Comparison
A Paste alternative without a subscription
Hotstash is a clipboard manager for Mac and iPhone that costs $9.99 once, after a 30-day free trial. Paste costs $2.49 a month or $29.99 a year. Both sync your history between Mac and iPhone through iCloud. Hotstash adds Paste Stack, where each ⌘V pastes the next item in a list you picked.
Launch offer: $4.99 instead of $9.99 until 1 January 2027.
Hotstash vs Paste at a glance
| Hotstash | Paste | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 once | $2.49/month or $29.99/year |
| Free trial | 30 days, every feature | 7 days |
| Mac and iPhone | Yes, one purchase | Yes, in every plan |
| Sync | Your own private iCloud | iCloud |
| Hotstash account needed | No | See Paste's site |
Prices and features checked in October 2026. Paste's prices and trial are from pasteapp.io/pricing. For Paste's own features, see its site.
Who should pick Hotstash
- You want clipboard history on Mac and iPhone but don't want another subscription.
- You fill forms or move lists between apps. Paste Stack turns "copy, switch, paste, switch back" into one ⌘V per field.
- You copy screenshots and want to find them later by the words inside them.
Who should stay with Paste
- You use Paste's shared pinboards with a team. Hotstash syncs only between your own devices.
- You're happy with a subscription and already have years of history organized there.
Moving over
Hotstash can import history from Maccy and Raycast today. There's no Paste importer yet, so pin the few items you want to keep and copy them once on your Mac; they'll sync to your iPhone.
Questions
Is there a Paste alternative without a subscription?
Yes. Hotstash is a one-time $9.99 purchase after a 30-day free trial, and it covers both the Mac and iPhone apps.
Does Hotstash sync between Mac and iPhone like Paste?
Yes. History, pins, names, and folders sync through your private iCloud account. There's no Hotstash account to create.
Can Hotstash paste several items in order?
Yes. Select items and start a Paste Stack; every ⌘V then pastes the next one. On iPhone, the Hotstash keyboard does the same with one tap per item.
Hotstash is an independent app. Other product names belong to their owners and are used only to compare features.