# The cheapest Mac notch app with clipboard history

> Mac notch apps with clipboard history, ranked by price: free ones, NotchStar at $4 once, then the paid rest, with limits stated. Checked 4 November 2026.

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Last updated: 2026-11-05

Published 2026-11-05.

Two notch apps list clipboard history and charge nothing or state no price: NotchPop is free, and Atoll lists clipboard history with no price on its page. If you want to pay once, NotchStar is the cheapest app on this list at $4 for up to 3 Macs, and it keeps 50 items in memory. Prices as of 4 November 2026.

This page ranks only apps whose own pages state clipboard history. Boring Notch, MewNotch, SuperIsland and Tuneful do not state it, so they are not here.

## Free or no price stated

| App | Price | Needs | Clipboard as stated |
|---|---|---|---|
| NotchPop | Free, no login | macOS 14 | A clipboard widget; history size not stated |
| Atoll | No price stated, open source | macOS 14 | Clipboard history; no detail |

NotchPop is MIT licensed. Its newest release on GitHub is v1.5.49 from 13 May 2026. Atoll is GPL 3.0, and its README states no price, trial or refund, only links for voluntary support. Neither page says how many items the history holds, whether it survives a restart or whether it skips password manager copies.

## Free to start, paid to go further

| App | Price | Needs | What the page says |
|---|---|---|---|
| NotchBox | Free with NotchBox Pro at $4.99 | macOS 13 | A clipboard manager; the listing does not say which features need Pro |
| NotchNest | Free; $14.99 once or $2.99 a month | macOS 14 | Search and pins; the free tier keeps 5 items |
| OneNotch | Free; Pro $6.99 once | macOS 15 | 50 items for 24 hours free, 1,000 on Pro |
| NotchThings | Free; $6.99 lifetime in app purchase, 7 day trial | macOS 15.6 | Off until you turn it on; up to 40 items with images and search |
| DropNotch | Free; Pro $15 once | macOS 13 | Clipboard history is a Pro feature |
| Brow | Free; Pro $4.99 a month or $49 a year | macOS 14 | Full history with search, pinning, previews and snippets |
| Sapphire | Free tier; plans from $15.99 a month | macOS 14.6 | Listed as Infinite Clipboard History |

The caps matter more than the price here. NotchNest's free tier holds five clipboard items. OneNotch's free tier holds 50 items but only for 24 hours. NotchThings holds 40. For Brow and Sapphire the pages read do not say which tier includes the clipboard, so a free tier does not prove a free clipboard. DropNotch is the clear case: clipboard history is a Pro feature at $15 once, or a $10 launch offer until 9 November.

## Pay once

| App | Price | Needs | License and terms |
|---|---|---|---|
| NotchStar | $4 once, 7 day trial, 7 day refund | macOS 14 | Up to 3 Macs |
| Notch Buddy | $5.99 for the first 100 customers (89 of 100 sold when read), then $19.99 | macOS 14 | 14 day money back, no trial |
| OmniNotch | $5 flash sale, then $19.99 | macOS 14 | Up to 3 Macs, 7 day money back |
| Droppy | $9.99 | macOS 14 | 2 Macs, 3 day trial, 14 day refund |
| Gojo | $9.99 lifetime for one Mac | macOS 14 | 3 day trial |
| Notchet | $9.99 | macOS 14 | Up to 2 Macs, 7 day trial |
| Crest | $14.99 | macOS 14 | 2 Macs, 7 day trial, 7 day refund |
| NotchNook | Pro $19 lifetime (Classic is $15) | macOS 14.6, Pro on Apple silicon only | 2 Macs, 48 hour trial |

NotchNook's clipboard is listed under Pro, so $19 is the price that matters for this feature. Notch Buddy's $5.99 is a launch price for the first 100 customers and OmniNotch's $5 is a flash sale, so both may have risen by the time you read this.

What the paid pages say about the clipboard itself:

- **Notch Buddy:** a searchable history.
- **OmniNotch:** skips password manager and transient clips.
- **Droppy:** text, links, colors, code and images, with pins, tags and search, kept across updates.
- **Notchet:** text, links, colors, images and files, with search that includes text inside images. It skips copies marked secret by password managers and says nothing is uploaded.
- **Crest:** a clipboard history widget, introduced in Crest 6.
- **NotchNook Pro:** search, filter and categories; passwords are never saved.

## What the NotchStar clipboard does and does not do

NotchStar keeps the 50 most recent items, including at most 10 images stored at a reduced size. Links, plain text, images and files copied in Finder share one list. Click a row and the item goes back on the clipboard. Search ignores capital letters and accents. Anything a password manager marks as concealed is skipped.

The limits decide whether it fits you:

- History lives in memory only. It clears when NotchStar quits and is never written to disk.
- Copied text is stored as plain text, so rich formatting is not kept.
- An app that does not mark sensitive copies as concealed cannot be detected.

If you want a long or permanent history, NotchStar is not the right pick. OneNotch Pro lists 1,000 items, and the Mac clipboard managers below keep far more.

## Clipboard managers that are not notch apps

If you do not need the notch, a dedicated manager can be cheaper. Maccy is free, needs macOS 14 and stores everything on your computer. PastePal is free with a Pro purchase at $14.99. Paste is $2.49 a month or $29.99 a year, and its history has no limit. Alfred needs its Powerpack, priced at 34 GBP, for clipboard history. Raycast's free plan keeps 3 months of history, and Pro is $10 a month. These are separate products that live in the menu bar or a launcher, not in the notch.

## How to choose

1. **You want free:** NotchPop, and accept that its history size is not stated.
2. **You want the lowest price you pay once, with a trial and a refund:** NotchStar at $4.
3. **You want a long history on the Mac:** OneNotch Pro at $6.99, if you are on macOS 15 or later.
4. **You want search inside images:** Notchet at $9.99.

Read [the clipboard in the notch guide](https://www.notchstar.com/guides/mac-clipboard-history-in-the-notch/) for how it behaves day to day, the [NotchStar clipboard page](https://www.notchstar.com/features/clipboard/) for the feature in full, and [NotchBox compared with NotchStar](https://www.notchstar.com/vs/notchbox/) for the closest price rival. For the whole price range, see [Mac notch apps under $5](https://www.notchstar.com/best/best-mac-notch-app-under-5-dollars/).

## How this was checked

Each price, requirement and clipboard description comes from the app's own website, Mac App Store listing or GitHub page, read on 4 November 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not say. Apps whose pages do not mention a clipboard are left out. Confirm prices on the app's page before you buy.

## Sources

- [NotchStar pricing](https://www.notchstar.com/pricing/) for the $4 price, the trial, the refund and the 3 Mac license.
- [NotchPop](https://notchpop.pages.dev) and [Atoll](https://github.com/Ebullioscopic/Atoll).
- [NotchBox on the Mac App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notchbox-easier-drag-drop/id6737410946) and [NotchNest on the Mac App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notchnest-dynamic-notch-bar/id6747612321).
- [OneNotch](https://www.tryonenotch.com/), [NotchThings pricing](https://notchthings.yigitcicekci.com/pricing), [DropNotch](https://junebytes.com/dropnotch), [Brow](https://brow-app.com/) and [Sapphire](https://sapphire-app.tech/).
- [Notch Buddy](https://notchbuddy.com/), [OmniNotch](https://omninotch.app/), [Droppy](https://getdroppy.app/), [Gojo](https://trygojo.com), [Notchet](https://aqibjaved.dev/apps/notchet), [Crest](https://crestnotch.app/) and [NotchNook](https://lo.cafe/notchnook).
- [Maccy](https://maccy.app), [PastePal on the Mac App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pastepal-clipboard-manager/id1503446680?mt=12), [Paste](https://pasteapp.io/pricing), [Alfred Powerpack](https://www.alfredapp.com/powerpack/) and [Raycast pricing](https://www.raycast.com/pricing).

## Quick answers.

### What is the cheapest Mac notch app with clipboard history?

NotchPop lists a clipboard widget and is free. Atoll lists clipboard history and states no price. Among apps you pay for, NotchStar is the cheapest read at $4 once for up to 3 Macs. Prices as of 4 November 2026.

### Which cheap notch apps skip passwords?

NotchStar skips anything a password manager marks as concealed. OmniNotch and Notchet state the same for password manager copies, and NotchNook says passwords are never saved. The other pages read do not state it.

### How many items does the NotchStar clipboard keep?

The 50 most recent items, with at most 10 images, in memory only. History clears when NotchStar quits. Some competitors keep more: OneNotch Pro lists 1,000 items.

## Keep reading.

- [Clipboard history that lives in your notch](https://www.notchstar.com/features/clipboard/): Searchable clipboard history in the Mac notch: text, links, images and files. Skips password manager copies. Click any item to copy it again.
- [Mac clipboard history in the notch: how to use it well](https://www.notchstar.com/guides/mac-clipboard-history-in-the-notch/): Why a clipboard history helps, how to search it, what it should never record, and how NotchStar's notch version handles privacy.
- [The best Mac notch app for $5 or less](https://www.notchstar.com/best/best-mac-notch-app-under-5-dollars/): Which Mac notch apps cost $5 or less? One time prices, free apps and small monthly plans, from each app's own page, checked 4 November 2026.
- [The best free Mac notch apps, and what free really means](https://www.notchstar.com/best/best-free-mac-notch-apps/): Ten free Mac notch apps, from fully free open source to free tiers with paid upgrades, with macOS versions and limits from official pages, 4 November 2026.
- [NotchStar vs NotchBox](https://www.notchstar.com/vs/notchbox/): NotchBox is a free Mac App Store notch app with a drop shelf, music and Pomodoro. Compare its Pro price, release history and macOS floor with NotchStar.

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