Amber
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For iPhone, iPad and Mac

Everything you reuse, one tap away.

  1. Amber

    Snippets, images, PDFs and files.

    One library for everything you reuse, on iPhone, iPad and Mac.

  2. Keep

    Keep it once.

    Paste it, type it, or share it in from any app. Every kind of thing lands in the same library.

  3. Copy

    Copy it again with one tap.

    Tap a card and it is on your clipboard, confirmed by name.

  4. Organise

    Projects and smart shelves.

    A project for each piece of work. Smart shelves for Text, Images and PDFs keep themselves up to date.

  5. Everywhere

    Share it in. Find it everywhere.

    Share to Amber from WhatsApp, Slack, Mail or any app on iPhone and iPad (new in 1.2.1). Your own iCloud keeps every device in step.

  6. Amber Pro

    Free to start. Pro is yours for life.

    Amber Pro is a one-off purchase, never a subscription.

Get AmberView on the App Store

Free to start · No account · Synced through your own iCloud

Amber on a Mac: the Shipaton / Amber project, with its pinned facts, a PDF press kit and text cards, and the projects and smart shelves in the sidebar.
Amber on an iPad: the Atlas launch project holding a fact, a text template, a photo and a PDF, filtered by kind.
Amber on an iPhone: the library, with Ready cards along the top and projects of text and fact cards below.Keeping a snippet on iPhone: the Keep in Amber sheet with a reply typed into it.One tap copies a card: Amber confirms “Copied App Store link”.

Native apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac

Get Amber on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Amber is the organised home for your snippets, images, files and documents. Keyboard first, with widgets, Shortcuts and Spotlight, synced through your own iCloud with no account.

Download for MacFree on the Mac App Store · macOS 13 or later · Apple silicon and Intel

Or install the direct download with Homebrew:

brew install --cask chinmay-92/tap/amber

Amber Pro is a one-off purchase, and the App Store handles the payment, so it can only be bought in the Mac App Store build. The direct download and Homebrew have every other feature.

Verify the download

The disk image is signed with Amber's Developer ID and notarised by Apple, so macOS checks it for you before it opens. To check it yourself, run shasum -a 256 on the file and compare:

72c179fc911ce60e7a680a0a5bb64f4686bac163767aadc4e8ef5f4ee780edb6

Download for iPhone and iPadFree on the App Store · iOS 16 or later

Download for iPhone and iPadFree on the App Store · iOS 16 or later

On a Mac you can also install it with Homebrew:

brew install --cask chinmay-92/tap/amber
Verify the download

The disk image is signed with Amber's Developer ID and notarised by Apple, so macOS checks it for you before it opens. To check it yourself, run shasum -a 256 on the file and compare:

72c179fc911ce60e7a680a0a5bb64f4686bac163767aadc4e8ef5f4ee780edb6

  1. Keep⌘⇧A keeps what you copied, from any app.
  2. FileDrop it on a project, and it is filed.
  3. FindType a few letters. Words inside images count too.
  4. ReuseOne click puts it on your clipboard.
  • Freeto start, on the App Store
  • 3 platformsiPhone, iPad and Mac
  • No accountyour own iCloud keeps it in sync
  • One-off Proa purchase, never a subscription

Supports VoiceOver, Larger Text, Dark Mode and Reduce Motion. On a Mac, every action has a keyboard shortcut.

Watch it

Every feature, in under four minutes.

The narrated walkthrough, filmed on the current build: keeping, finding, templates, Show Mode, projects, the Mac, reminders, Beam and Amber Pro.

3 minutes 44 seconds · Narrated, with subtitles in the picture · Captions available

Without opening the app

Part of how your Apple devices already work.

A snippet is only fast if you can reach it from wherever you already are.

  • Home & Lock Screen

    Widgets keep it close

    Keep from the clipboard, fill a form, or search. From the Home Screen or the Lock Screen.

  • Shortcuts, Siri & Spotlight

    Build it into a routine

    “Copy from Amber” hands a card to the next Shortcuts action. Your cards are in Spotlight too.

  • On a Mac

    Summon it from anywhere

    Press ⌘⇧A in any app and Amber’s window comes to the front.

  • In any Mac app

    Keep the words you selected

    Select text anywhere and keep it as a card from the Services menu.

  • The menu bar

    One click from the top of the screen

    Search your cards and copy one from the menu bar. The window stays closed.

  • Built for the keyboard

    Every action has a key

    ⌘/ lists every shortcut Amber has. ⌘C and ⌘V work on cards.

From the App Store

What people keeping cards in Amber say.

5.0 out of 5 from 18 ratings on the App Store

  • 5 out of 5 stars

    Fantastic!

    Love the beam feature and syncing the data across my Apple device.

  • 5 out of 5 stars

    fast, lightweight snippet library

    Excellent, lightweight app for quickly storing and reusing code, text templates, and documents without subscription bloat.

Selected public reviews from App Store storefronts. Reviews reflect individual customers' opinions.

Rate Amber on the App Store

Privacy

Your content stays yours.

There is no Amber account and no Amber server. Everything lives on your device and syncs through your own iCloud.

Read the privacy policy

  • No accountNothing to sign up for, nothing to sign in to.
  • No Amber serverYour cards sync through your own iCloud.
  • No tracking in the appThe app has no analytics and no ads. This website counts visits without cookies.
  • Nothing held hostageAmber Pro is a one-off purchase. If it lapses, your cards stay readable and copyable.