Does Maus free version have unlimited clipboard history?

No. Maus limits clipboard history to 24 hours on the free plan. To keep history longer than one day you need Maus Pro, which is a one-time $12.99 purchase. Clipboard Doctor keeps unlimited history for free — there is no paid tier.

Does Maus support Arabic OCR in screenshots?

Maus performs automatic OCR on screenshots using Apple Vision, but targets English content. Clipboard Doctor configures Apple Vision with both Arabic and English recognition simultaneously, so bilingual screenshots — common in Gulf region apps, Arabic documents, or mixed-language content — are fully searchable in both directions.

Does Clipboard Doctor have multi-monitor support like Maus?

Maus opens its panel at the cursor position, which is its signature feature for multi-monitor setups. Clipboard Doctor opens via a keyboard shortcut as a menu-bar panel — it does not follow the cursor to the active monitor automatically. If cursor-following is critical to your workflow, Maus wins that specific interaction. If unlimited history and bilingual OCR matter more, Clipboard Doctor is the better fit.

Which is better for privacy — Clipboard Doctor or Maus?

Both apps store clipboard data locally and make no network requests during normal use — no account required for either. Clipboard Doctor's local-only behaviour is verifiable with network monitoring tools like Little Snitch. Maus is built in native Swift and explicitly states no telemetry of clipboard content.

Clipboard Doctor vs Maus

Both are native Swift clipboard managers with screenshot OCR. The difference: Maus's free tier expires your history after 24 hours — unlimited history costs $12.99. Clipboard Doctor keeps everything forever, free, and adds bilingual Arabic + English OCR.

Short answer: If you copy something today and need to find it three days later, Maus free won't have it — it's gone after 24 hours. Clipboard Doctor imposes no history limit at any price, because it has no paid tier. Both apps run on-device OCR via Apple Vision; Clipboard Doctor is the only one in the category that enables Arabic and English simultaneously. If cursor-following multipaste is your priority, Maus Pro earns its $12.99. If unlimited history and bilingual OCR matter more, Clipboard Doctor covers both for free.

Feature comparison

Feature	Clipboard Doctor	Maus
Price	Free, always	Free (24h cap) · Pro $12.99 one-time
Clipboard history limit	Unlimited — free	24 hours on free · Unlimited on Pro ($12.99)
Search text inside screenshots (OCR)	Yes — Apple Vision, on-device	Yes — Apple Vision, on-device
Arabic OCR support	Yes — bilingual AR + EN	English-focused
Account required	None	None
Fully offline	Yes — verifiable	Yes — local-only
Image / screenshot history	Yes	Yes
Text clipboard history	Yes — unlimited	Unlimited on Pro · 24h on Free
Tags and pinning	Yes	Yes
Snippets / templates	Yes	No
Multipaste (paste multiple in order)	No	Yes — Pro feature
Opens at cursor (multi-monitor)	No — menu-bar shortcut	Yes — cursor-following
Filter by source app	No	Yes — Pro feature
macOS requirement	macOS 13+	macOS (recent versions)

Where Maus wins

Maus has two features Clipboard Doctor doesn't: a cursor-following panel that opens on whatever monitor your cursor is on (useful for multi-monitor desks), and multipaste — select items in order, hit Enter, paste them all in sequence. These are genuine workflow improvements for power users. If you want to pay $12.99 once for a clipboard manager with those interactions, Maus Pro delivers them cleanly with no recurring subscription.

Maus also lets you filter history by source app — see everything you copied from Chrome, or from ChatGPT, as separate views. For users who work across many apps, that context is valuable.

Where Clipboard Doctor wins

The 24-hour history cap is the defining constraint of Maus Free. If you copy a code snippet Monday evening and need it Wednesday morning, it's gone. Clipboard Doctor imposes no limit — every copy you've ever made is retrievable, including screenshots, because there is no paid tier creating a ceiling.

On OCR: both apps use Apple Vision under the hood, so English-language screenshot recognition is equivalent. The meaningful difference is Arabic. Clipboard Doctor configures Apple Vision to recognise both Arabic and English simultaneously — a bilingual screenshot of a Gulf region app, an Arabic PDF annotation, or a mixed-language error message is fully indexed in both scripts. No other clipboard manager in the category does this without a workaround.

On privacy: both apps are fully local. Neither stores clipboard content in the cloud or requires an account. Clipboard Doctor's behaviour is additionally verifiable with Little Snitch or Proxyman — network traffic is zero during normal use.

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The 24-hour cap in practice

Maus documents the 24-hour history window clearly. In day-to-day use it means anything you copied yesterday afternoon is gone by this morning. For quick "I just copied that a few minutes ago" use cases, the limit is invisible. For the more common scenario — looking for something you copied two days ago — Maus Free is not a clipboard manager, it's a clipboard buffer.

If the $12.99 one-time fee is reasonable for your workflow and you value the cursor-following panel, Maus Pro removes the cap entirely. If you want those same unlimited-history + OCR capabilities without paying, Clipboard Doctor covers both.

Which OCR engine do they use?

Both Maus and Clipboard Doctor use Apple's Vision framework for screenshot OCR. Processing happens entirely on-device via the Neural Engine — no screenshot content is sent to a remote server. The difference is language configuration: Clipboard Doctor activates Arabic and English recognition in parallel, so bilingual image text is indexed in both scripts without manual intervention.

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Questions

Does Maus free version limit clipboard history?

Yes. Maus free limits clipboard history to 24 hours. Anything copied more than a day ago is no longer in the history. Maus Pro ($12.99 one-time) removes the cap. Clipboard Doctor keeps unlimited history for free — no paid version exists.

Is there a free Maus alternative with unlimited history?

Clipboard Doctor keeps unlimited clipboard and screenshot history at no cost. There is no tier system — every feature, including OCR and unlimited history, is free. Download the DMG, open it, and it starts collecting history immediately with no account or registration.

Does Maus support Arabic in OCR?

Maus OCR is focused on English text in screenshots. Clipboard Doctor enables Arabic and English simultaneously in Apple Vision, so screenshots containing Arabic — apps, documents, error messages — are indexed in both languages at copy time. If your work involves Arabic text, Clipboard Doctor is the only clipboard manager in this category that handles it natively.

Can I use Clipboard Doctor and Maus at the same time?

Technically yes, but both would index the same clipboard events, creating redundant menu-bar entries and duplicate OCR processing. Most users pick one. To try Clipboard Doctor, quit Maus first. If you miss the cursor-following panel, Maus is still there to switch back to.

Does Clipboard Doctor have multipaste like Maus?

No — Clipboard Doctor does not have a multipaste feature. Maus Pro lets you select multiple history items and paste them in sequence with a single Enter key press, which is useful for repetitive paste workflows. If sequential paste is central to how you work, that capability is specific to Maus Pro.