The clipstand apparatus 10 may not only be used as a display tool but may also be used to prop up a phone. By attaching a metal self-adhesive strip to the back of a phone or a magnetic plate in the phone case, the magnetic face of the clip surface attracts the strip and allows a phone to propped up for ease of viewing. Further the clipstand apparatus 10 may also be used as a fidget toy. Users may flip open and shut the clip panel 49, or cap and uncap the adapter on a barreled object, or slap a magnet on the clip face 41. The metal backing that attaches to the back of the users phone to allow for the phone to attach to the clipstand 10 via magnets may also be used to turn the phone into a fidget toy. When the self-adhesive metal bar is attached to the users phone, the phone can spin on a flat

The clipstand apparatus 10 with the use of the second ruggedized version of the clip panel may stick to the car dashboard, or an airplane tray. In the ruggedized version there is a self-adhesive “Lock” (ruggedized holder) into which a clipstand that can be inserted and secured to whatever object to which the lock is attached. The lock with self adhesive can be stuck to the back of a tablet or tablet case, and then the Clipstand can be inserted into the lock for a secure attachment. By doing this, a user may secure his/her stylus to his/her tablet (tablet case), prop up a heavier gadget (a tablet), secure to the back of an airplane seat, a car dashboard etc. Further, the lock can release the Clipstand and accompanying instrument, if there is one. This is meant for repeatedly removable secured and released attachments.