Raycast Clipboard History alternative
Raycast clipboard history alternative with advanced features. No subscription.
ClipBook is a dedicated clipboard manager and a powerful alternative to Raycast Clipboard History with unlimited history for $9.99 once, tags, multi-paste and 78 text transformations, built for power Mac users who copy and paste a lot.
ClipBook is an incredible app with an incredible UI and I hope to use it a lot more.
Tad Jimenez
Thanks for making ClipBook! It really is amazing -- both the product and the website.
Yuvraj Sarda
I've been using your app and to be honest, it's great! Thank you very much.
Mauricio
Two philosophies
Built for different jobs
Both apps are keyboard-first and keep your clipboard history on your Mac. They differ in focus: ClipBook is a dedicated clipboard manager, while Clipboard History is one of many commands inside the Raycast launcher.
ClipBook is a dedicated tool
Made for advanced users who copy and paste a lot and want to organize, edit and reuse what they copy.
- Unlimited history, no subscription
- Tags, favorites and custom item names
- Filters by content type, tag and favorites
- Multi-select and multi-paste with a separator
- Sequential pasting without showing any windows
- Copy & merge, merge items, split text items
- 78 text transformations
- Window opens at the mouse cursor or text caret
- Customize 26+ keyboard shortcuts
Raycast is a launcher that does everything
Made for users who want one app for launching, searching, AI and more, with a clipboard history included.
- Unlimited history requires subscription
- Clipboard History is one of many built-in commands
- Filter only by content type
- Paste one item at a time, no multi-paste
- Small unresizable history window
- Customize 4 keyboard shortcuts
- Three years of unlimited history
- $9.99 vs $288
- ClipBook is a one-time purchase. Unlimited history in Raycast needs Pro at $96 per year.
- Clipboard features
- 27 vs 14
- ClipBook has almost 2x more clipboard features than Raycast Clipboard History
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts
- 26 vs 4
- Every action keyboard shortcut can be customized to meet your workflow
Side by side
ClipBook vs Raycast
Prices, privacy, platforms and clipboard features, as of October 2026.
| Feature | ClipBook | Raycast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ||
| Price | $9.99 once | Free · $96 / year |
| Unlimited history | $9.99 once | $96 / year |
| Lifetime license | Yes | No |
| Try for free | 5-day trial | Free plan |
| Privacy | ||
| Where your history lives | Locally | Locally |
| Ignore apps & sensitive content | Yes | Yes |
| Ignore specific content | Yes | No |
| Open source | Yes | No |
| Platforms | ||
| Mac | macOS 13+ | macOS 26+ |
| Intel Macs | Yes | No |
| Windows | No | Yes |
| Features | ||
| History retention | Unlimited | 3 months Unlimited (Pro) |
| Search text inside images (OCR) | Yes | Yes |
| Filter by content type | Yes | Yes |
| Pause and resume | Yes | Yes |
| Preview | Yes | Yes |
| Link preview | Yes | Yes |
| Pin items | Yes | Yes |
| Custom item name | Yes | Yes |
| Edit item content | Yes | Yes |
| Paste without formatting | Yes | Yes |
| Sequential paste | Yes | Yes |
| Hide passwords & secrets | Yes | No |
| Hide during screen sharing | Yes | No |
| Tags | Yes | No |
| Text transformations | Yes | No |
| Multiple selection | Yes | No |
| Multi-paste | Yes | No |
| Multi-paste with a separator | Yes | No |
| Copy and merge | Yes | No |
| Merge text items | Yes | No |
| Split a text item | Yes | No |
| Copy text from image | Yes | Yes |
| Copy text from QR code | Yes | Yes |
| Open window at mouse cursor | Yes | No |
| Open window at text caret | Yes | No |
| History retention for item types | Yes | No |
| Import & Export | Yes | Yes |
Based on raycast.com/pricing and the Raycast v2 manual as of October 2026. Prices in USD before tax. Raycast is free with up to 3 months of clipboard history; Raycast Pro costs $10 per month or $96 per year. Raycast is a trademark of its owner. ClipBook is not affiliated with it. Spotted something outdated? Let us know.
Where ClipBook goes further
Built for people who paste a lot of text
Raycast gives you a searchable history inside a launcher. ClipBook keeps everything and gives you tools to work with it.
Transform text as you paste
Raycast can paste as plain text. ClipBook can also change case, trim whitespace, remove line breaks and apply 78 transformations without leaving the keyboard.
How it works →
Copy and merge
Copy several snippets one after another and ClipBook joins them into a single item, so you paste once instead of five times.
How it works →
Paste many items, your way
Select several items and paste them together, separated by a new line, a comma, a tab or anything you choose. Raycast pastes one entry at a time.
How it works →
Split one item into many
Copied a whole list at once? Split it into separate items, one per line, then paste them one by one.
How it works →
Honest take
Where Raycast is better
ClipBook is not the right pick for everyone. Raycast is a great app that does a lot of things ClipBook does not.
Free to start
Clipboard History is part of Raycast's free plan, with up to 3 months of history. ClipBook costs $9.99 after a 5-day trial.
Much more than a clipboard
Raycast is also an app launcher with snippets, window management, AI and thousands of extensions. ClipBook only manages your clipboard and does it good.
Windows
Raycast runs on Windows too, with the same Clipboard History. ClipBook is Mac-only.
Privacy
No cloud, no account, no analytics
On where your clipboard lives the two apps agree. Raycast keeps Clipboard History on your device and leaves it out of its Cloud Sync, and ClipBook writes your history only to your Mac and never sends it anywhere.
The difference is what surrounds it. Unlimited history in Raycast comes with a Pro subscription tied to a Raycast account. ClipBook has no accounts, no built-in analytics and no tracking, and its source code is public so you can check it.
What does ClipBook add on top?
ClipBook shows passwords, API keys and tokens as dots in the history until you choose to reveal them, keeps its window out of screen sharing and recordings, and can clear the history every time you quit the app or restart your Mac.
Pricing
One price.
Lifetime access.
One-time payment. No subscription.
Get lifetime access to ClipBook on your Mac.
- One-time payment
- 14-day money-back guarantee
- Lifetime updates included
- Lifetime support & assistance
- Native macOS app
- 1 Mac device license
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FAQ
Yes, if the clipboard is a big part of your work. ClipBook keeps unlimited history without a subscription and adds tools Raycast Clipboard History doesn't have, such as tags, multi-select, multi-paste with separators, merging, splitting and text transformations. It is a one-time purchase of $9.99 with lifetime updates. If you only look up something you copied from time to time and already use Raycast, its built-in history is enough.
Yes. ClipBook replaces only the clipboard part, so you can keep Raycast as your launcher. Give the two apps different shortcuts, or turn off Clipboard History in Raycast under Settings → Clipboard History, and open ClipBook with its own shortcut.
On the free plan Raycast keeps clipboard items for 1 day, 1 week, 1 month or 3 months at most. Keeping them for 6 months, 1 year or without a limit requires Raycast Pro. ClipBook has no limit on how long or how many items it keeps. If you prefer a shorter history, you can set how long ClipBook keeps items of each type.
As of October 2026, unlimited clipboard history in Raycast is part of Raycast Pro, which costs $10 per month or $96 per year and also includes AI, Cloud Sync and other features. ClipBook costs $9.99 once for one Mac, $14.99 for two Macs and $29.99 for five Macs, with all future updates included. Over three years, Raycast Pro comes to $288 while ClipBook stays at $9.99.
Not directly. Raycast exports its data as an encrypted file that ClipBook can't read. The practical approach is to copy the items you rely on, such as your pinned entries, once while ClipBook is running and add them to favorites. ClipBook captures everything you copy from the moment you launch it.
No. Both apps keep your clipboard history on the device where you copied it. Raycast Cloud Sync covers snippets, quicklinks, notes and settings, but not Clipboard History, and Clipboard History is not part of Raycast for iPhone. ClipBook is a Mac-only app with no sync at all. This is a deliberate privacy decision: your clipboard never leaves your Mac.
ClipBook supports macOS 13 Ventura and later on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. Raycast v2 requires macOS Tahoe on a Mac with Apple silicon.
No. ClipBook is a one-time purchase. You pay once, get a license key and receive every future update for free. There is also a 14-day money-back guarantee. See the pricing page for the one, two and five-Mac licenses.
Every feature is unlocked for 5 days from the first launch. There is no credit card, no account and no sign-up. When the trial ends, your history stays on your Mac and is available again as soon as you activate a license.
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Get it. Try it. Buy it if you like it.
I hope you enjoy using ClipBook and it saves you a few hours each week. If you have any questions or feedback, please contact me.
Founder of ClipBook
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Never lose what you copy
Keep your copy history, organize it, quickly find what you need and paste it directly to the active app.
Keyboard-first · Native app · One-time purchase · Lifetime updates