Clipbara vs Clipdiary

Clipbara is a macOS clipboard manager that keeps a searchable history of copied items, including text, rich text, HTML, images, links, files, and colors. Search can examine clip contents, titles, or source apps, with filters by type and date. Pinboards organize reusable clips, and Quick Look previews items from the history panel. Selecting a clip restores it to the clipboard for pasting into the active app. The maker says history stays locally and that the app has no account, server, or analytics. Capture, search, preview, and paste work offline, though the DMG build uses the network for Sparkle update checks. Users can exclude apps from recording and export or import histories as JSON. Builds are available from the Mac App Store, DMG, and Homebrew. The source is GPL-3.0, while the Mac App Store edition has a separate proprietary license. The DMG / Homebrew plan is free for macOS 14 Sonoma or later; a 7-day trial is listed for the App Store in-app purchase, and Clipbara Lifetime costs $7.99, paid once purchase for macOS 14.0 or later.

Clipdiary is a Windows clipboard manager that saves copied content in a history for later retrieval. It can record plain text, RTF, BMP images, HTML, files, and other clipboard data formats. Users can search the history, star important clips, and sort clips into labeled folders. The Snippets feature keeps frequently used text, including replies, addresses, and code, ready for pasting. The maker says clipboard history stays on the computer and can be password-protected with AES-256 database encryption. Clipdiary has a free plan and a fully functional 60-day trial. Paid licenses are one-time purchases: the Personal License costs 19.99 USD once for personal, non-commercial home use, while business, academic, or government use requires the Business License at 29.99 USD once. The Extended License costs 39.99 USD once for up to five family-owned computers, including a work PC. The maker offers a portable version, free lifetime technical support for registered customers, and an unconditional 30-day money-back guarantee. Future updates are free starting with Clipdiary 5.72.