Historr is a free Dropover alternative for macOS. Shake the pointer while dragging and a floating shelf appears; drop files, folders, images, links or text, collect more, then drag the whole pile anywhere. Historr is free with no trial or delay, and the same app is also a private clipboard manager with Paste Stack.
Historr is a free Dropover alternative for macOS. Shake the pointer while dragging and a floating shelf appears; drop files, folders, images, links or text, collect more, then drag the whole pile anywhere. Historr is free with no trial or delay, and the same app is also a private clipboard manager with Paste Stack.
Choose Historr if you want a shake-to-open drag and drop shelf that is completely free, plus a local clipboard manager in the same menu-bar app. Choose Dropover if you need cloud uploads, custom scripts, folder monitoring or pinned shelves.
Start dragging files, images, links or text and shake the pointer left and right; a shelf appears under it. You can also press Option-Shift-D or drop items on the Historr menu-bar icon.
Dropover adds a 3-second wait after its 14-day trial unless you buy Pro. Historr's Drag Shelf is free with no limits.
Shake the pointer mid-drag and a shelf appears under it. Or press ⌥⇧D, or drop on the menu-bar icon.
The same app keeps searchable clipboard history, a sequential Paste Stack and paste transforms.
Quick Look, Share, AirDrop, Save to Folder, Compress to ZIP, Resize Images and Extract Text (on-device OCR).
| Feature | Historr | Dropover |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free trial, then Pro (one-time) |
| Shake to open a shelf | ✔ | ✔ |
| Full speed without paying | ✔ | 3-second delay after trial |
| Multiple shelves | ✔ | ✔ |
| Quick Look, Share, AirDrop | ✔ | ✔ |
| ZIP, resize images, extract text | ✔ | ✔ |
| Clipboard history | ✔ | - |
| Sequential Paste Stack | ✔ | - |
| Cloud uploads | - | ✔ |
| Custom scripts & folder monitoring | - | ✔ |
| Download outside the Mac App Store | ✔ | - |
Dropover is a trademark of its respective owner. Comparison reflects core capabilities at the time of writing.
Yes. Historr includes a free drag and drop shelf for Mac: shake the pointer while dragging, drop items on the shelf, then drag them all out at once. There is no trial, delay or purchase.