Download & Install

SnipSnapp is available on the Mac App Store, iPhone App Store, and iPad App Store. Download from your app store or visit our website.

First Launch

When you first launch SnipSnapp on macOS, the app asks for clipboard monitoring consent before it starts saving history. macOS may also show a pasteboard-access prompt the first time monitoring is enabled.

Menu Bar Icon

SnipSnapp lives in your menu bar. The icon is a pin (pin.fill when active, pin.slash when paused). Click to open the panel, or use Cmd + Shift + V.

Active state (pin.fill)

Paused state (pin.slash)

Right-Click Menu

Right-click the menu bar icon for quick actions: Pause/Resume Monitoring and Quit.

Context menu (active)

Context menu (paused)

Clipboard Permission

Clipboard capture starts only after you allow SnipSnapp's in-app clipboard monitoring consent. macOS may also show a pasteboard-access prompt the first time clipboard capture is enabled.

Clipboard monitoring consent dialog

Viewing History

The panel displays items in chronological order with content type badges, previews, source app, timestamp, and character count.

Menu bar panel showing clipboard history

Quick Actions

Hover over an item to reveal action buttons: wand (transform), pin, and delete. Click any item to copy it.

Hover state showing action buttons

Search

Use the search field to find items by full-text search. Results update in real-time.

Search with filtered results

The Window

Quick Search is a floating window centered on your screen, perfect for rapid clipboard access with keyboard navigation.

Quick Search window

Keyboard Navigation

• Arrow Up/Down — navigate items
• Enter — paste selected item
• Cmd + 1–9 — copy the nth item
• Escape — close the window

Search

Type to filter results in real-time.

Quick Search with filter applied

Supported Types

Text, Code (21 languages), URL, Email, Phone, Color, Markdown, Image, File

Various content type badges

Color Previews

Hex colors display a colored swatch for easy identification.

Color item with hex swatch

Full-Text Search

Search across all clipboard content with partial matching support.

Content Type Filter

Click "All Types" to filter by content type.

Content type filter dropdown

Filtered to show only Code items

Date Range Filter

Click "Any Time" to filter by date (Today, Last Hour, Last 24h, 3 days, 7 days, 14 days, 30 days, or custom).

Date range filter dropdown

Regex Search

Toggle the .* button to use regular expression patterns.

Regex search mode enabled

How to Access

• Hover over an item and click the wand icon
• In Quick Search: press Option + T
• In detail window: click "Transform"

On-Device AI (Free)

SnipSnapp includes free on-device AI using Apple Intelligence (macOS 26+, Apple Silicon). It's:

• Completely private — data never leaves your Mac
• Unlimited — use as much as you want
• Fast — processes locally

Cloud AI (BYOK)

Connect your own API keys from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, or OpenRouter. All cloud AI is bring-your-own-key:

• Your API key is stored in your Mac's Keychain
• When you use cloud AI, the selected key is sent directly to the provider you choose
• You choose which provider to use
• You pay the provider directly

Available Transforms

Transform Results

After selecting a transform, SnipSnapp shows the original content and the AI-generated result. Text transforms include "Copy Result" and "Copy & Close" buttons, while Create Image shows a preview you can copy back to the clipboard. The badge in the top-right indicates whether the result came from On-Device AI or Cloud AI.

Explain Code — AI explains the Swift function

Summarize — condenses text to key points

Spanish Translation — original English with Spanish result

Fix Grammar — corrects grammar and punctuation

Code Conversion — Swift to Python via cloud AI

Full Content View

The detail window shows complete content with syntax highlighting for code, color swatches, image previews, or selectable text.

Code item with syntax highlighting

Text item with full content

Color item with swatch preview

Action Buttons

• Copy — copy to clipboard
• Transform — open AI transforms
• Extract Text — OCR from images
• Pin/Unpin — pin to top
• Delete — remove item

Metadata

Bottom chips show type, language, timestamp, source app, size, and pinned status.

How to Pin

• Hover and click the pin icon
• In Quick Search: press Option + P
• In detail window: click the pin button

Pinned items appear at the top and persist across restarts. Unpin by clicking the icon again.

Pinned item moves to the top of the list

Activate Selection Mode

Click the checkmark icon in the toolbar. Each item shows a checkbox.

Select & Delete

Click items to toggle selection. The bottom toolbar shows count and "Delete" button. Use "Select All" / "Deselect All" for quick actions.

Click the checkmark again to exit selection mode.

How to Export

Click the export button (square.and.arrow.up) in the panel footer. A save dialog suggests a filename like snipsnapp_export_YYYY-MM-DD.repinnedexport

Export Contents

The .repinnedexport bundle includes:

• manifest.json — item metadata
• clipboard.md — Markdown-formatted history
• images/ — folder with image items

Export Flow

Save dialog with suggested filename

Success dialog with "Show in Finder" option

Filter Before Export

Use search and filters to export only specific types or date ranges.

Opening Settings

• Click the gear icon in the panel footer
• Press Cmd + ,

General Options

• Launch at Login
• History Limit (0 = unlimited)
• Image History Limit (default 100)
• Clipboard Monitoring toggle
• Scroll to Top on Open
• Remember Window Size

Keyboard Shortcuts

Configure hotkeys for Menu Bar Panel (default Cmd + Shift + V) and Quick Search (default Cmd + Option + V).

How to Block Apps

1. "Choose App..." — browse and select an app
2. "Block Last App" — quickly block the most recent app
3. "Add by Bundle ID" — manually enter a bundle ID

Automatic Password Manager Detection

On macOS, SnipSnapp automatically skips clipboard items marked as concealed by password managers and uses additional heuristics for apps such as 1Password, Bitwarden, LastPass, Enpass, KeePassXC, Dashlane, and Keychain Access. Manual blocking is still available for anything not detected automatically.

A blocked app showing its name, bundle ID, and remove button

Built-In Themes

Choose from: Standard (blue), Ocean, Forest, Sunset, Berry, or Custom (hex color)

Custom Theme

Select a custom hex color that syncs via iCloud to all your devices.

Themes apply to menu bar panel, Quick Search, and iOS app.

Supported Providers

Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, xAI, OpenRouter

Setup Steps

1. Go to Settings > AI
2. Select a provider from the dropdown
3. Paste your API key (stored in Keychain)
4. SnipSnapp auto-fetches available models
5. Select a model from the searchable picker
6. Start transforming!

Key Management

Separate fields for text and image generation providers, models, and API keys. Both key types are stored in macOS Keychain. Create Image uses the selected image provider and model. Clear saved keys anytime with "Clear Key" buttons.

Model Cache & Security

Model list cached for 24h with refresh button. First use shows a consent dialog with privacy policy link. The selected key is sent directly to your chosen provider when you use Cloud AI, and iCloud Keychain may sync saved keys across your Apple devices.

Pricing

Pay the AI provider directly at their rates. SnipSnapp does not add per-request cloud AI charges.

AI Settings

AI settings with provider, relay, and API key sections

Choose from 5 cloud AI providers

API key fields stored securely in Keychain

Models auto-fetched after entering your API key

Searchable model picker with the provider's available models

About AI Services and data processing disclosure

Provider consent dialog — shown on first use of each cloud AI provider

Pro Features

• Cloud AI with your own API keys (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, OpenRouter)
• iCloud Sync across Mac, iPhone, iPad
• Cross-Device AI Relay between your devices
• Export clipboard history
• Optional passphrase protection for synced data

Free Features (No Pro Required)

• Full clipboard history with content detection
• Search and filtering
• Free on-device AI (Apple Intelligence)
• Pinning and selection
• Custom themes
• Hotkey customization

Restore Purchases

Click "Restore Purchases" to verify existing Pro purchases on another device.

Upgrade tab with Pro status and Restore Purchases

How It Works

With iCloud Sync enabled, your clipboard history automatically syncs across all devices on the same iCloud account. Copy on Mac → appears on iPhone and iPad.

Enabling Sync

Toggle iCloud Sync in Settings. Make sure all devices are signed in with the same iCloud account.

Sync Status

SnipSnapp shows a sync indicator so you know when syncing is active.

iCloud Sync toggle with passphrase protection option

How It Works

1. Send a transform request from one device through your private iCloud account
2. Another relay-capable device processes it using on-device AI
3. The result is returned to the requesting device

Requirements

• Same iCloud account on both devices
• iCloud Sync enabled
• An encryption passphrase configured for sync
• Another relay-capable device online

Maximum input size: 32,000 characters. Relay requests currently time out after about 10 seconds if no response is received.

Features

• Clipboard History (synced from Mac with iCloud Sync)
• Manual Import — tap import button to add current iOS clipboard
• Search & Filter — same as macOS
• AI Transforms — on-device AI on supported Apple Intelligence hardware, relay through another device, or cloud AI with Pro
• Themes — same 5 themes + custom color as macOS
• Selection Mode — bulk delete

iPhone

Clipboard history

iPad

iPad clipboard history

Tab Navigation

History tab (view/manage items) and Settings tab (configure behavior, themes, iCloud sync).

Clipboard Import

iOS doesn't allow background clipboard monitoring. Use the import button whenever you want to capture something.

Global

Menu Bar Panel

Quick Search

Local Storage

By default, all clipboard data is stored locally on your device. If you enable iCloud Sync, history is stored in your private CloudKit database.

On-Device AI

On-device AI transforms (Apple Intelligence) never leave the device that processes them. Processing happens entirely on-device.

Cloud AI (BYOK)

If you use cloud AI with your API keys:

• Only the text you transform is sent to the provider
• Your API key is stored in macOS Keychain and is not sent to SnipSnapp
• If iCloud Keychain is enabled, saved keys may sync across your Apple devices
• Communication goes directly from SnipSnapp to your provider

API Key Storage

API keys are stored securely in macOS Keychain. If iCloud Keychain is enabled, saved keys may sync across your Apple devices.

Password Manager Detection

On macOS, SnipSnapp automatically skips clipboard items marked as concealed by password managers and uses additional heuristics for apps such as 1Password, Bitwarden, LastPass, Enpass, KeePassXC, Dashlane, and Keychain Access.

No Analytics

We never collect your clipboard content for analytics or tracking.

Questions?

For more details, see our Privacy Policy or contact develop@youmeapps.com.