Kishi Notch vs Clipster

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Kishi Notch compared with Clipster
Detail	Kishi Notch	Clipster
What it does	MacBook notch app that turns your notch into an interactive island for music, meetings, notifications and more, plus a customizable menu bar battery indicator	Smart clipboard manager that syncs across Mac, Windows and iPhone with end-to-end encryption
Stage	Not given	Startup
Founded	Not given	2026
Based in	TR	FR
Pricing model	Free trial	Freemium
Pricing	One-time license: $19.99. Free 7-day trial with all features, no credit card required. One license covers 2 Macs. Kishi Notch Lite on Mac App Store: $9.99 with no free trial.	Free plan: 40 clips in history, 1 pin, full-text search, all content types, no account needed. Plus plan: full clipboard history and more pins. Pro plan: 250 clips in history, 30 pins with 30 clips each, file uploads up to 50 MB, sync across devices, encrypted cloud backup.
Key features	Now Playing with album art, controls and synced lyrics Calendar countdown with one-click Join for Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Webex or FaceTime AirPods and Bluetooth device battery display for each earbud and case App notifications in the notch with reply functionality Timer and stopwatch with ring countdown display Volume and brightness indicators with draggable sliders Camera and microphone indicator with Voice Isolation option Focus status display and switching Customizable menu bar battery with percentage, charging status and health info File Shelf with AirDrop, clipboard history and earlier notifications	Full-text search through entire clipboard history Pins to organize and categorize clips Support for multiple content types: text, code, images, files, links, colors, documents End-to-end AES-256-GCM encryption with zero-knowledge architecture Real-time sync across Mac, Windows and iPhone Offline functionality with automatic sync on reconnect Native apps for macOS, Windows, iPhone and iPad iOS keyboard extension for pasting from any app Supports up to 50 MB file uploads with Pro plan Ultra-fast launch time under 50 milliseconds
What makes it different	Three adaptive island shapes that respond to what's happening on your Mac Private by design with no account, tracking or analytics required Claude Code integration with approval requests and task notifications in the notch	Cross-platform with zero-knowledge end-to-end encrypted sync across Mac, Windows and iPhone Built with Rust and Tauri for 10x less memory usage than Electron-based alternatives Genuinely free plan that is not a limited trial or demo One of the few serious clipboard managers with native Windows app alongside macOS and iOS
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	1 +1 (up) since last check	8 +4 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	2	7
Citation Flow (Majestic)	19	16
Referring domains (Majestic)	8	6

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