOS |
Where Drobu wins
- Built-in GIF and video screen recording
- Region recording with inline crop and trim
- Lower price: $14.99 once vs Paste's $29.99/year or $89.99 lifetime
- System slash commands (/sleep, keep-awake, closed-lid)
Where Paste wins
- iPhone and iPad apps with iCloud sync
- Shareable pinboards for team collections
- Paste Stack for sequential form-filling
- OCR search inside stored screenshots
- A mature, polished product
- Apple Intelligence rewrite and a Paste MCP server
The honest verdict
Pick Drobu if you want screen capture bundled with clipboard history, a one-time price, and fully local storage. Pick Paste if you need your clipboard on iPhone and iPad with iCloud sync, or if shared pinboards are central to how you work.
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