Switching from PastePal to Tucket

PastePal is a well-made clipboard manager for every Apple device, bought once and synced through your own iCloud. The two apps make opposite choices about where your clipboard lives. Here is what each does, from PastePal’s own site and App Store listing. I build Tucket, so weigh it accordingly.

Last updated 7 November 2026

At a glance

PastePal and Tucket side by side, from PastePal’s own pages, checked on 7 November 2026.
	PastePal	Tucket
Price	A free download with a one-time in-app purchase covering Mac, iPhone and iPad. Its site does not show the price	$10 once, for up to 3 Macs, every update included. Full refund within 10 days
Your history on other devices	Mac, iPhone and iPad, through your own iCloud, if you turn it on	No. Every clip stays on your Mac, and there is no iPhone or iPad app
Reads text inside images	Recognises the text in a screen area you select, and saves it to your history	Every image you copy, automatically, so screenshots are searchable by their words
Organising	Collections you create, with filters by app, type or collection	Sorted by type as you copy, plus pinboards you create

PastePal’s column is what its own pages said on 7 November 2026 (sources at the bottom). Nothing was installed and tested, and prices and requirements move, so check before you buy.

What PastePal does well

One purchase covers Mac, iPhone and iPad, with Family Sharing, and syncs through your own iCloud when you turn it on.
On iOS it has a keyboard, a share extension, widgets and Shortcuts, so your history is usable in any app.
A library of text transforms (over 50, its site says) to reshape text before you paste.
Collections, unlimited history, a stack for pasting several things at once, and backup or moving your history to another Mac.
It can recognise the text in an area of the screen you select, and send clips to nearby PastePal apps over your local network.

What Tucket does differently

Everything stays on the Mac. No iCloud, no phone, no second device, which is the whole design.
Text recognition happens on every image you copy, without selecting anything, so old screenshots are searchable too.
It looks for API keys, card numbers, private keys and .env dumps as you copy, and blocks them before they are stored.
Image tools in the clipboard: background removal, and pasting several images as one mood board.
Notes on clips, reminders that bring a clip back at a set time, and pinboards that are never auto-deleted.

Who each one is for

Stay with PastePal if:

You copy on one device and paste on another. That is PastePal’s strength and something Tucket does not do.
You use the iOS keyboard or widgets.
You transform text a lot before pasting.

Tucket is the better fit if:

You work on the Mac and want your clipboard never to leave it.
You want every screenshot searchable without doing anything.
You copy images and want to do something with them in place.

What switching involves

Your existing history does not come with you. Tucket has no importer, so it starts empty and fills up from the first thing you copy.
PastePal can back up or move its history, but only to PastePal. That backup will not open in Tucket.
You can run both for a while. Each keeps its own history, so nothing is lost while you decide. If both use the same keyboard shortcut, change one of them.
If Tucket turns out not to suit you, email within 10 days for a full refund.

Try Tucket

$10 once, for up to 3 Macs, with every update included. If it is not for you, email within 10 days for a full refund. Needs macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

Questions

Does PastePal read text in images?

Its site says it can recognise the text in an area of the screen you select and save it to your history. Tucket reads every image you copy automatically, so screenshots you copied earlier are searchable too.

Does Tucket have an iPhone app?

No. Tucket is Mac only and keeps every clip on the Mac. If you want your clipboard on iPhone and iPad, PastePal is the better fit.

Can I import my PastePal history into Tucket?

No. Tucket has no importer, so it starts empty. Keep PastePal while you try Tucket if you want both histories for a while.

Sources

Checked on 7 November 2026. I build Tucket, so everything said here about PastePal comes from these pages rather than from memory: