SupaClip vs Maccy
Pick Maccy if you want a free, open source clipboard history and a small, plain list is enough. Pick SupaClip if you want type filters, a preview pane for code, images, colors and files, and a history you can keep for a year or forever, and $4.99 once is fine by you. Both run on macOS 14 or later and keep everything on your Mac.
| SupaClip | Maccy | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free to download from its website, GitHub and Homebrew. $9.99 on the Mac App Store |
| Pricing model | One-time purchase. One license for three Macs, every 1.x update included | Open source (MIT). The App Store version is a one-time purchase |
| Free trial | 7 days, then a 25-item history until you buy | Not needed, the download is free |
| Platforms | Mac (macOS 14 or later) | Mac (macOS 14 or later) |
| Type filters and previews | Yes: text, links, images, files and colors, with a preview pane | Search is documented. Filters: Not documented. Recent App Store versions list a preview panel |
| Pinned items | Yes, never removed | Yes, with ⌥P |
| Paste as plain text | Yes, ⌥↩ | Yes, ⌥⇧↩ |
| Account needed | No | Not documented |
| Where your data lives | Only on your Mac | Only on your computer |
Maccy facts are from its website, GitHub page and Mac App Store listing, checked November 10, 2026. “Not documented” means we found no statement either way.
Free vs $4.99
Maccy costs nothing if you take it from its website, GitHub or Homebrew, and its source is open under the MIT license. The Mac App Store version is $9.99, which is the way to pay the developer. SupaClip is $4.99 once for three Macs, with every 1.x update, a 7-day trial and a 14-day refund. If the free price matters most, Maccy wins that row.
Two keyboard-first lists
Both open a searchable list from a shortcut, both paste into the app you came from, and both keep pins. The differences are in the detail. SupaClip adds filter chips you cycle with ⇥, a preview pane, ⌘1 to ⌘9 for the first nine items, and a panel that opens over full-screen apps without taking focus. Maccy pins with ⌥P and gives pinned items a permanent shortcut.
Privacy
Both keep your clipboard on your own computer. Maccy says that if your password manager removes a copied password from the clipboard, Maccy removes it too, and you can ignore copies. SupaClip never saves items that password managers mark as concealed or transient, excludes 1Password, Bitwarden and Keychain Access by default, lets you exclude any app and can pause capture for 5 minutes, 15 minutes, an hour or until you resume. SupaClip makes no network requests while you use it, apart from update checks and an optional license check.
Day to day
Press ⌘⇧V in SupaClip, type a few letters and press return. ⌥↩ pastes as plain text and ⌘↩ copies without pasting. It keeps up to 10,000 items by default, with no age limit, and the cap goes up to 50,000. Maccy does not document a history size on its site, so check the app's settings if you need a number. If you already use Maccy and have no complaints, there is little reason to switch.
Questions and answers
Is Maccy really free?
Yes. Maccy is open source under the MIT license and is free from its website, GitHub and Homebrew. The Mac App Store version costs $9.99.
Why pay for SupaClip when Maccy is free?
For type filters, a preview pane, a panel that works over full-screen apps and a configurable history length. If you do not need those, Maccy is a good choice and costs less.
Can I try SupaClip next to Maccy?
Yes. SupaClip has a 7-day trial with no account. After the trial the app keeps your 25 most recent items until you enter a license key. Set a different shortcut in one of the apps so they do not compete for the same keys.