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EchoByte

echobyte.example

YES
Category
Productivity Utilities
Price
$4/mo
Verdict confidence
medium
Build time
one sitting

Verdict

Local clipboard history is trivial; since the product is gone, this is now a straightforward personal build with no vendor to compare against.

Core job

Keep a searchable clipboard history synced across a user's devices.

DIY replacement scope

A local clipboard history tool; cross-device sync needs a simple relay of your own.

Requirements

  • Node.js or a native menu-bar app framework

Technical dependencies

  • OS clipboard monitoring API
  • a sync relay if cross-device history matters

What you lose

Why people still pay

N/A — the product is discontinued; this verdict is now a post-mortem, not a live comparison.

Pricing

$4/mo — Plus (flat)

Checked 2026-02-15 · confidence: low · source ↗

Open-source alternatives

Build prompt

Build me a local clipboard history tool (fictional example — development fixture, not researched). Requirements:

- A menu-bar/tray app that watches the OS clipboard and stores each new
  text entry (with a timestamp) in a local SQLite database, capped at the
  last 500 entries.
- A quick-open panel (global hotkey) with fuzzy search over history;
  selecting an entry re-copies it to the clipboard.
- Out of scope: cross-device sync, image/file clipboard support.
- README: how to grant clipboard-access permissions on the target OS.

Recommended stack: Node.js or a native tray-app framework, SQLite

Questions

What does EchoByte do?

Clipboard history sync across devices

How much does EchoByte cost?

About $4/month (Plus), checked 2026-02-15.

Should I build a replacement for EchoByte?

Local clipboard history is trivial; since the product is gone, this is now a straightforward personal build with no vendor to compare against.

What do I lose by replacing EchoByte?

cross-device sync without self-hosting a relay; polished search UI.