Switching from another tool?
TypeDock is a clipboard manager and a text expander sharing one library — Apple-only, on-device, no cloud. If you're comparing it with the tools you already know, here is the honest picture: what changes, and what TypeDock won't do.
TextExpander — The expansion veteran.
- What it's great at
- Cross-platform including Windows, with team sharing and long-standing snippet sync.
- Where TypeDock differs
- TypeDock is Apple-only — but the expander and the clipboard manager share one library, and the AI runs on your devices, not in a cloud.
Paste — The beautiful clipboard.
- What it's great at
- Gorgeous clipboard history with pinboards, tuned for the Mac.
- Where TypeDock differs
- Paste doesn't expand text. TypeDock's other half is a real system-wide expander with live fill-ins — the shelf you copy from is the shelf you type from.
Alfred — The everything-launcher.
- What it's great at
- A legendary launcher; snippets and clipboard history arrive with the paid Powerpack.
- Where TypeDock differs
- TypeDock is purpose-built — no setup — and the same library syncs privately over iCloud to iPhone and iPad, where launchers can't go.
Snippety — The snippet manager.
- What it's great at
- Snippets on Apple platforms, with scripting-friendly placeholders.
- Where TypeDock differs
- TypeDock adds full clipboard history, on-device AI that understands your clips, and a full-parity CLI for scripts and agents.
What TypeDock doesn't do
- No Windows or Android — TypeDock is Mac, iPhone, and iPad only.
- The AI features need Apple Intelligence hardware; everything else works without them.
- On iPhone, TypeDock never reads your clipboard in the background — you pull to import, when you say so.
- Sync, unlimited history, and the CLI are Pro. The free tier is a genuine taste: 10 snippets across 3 groups, your 25 most recent clips, no account, no card, no timer.
Moving your library is minutes, not a migration — snippets are just text and keywords. The free tier has no account and no timer, so you can rebuild your ten most-used snippets and see how it feels.