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24 alternatives to Screenshot Text Recognition

Quickly extract text from screenshots without Internet

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Screenshot Text Recognition launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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The text disappears when you screenshot it▲568
2025 · unscreenshottable.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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I wrote a free Mac app to OCR any text on screen▲321
Get any text on your screen into your clipboard. Contribute to schappim/macOCR development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Offline text extractor from screenshots in macOS▲125
I've always had an issue with the screenshot flow on my computers. They save to the desktop by default and I can't seem to find screenshots easily when I needed it. They create too much clutter too. So I set out to solve this problem. My major concern was with privacy so I made sure to make it work entirely offline. Here's the final product, let me know what you think. - https://visionshot.app/
2020 · its alternatives →
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OCR Text Detection Tool▲92
Fast and efficient text recognition from any image and PDF
2019 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
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TextSniper▲204
Capture any text from your Mac's screen
2020 · textsniper.app · its alternatives →
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Screenshot Hero - iPhone app to make all photos text searchable▲429
2020 · asadmemon.com · its alternatives →
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TextCapture▲74
Capture text from images in seconds
2021 · its alternatives →
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Image Reader▲62
Let your computer read for you
2022 · ir.germanov.dev · its alternatives →
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ocrX Image to Text▲125
Scan and extract text from images on iPhone, iPad & Mac
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Video To Screenshots▲257
Extract 4K video screenshots automatically - the fastest free online tool. Capture frames from MP4, MOV, AVI instantly. No download or watermark.
Dec 2025 · videotoscreenshots.com · its alternatives →
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FlyScreen▲70
Powerful screenshot organizer with text recognition and tags
2021 · flyscreen.app · its alternatives →
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App Screenshot Generator▲180
A 100% free tool for creating app store screenshots
2022 · progressier.com · its alternatives →
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Local-first fast CPU image to text for screenshots, PDFs, webpages▲19
Snap any image, screenshot, or webpage into plaintext. No GPU. No cloud. One command. - kouhxp/textsnap
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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EasyOCR▲75
NoCode AI as a service, automate text extraction from images
2021 · jaided.ai · its alternatives →
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Text Capture▲96
Simple & convenient OCR tool for macOS
2024 · textcapture.app · its alternatives →
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Screenshot PRO▲140
Easily search and organize your screenshots (iOS App)
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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MicroBlink▲96
Real time text recognition for your mobile apps.
2014 · microblink.com · its alternatives →
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ReadingLines▲63
Extract Text From Images
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Screenshot▲39
Craft free beautiful code screenshot
2024 · indiegoodies.com · its alternatives →
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An API to find and extract text from images▲17
2019 · imgregex.com · its alternatives →
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Textquill▲14
Turn any image into text — private, on-device OCR
Jul 2026 · textquill.app · its alternatives →
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Extract text from images using Tesseract▲14
Simple app to extract text from pictures using Tesseract - victorqribeiro/ocr
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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TextCam▲8
Extract Text From Videos And Images
2022 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Screenshot-OCR▲2
Screenshot
Feb 2026 · jeffrey0117.github.io · its alternatives →

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