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Snipora vs Alfred snippets
Alfred’s snippets are part of its Powerpack, alongside workflows and clipboard history. Snipora is a text expander and nothing else.
By Anmol Sethi · Checked
Quick answer
Alfred expands snippets with its Powerpack (£34, or £59 with lifetime upgrades), with the cursor, clipboard history and date maths as placeholders. Snipora adds fill-in forms and choice lists, per-website rules, suggestions and Secure Input help, and finds your Alfred snippets on first launch.
At a glance
| Snipora | Alfred snippets | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free for 15 snippets; $2.99/month, $24.99/year, or $29.99 once | Needs the Powerpack: £34, or £59 with lifetime upgrades |
| Placeholders | Date, time, clipboard, cursor, keys, nested snippets | Date and time maths, clipboard history, cursor |
| Fill-in forms and choice lists | Yes | No |
| Turn off in some apps | Yes, and per website | Yes, per app |
| Suggestions from what you type | Yes, on-device | No |
| Secure Input | Names the app holding it | Never expands in secure fields |
| Also does | Text expansion only | Launcher, workflows, clipboard history |
Where Snipora pulls ahead
- Forms and choice lists before the text lands.
- Website rules through the Safari and Chrome extension.
- Suggestions for what you keep retyping.
- Trigger modes per snippet: instantly, after a space, or on Tab.
Where Alfred is the better pick
- You already own the Powerpack and your snippets are simple.
- You want snippets inside workflows that do more than insert text.
Moving from Alfred
- Open Snipora. On first launch it finds Alfred’s snippets folder and offers Bring them over.
- Collection prefixes and suffixes are kept as part of each abbreviation.
- In Alfred, turn off Automatically expand snippets by keyword so both don’t expand.
Snipora is free for up to 15 snippets, suggestions included. Unlimited is $2.99 a month, $24.99 a year, or a lifetime licence: $29.99 for the first 50 buyers (25% off), then $39.99.
Questions people ask
- Do I need the Alfred Powerpack to use snippets?
- Alfred’s snippets and their auto-expansion are part of the Powerpack. Snipora needs no other app.
Snipora is free for up to 15 snippets. No account.
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