Clipbud
Clipbud is a private, lightweight clipboard manager for iPhone. It lets you save and organize snippets, links, and bits of text you often copy and share, and grab them again with a single tap. No ads, no subscriptions, no data collection.
Get to know Clipbud
Who’s behind Clipbud?
Hey, I’m Adam – designer, developer, and the maker of Clipbud, Twodos, and a few other tools.
I've been designing products for years, but only got into app development after my first kid was born in 2020. I had some time off work and wanted to finally learn how to build my own apps. I started with UIKit, which felt completely unapproachable at the time, so I gave up pretty quickly. Then, when my second kid was born in 2022, I decided to try again, this time with SwiftUI. That clicked.
Before that, I’d been coding on the web side for years – HTML, CSS, some React, Ruby, and JavaScript. So when SwiftUI finally clicked, it felt like home.
What’s Clipbud and what’s so cool about it?
Clipbud came from a small frustration.
Whenever I wanted to send someone my PC specs, a recipe, or something from a home project, I’d have to dig through Notes, find the right entry, copy the text, and paste it back into Messages. It felt like way too many steps for something that should be instant.
So I built Clipbud – a place to keep all those little reusable snippets, ready to copy at a moment’s notice. It’s built for speed and privacy: everything lives locally on your device and syncs through iCloud if you want, but I never see your data.
Tool Stack of Clipbud
What’s under Clipbud’s hood? Which technologies were used and why did you chose them?
Everything I build is fully native.
Clipbud is written in SwiftUI, with Core Data for persistence, iCloud for optional backups, and WidgetKit for widgets. I don’t use analytics, crash reporting, or any external databases – I want users to fully own their data.
When I need a second pair of eyes, I use Claude for “rubber ducking” – basically explaining my code out loud to figure out where I went wrong.
Do you use any other tools to run the business?
Design work happens in Figma, though interestingly, most of my apps are designed directly in Xcode these days. With SwiftUI, I can prototype ideas live, tweak visuals, and solve design problems as I’m building.
Anything else you’d like to share?
I’ve been quietly working on a new health-related app, something I use every day myself. It’s still early and not quite ready for release, but it’s shaping up to be a big one for me.
On April 1, I joked about turning Twodos into a screen full of sticky notes you could rearrange freely, and people actually loved it. It might just become its own thing one day.
In the meantime, if you try any of my apps and enjoy them, a nice review or a few kind words on the App Store always go a long way.
Now, discover Clipbud for yourself
Huge thanks to Adam for sharing the story behind Clipbud and the thoughtful details that make it such a joy to use. Go give it a spin and see how it fits into your own workflow.